 1.The Hampstead School Geography Animations with
Jean-Claude using Flash made me smile, www.geography.ndo.co.uk/animations.htm
It is a delight and whether you are Flash capable or not would provide
a good stimulus for paper flick book design.
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 2.
Our own 'Blow me down' [the volcano] site from Geoweb TV is a place
for quirky rich and imaginative animations.
- The Glacial Boulder
- Oxy and his journey to work
- Magic Stones
- Future Favelas
You design them on paper and we will have them made.
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 3. Physical
and Human Geography Animations have been brought to our attention by Wycombe
High School geography department. They are from the
Department of
Geology and Geography at the University of West Virginia for the use of
their excellent animations.
www.school-portal.co.uk/GroupHomepage.asp?GroupID=12426
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 4.If
you can stand the 'Space the final frontier' commentary then Brainpop is
recommended by Helen www.brainpop.com
Select 'Science' There are various geographical animations including
'Water cycle', 'Plate tectonics', Tornadoes', 'Weathering', 'Tundra' etc.
I haven't looked at all the geographical ones but I've used a couple and
the pupils seem to like them. They also have a mini quiz to keep them
amused while the animation is loading and 'useful facts' alongside the
clips.
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5. Plate tectonics animations from the USGS are not a bad place to
start
www2.nature.nps.gov/geology//usgsnps/animate/pltecan.html
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 6.
Global Climate Animations are useful for investigating climatic
change
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 7.GCSE
Bitesize www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/geography/
is full of visual animations. |
 8.
Jo-Ann Brake from Finham Park High School, Coventry
recommends has something called Magic Wall which is great for river
processes and is being developed for other topics.
http://www.cleo.net.uk/
Three animations waterfall, oxbow lake and spits
from Longman may be worth looking at www.longman.co.uk/ttg/ttgcomp/
- sound but a bit predictable. |
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9.Raffles Girls School, Singapore have some
wonderful fieldtrips to Bali and Australia their home made animations are
a delight. http://www.rgs.edu.sg/events/geotrip/geostudy.html |
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10.Thanks to Alan Parkinson, David Rayner and Alysson
Taylor there are two websites that have more physical and environmental
animations
http://www.elmhurst.edu/~richs/Animations/ and if you wish to see them
in context of an introduction to geology course, then you need
http://wps.prenhall.com/esm_tarbuck_earth_7/0,6431,504006-,00.html
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11. The animation of London Tube maps
http://tube.tfl.gov.uk/content/tubemap/realunderground/loader2.swf
provide a good case study in cartography - and adds weight to the 'all
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