How did the
geography student drown?..........His grades were below C-Level 🌊🌊
Who is the
Penguin’s favorite aunt?.................................................Aunt-Artica ⛄🐧
What is the
Capital of Mizoram?...................................................................
M 😅😅
Where do
fish keep their money?.................................................River-Banks 🌉🌉
What are Plateaus?..................................................Highest
form of Flattery!! 🗻🗻
Jokes may
be silly, but geography is surely not.
This is a very important subject. Our entire understanding of our surroundings is dependent on study of geography. A lot of visualization is needed to understand the subject and lot of things have to be understood and memorized to master the subject.
So, in this
blog we are highlighting a few online resources which can be used to practice
geography. This is in continuation of our blog series on Maths, Science, Englishand History. Hope you have checked out all those and you will now love the
geography resources too.
Your
comments motivate me and allows me to improve the quality and coverage of my
blogs. If you like it, then please do comment and let me know what all other areas
you would like me to cover in my blogs.
Here are my top picks of geography resources
1) https://gramener.com/indiamap/
There is a single map resource on
this site. It allows to you color code (and change the color code) of various
states in the country. At second level, the tool allows you to color code
various districts in each of the states and change their color code too. It is
an extremely elementary tool, but can be quite engaging for students in lower
class as they can play around with colors and in the process get a good hold
over the names of various states and their districts.
The color codes are to be changed
using numbers. Same numbers will denote the same color on the map. This is
where teachers and parents can use this creatively to create competition in
students or make them practice on individual basis. For e.g instructions can be
given to students that states where rice grows are to be marked with same color
or costal districts in Gujarat are to be marked with a specific color etc.
2) https://mapmaker.nationalgeographic.org/
As we had the Nasa website in our
blog on online science resources, National geographic makes its way into our
list of online resources for geography. The Interactive Map Maker tool on
National geographic is a very engaging tool. It gives you a world map to begin
with. Point the cursor and its shows you the latitude and longitudes of the
place. Click on various countries and it gives you a detailed write up on all
those countries along with key highlights of each of these nations. Some
countries are even covered with the help of a video. Students can paste legend
on various parts of the map. The legends range from simple numbers to highlight
location to images of various crops, industries, seasons etc. Even lines and
various shapes can be drawn on the map. Text box are there to highlighted key
aspects of some regions. Post this, the system allows you to save your maps and
share it with your friends. Teachers can give an assignment of map plotting on
this and all students can do their labelling share the screenshot or email the
url back to their teachers. The site has recently been updated to be compatible
with tablets too.
3) https://www.3dgeography.co.uk/geography-of-india
This is not a core Indian
curriculum-based site. The site covers geography topic on various countries
like US, UK, Australia, Canada, Japan and Kenya. The section covering Indian
geography is very comprehensive. It covers a lot of informative text and
images. Various maps and images will help students understand geography very
well. Facts of India is also a very interesting section. The videos and
worksheet are also very different and have good graphics. Some worksheets are
really engaging and will test out students understanding of geography.
The general information on various
topics like the various water bodies, land forms, weather, forests etc. is also
very useful to students. It may not be directly in context to Indian
subcontinent, but nonetheless the conceptual clarity will surely follow.
Overall, this is a very
well-designed geography content. The premium content is available on paid
basis, but the free resources are quite good enough too.
4) https://www.edudose.com/gk/indian-geography-quiz/
Edudose.com is a hard-core quizzing
site. It has a good collection of questions on Indian geography. All questions
are structured in MCQ format making it very engaging for students. There are no
resources like videos or ppts or worksheets. Visit other sites for these
resources and come back to this one to test how well you have understood the
subject.
5)
https://www.tutorialspoint.com/geography/geography_online_quiz.htm
This is another
quizzing site. However, compared to edudose.com this site has quizzes on
various topics of geography like physical, climate, natural vegetation, soil,
mineral, transport, disaster etc. This topic wise coverage makes the site easy
to navigate. The type of questions are generally more relevant to higher
classes. The additional feature, is that along with right answers, a brief
explanation is also provided with each answer. This is very useful.
This is a site with a huge
assortment of worksheets and handouts. The major content is directed towards
the learning needs of primary section/lower classes. The worksheets can be
easily downloaded and used for practicing geography. The resources are arranged
grade wise and you will get a mix of subject coverage. Hence you can practice
on a variety of subjects. The site requires registration and login to download
each worksheet. Though, the registration is free of cost. Overall, this is a
good worksheet collection and will help students for various subjects, along
with geography too.
Hope you will find these 6 websites
useful to practice geography and have a better understanding of the concepts in
the subject. I am sure your kids and your students will enjoy and get engaged
with the subject using these resources.
Awaiting to hear from you all in the
comments section
Happy Learning !!!
