Recommended sites for Maths, Science, MFL and Geography

Sorry for my recent lack of posts but here I hope get back up to date. ;)

Maths

Pearson active learn is a great resource for students to use outside of school. It means that students can access their textbooks, to get help with homework or to work on things they are struggling with. It is also useful for stretching yourself and having a go for those A* questions you didn't have time for.
It currently only has GCSE textbooks on there, so is very useful for years 10/11 but less so for younger years; although if you think you are ready for it go ahead!

www.pearsonactivelearn.com

Science

If you are interested in science or technology pick up a copy of focus magazine (available in the library). It features lots of interesting articles and is great if you want to know more. This month is about memory; how big is our brain's capacity?, Will our brain become full?, Can we implant false memories?

MFL

wordreference.com is a great website for translating between many languages, it provides an online dictionary so unlike Google translate it will show you all of the translations of a word and associated phrases, this means you will get a more natural and more correct translation. Hopefully you will find it useful!

Geography

The United States Geological Survey (USGS) is a great website to track natural disasters, earthquakes or other world events. It is great for extending your background knowledge and it may surprise you how many earthquakes are happening around the world every day, some even under your feet!

Geography Review: CIA World Factbook

The CIA World Factbook is a reference website created by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). It features world maps and regional maps in both political and physical format to view for free. It also has detailed information and statistics on every country from Afghanistan to Zimbabwe. It includes information and statistics from the country's history to transactional issues (and of course its geography!)

 It includes flag descriptions of every flag, and has downloadable photos of every country with lengthy, intricate captions. There is also a printed book version available updated every year and a iOS app.


Site- https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/
2014 Edition book: http://ow.ly/uBeV9
iOS app: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/the-cia-world-factbook/id412637620?mt=8&uo=4

Geography website

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/websites/4_11/site/geography.shtml

I like this website because it is very easy to use and helpful as well for ages 4-11 for help on geography 

What my favourite bit about geography is the flags of different countries

GeoGuessr

I know that there was a short introduction on this amazing website GeoGuessr done by Jacob.
http://rcdigitalleader.blogspot.co.uk/2014/01/website-review-geoguessr.html#comment-form
Click the link above to see the general overview of what the website is.

 

 

Since the last blog on this The Geoguessr website it has changed a bit. You can now set a time limit for when your playing with others and they are just taking FOREVER, as well when you set up the challenge it will give the web address which you can give to friends or family to complete to see who is the best at geography.
The website now has a help section for new comers that are not so sure how the game works. The Controlls are easy to use and many of the sites around the world are abouoltly amazing. Some that I have come across are Waterfulls, Beaches and famous landmarks. although sometimes if are in a very remote area you may not always be able to move.