Dictionaries :

• Geography Dictionary and Glossary for Students (tuition.com.hk) - UPDATED

Hours :

• Daylight Saving Time Explained
  

• A brief history of time zones + Interactive globe + The science of time
  (BBC)

  

• Journey through Time and discover how telling time evolved from ancient civilizations to the present (fi.edu) :
  The calendar / The seasons / Measuring time
  
  
  
  
  

• Daylight Saving Time (Also Known as Daylight Savings Time)
  (geography.about.com)
  
  

• Daylight saving time (DST; also summer time in British English)
  (Wikipedia)

  

• The Official US Time avec une carte interactive (time.gov)
  
  
  
  
  

• World Time Server "provides the most accurate current local times of any world clock on the Internet."
  (worldtimeserver.com)
  

Sealand :

• WELCOME TO THE PRINCIPALITY OF SEALAND (sealandgov.org)
  History | Official Notices | Postcards

  

• Sealand (Wikipedia)

• The World Wide Panorama (geoimages.berkeley.edu)
  "VR panoramas are interactive. Use the mouse to rotate the panorama, use Shift and Control to zoom in and out. Some VR panoramas are cylinders, 360° around but with limited vertical view. Others are cubic (or spherical), with a view that can go straight up and straight down, as well as all the way around. There are also VR objects, where the viewer circles around an object of interest."
  
  
  

• Humans blamed for climate change
  - with IPCC PROJECTIONS
  - Climate change: In graphics
  - Animated Guide : How the Greenhouse effect works
  (BBC)

• World Climate Maps (allcountries.org)

  

• "Using our Interactive Weather Maker,
  you'll be able to turn a sunny day into a windy day.
  Or create a rainy day.
  And if you create the correct conditions, you can make a blizzard - complete with a whiteout!" (scholastic)
  
  

• The water cycle (animation) - (BBC)
  
  

Virtual tours / Videos :

• Fun Tourist Attractions with photos, videos , and short text descriptions.
  (funtouristattractions.com)
  
  

• GEOBEATS - Travel Guide Videos (geobeats.com)
  ex : LONDON :

  

• Famous places : Capitol, White House, Supreme Court, museums, zoos, etc. (virtualfreesites)
  
  

• Capitol (Virtual tour)
  "an interactive, user friendly, comprehensive and integrated multimedia tour of the U.S. Capitol.
  It includes panorama views and historical information about the rooms of the U.S. Capitol, as well as, information about the objects found in those rooms."
  (senate.gov)
  
  

• Let's go on holiday! - webquest prévue pour niveau 3ème (au 3ème trimestre)
  (Ac. Nancy-Metz)

Webcams :

• Webcams around the United Kingdom (BBC), with an interactive map
  
  
  

• Earthcam - recherche thématique
  Arts & Entertainment Cams
  Society & People Cams
  Business Cams
  Space & Science Cams
  Education Cams
  Sports & Recreation Cams
  Metro Cams
  Traffic Cams
  News Cams
  Weather Cams
  Scenic Cams
  Weird & Bizarre Cams...
  
  
  

• FlyOnTheWall.com
  "is a new and dynamic webcam and streaming video internet portal, which aims to enable you to see anything in the world, anywhere in the world.
  Quite literally, we've got the whole world covered!"
  (Global Cams, Swinging London, Sightseeing London)

• Webcams - Londres... (camvista)

JOKES :

• The Geography Joke Page (geography-site.co.uk)
  ex : Q:Why is it easy to get into Florida?
  A:Because there are so many keys...
  
  

GAMES :

• Créer un jeu intégrant la géolocalisation et les QR Codes par  Laurence Bernard (Ac. martinique)
  (zepad.absolutenglish.org)

• Discoverer's Day
  "Land ho! From Columbus to Cousteau...Education World spans the globe in search of great sites, lesson plans and new ways to explore the world of the Discoverers!"
  (Education World)
  
  

• Explorers.
  "Have a look at the article, word games, story, cartoon, trivia and links."
  (British Council)

  

• Exploring Explorers - A WebQuest in Literacy for Social Science
  "Create a quick reference guide, Exploring Explorers."
  (projects.edtech.sandi.net)

  

SVALBARD GLOBAL SEED VAULT

• Svalbard Global Seed Vault
  1 Construction 2 Mission 3 History 4 References 5 External links
  (Wikipedia)

• Svalbard Global Seed Vault - UPDATED
  "It's a seed bank on a wild Arctic island 500 miles from the North Pole, a store for all the known varieties of the world's crops."
  (croptrust.org)

  - UPDATED