Our new website of the month is www.environment-agency.gov.uk/

But it is such a complex and rich website it needs some explaining!

Floodline has no pictures - the BBC is the best source of these at present - especially on the news section. The best aspect of this site are pages like how to prepare for a flood etc.

What's in your backyard?  This is a GIS designed to indicate the positive and negative aspects of environmental quality in England and Wales. Type in your postcode and you will get this after zooming out! Go to the web to find out more!

Lesson plans for numeracy  Under education there are links for schools - numeracy lessons for KS1 and 2 may well be useful

www.environment-agency.gov.uk/education/index.htm

For GCSE and AS/A level Geography  These case materials are case studies, simulations and role-play exercises are worth a very good look. The are meant for further and higher education but could easily be adapted.

www.environment-agency.gov.uk/education/studies/case.htm

The State of the Environment Report has hidden depths - River flow data  The Environment Agency collects river flow data at over 1000 stations in England and Wales on a daily basis using permanent gauging structures. Pen and chart record data as a river level (stage), either digitally or continuously. At many sites provision has been made for routine transmission of data to the regional centre by telephone line or radio signal. The data are then converted into a flow rate in cubic metres per second (m³/s) and archived. There are also many smaller streams that are gauged manually on a regular basis. You can get the data on the River Severn going back before 1947.

www.environment-agency.gov.uk//gui/dataset4/4nation.htm

The web addresses were correct at the time of going to press!  If you have problems finding a site, type in the name of the site in a search engine.

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