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Google Maps Canada

Posted in Geography on Oct 10th, 2009 No Comments »

Street View has finally come to Google Maps Canada.

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Windward

Posted in Games, Geography on Jun 27th, 2009 No Comments »

Windward puts the player in charge of a sailboat to sail around the world.

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Make a Quake

Posted in Games, Geography on Jun 27th, 2009 No Comments »

Discovery Channel’s Earthquake: Make a Quake is a simulator which has the player create a building that’s earthquake proof.

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Earthquake and Virtual River

Posted in Games, Geography on Jun 27th, 2009 No Comments »

Earthquake and Virtual River are simulations that allow students to learn about earthquakes and about river processes.

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Sporcle

Posted in Games, Geography on Jun 27th, 2009 No Comments »

Sporcle offers a wide range of place based games. Sample games include Africa Populous Cities, Capitals of Oceania, Countries in Debt, Countries of Opec, European Union Members, Former Soviet States, Longest Rivers and World Population 2050.

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Electro City and Energyville

Posted in Environment, Games, Geography on Jun 27th, 2009 No Comments »

Electro City is an online game that lets the player create their own virtual towns and cities. It simulates energy management in New Zealand. Teacher resources are also available.
Energyville is an interactive game that puts the player in charge of meeting the energy demands of a city.

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Stop Disasters

Posted in Games, Geography on Jun 27th, 2009 No Comments »

Stop Disasters is an online game targeted to 9-16 year olds. It takes anywhere from 10-20 minutes to play, depending on what disater you are trying to prevent. The purpose of the game is to teach children how to build safer villages and cities

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Aneki

Posted in Geography on Apr 25th, 2009 No Comments »

Aneki is a source for world rankings. Find out where the most populated, largest, most expensive, poorest, cleanest and rtichest in the world are.

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Can You Name the Countries of the World?

Posted in Geography on Mar 19th, 2009 No Comments »

You have 15 minutes to name all the countries in the world.

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Le Grand Défi Canadien en Géographie

Posted in Geography on Feb 21st, 2009 No Comments »

The deadline for this geography challenge has already passed but it’s something to keep in mind for next year. Competitions are at the provincial, national and international level. For more information, check out Défi en géographie.

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