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Year 5 Geography Links

European Countries

Q-files - Europe This online encyclopedia has lots of information about the countries of Europe.

Toporopa - Countries of Europe Quiz Can you work out which country is which?

Toporopa - Flags of Europe Quiz Can you work out the country each flag belongs to?

BBC Class Clips - Europe This site has video tours of different European cities.

Sheppard Software - European Geography (ADVERTS) This site has lots of games which help you learn the countries of Europe.

UK Geography

Toporopa - UK Cities Quiz Can you work out which city is which?

Map Work

Ordnance Survey - Map Zone Learn how to read and OS map.

BBC Landscapes - Map Skills This archived site covers the basics of map reading.

HWB - Grid References Learn how to use 4-figure grid references.

Local Study

Wikipedia - Solihull This site has lots of information about Solihull but is written more for adults.

Visit Birmingham - Solihull Information This tourism website has information about places to visit in Solihull.

Solihull Council - Online Maps View an online map of Solihull.

Solihull Council - Census Information Find out more about Solihull using the Census returns from 2011.

Solihull Council - Solihull History This site has a brief history of the development of Solihull through the ages.

Solihull's entry in the BBC Domesday Project of 1986 Back in the days when laser discs were the future, information about the UK was recorded by the BBC. Read Solihull's entry here.

Social Solihull - Town Centre Trail You can learn more about Solihull Town Centre using this online tour. Year 5 do also walk around the town centre in the Summer Term to see this for themselves.

The Isle of Wight and Sandown

Isle of Wight Breaks - Geography This site has basic information about the Geography of the Isle of Wight.

Isle of Wight Attractions This tourism website shows the main attractions on the island.

Sandown Website - About Sandown Sandown's official website has some information about the town.

Sandown Webcam See what is going on in Sandown right now. The camera is pointing towards the pier and sea.

Sandown Beach Webcam This webcam is run by a bar on the sea front but lets you see what is happening on Sandown Beach right now.

Isle of Wight Weather Webcam This webcam only updates every 15 minutes but it gives you a good indication about the current weather.

Alum Bay Webcam See what it is like at Alum Bay. This site also lets you see a time lapse movie of the day so far.

Coastal Processes

BBC Class Clips - Coastal Processes This site has lots of videos which cover the processes which happen at coasts.

BBC Schools - Rivers and Coasts - Coastal Processes This older site has lots of information about coastal processes including cliff collapses and longshore drift.

Cliff Collapse Animation Covers the basics of how a cliff can be undercut by the sea.

3D Geography - All About Coasts This site has lots of diagrams which explain coastal processes.

Boardworks - Stacks and Stumps Animation This animation covers how cliffs can be eroded by the tides.

Coastal Erosion This site is quite advanced but does let you try out different coastal defences to see their effect upon longshore drift.

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