Geography
Electoral Geography 2.0
If you can’t get enough of the minutia of the current race for the democratic and republican parties, then the Electoral Geography 2.0 is a blog you need to have on your list of election sites to visit. The site lists the results for each state primary at the county level. The site isn’t just [...]
Geography and Geology of the Galapagos Islands
The Galapagos archipelago is located about 1000 kilometers to the west of Ecuador in the Pacific Ocean. It is formed by 13 main islands: Darwin, Wolf, Pinto, Marchena, Genovesa, Fernandina, Isabela, Santiago, Baltra, Santa Cruz, San Cristóbal, Floreana, as well as countless islands (that here are not mentioned). The islands cover a total area of [...]
Geography Songs
Learning through singing has been used as an effective tool. The Songs for Teaching site has a lite of recommended songs for learning about geography. The songs listed on this page link to lyrics for each of the pages with the option to either purchase the song via download or CD. Geography Songs Yakko Warner, [...]
How Do Shanty Towns Develop?
This educational animation created by the Staffordshire Learning Network (SLN) shows the four stages of shanty town development. Shanty towns, also referred to as barrios, favelas, and squatter settlements, form when immigrants to a city without access to fixed housing, develop their own impoverished communities. The animation takes the user through the different stages with [...]
Fun Facts About Valentine’s Day from the US Census
Valentine’s Day 2008: Feb. 14 Opinions abound as to who was the original Valentine, with the most popular theory that he was a clergyman who was executed for secretly marrying couples in ancient Rome. Emperor Claudius II felt that marriage weakened his soldiers. In any event, in A.D. 496, Pope Gelasius set aside Feb. 14 [...]
