Research Guides: OER: Geography

Geography OER

Textbooks

Visual Geography
"Visualgeography.com lets you explore the world through images, flags, money, language, maps and other information. Educators may download and use images for educational purposes. Images of people, food, landscapes, work scenes and other topics."
Mapping Our World
'This unique interactive website works with maps and globes to transform pupils understanding of the world. Winner of a Geographical Association Gold award and a BAFTA award for primary learning, Mapping Our World allows pupils to flatten a globe, turn a map into a globe, and merge different map projections"
Asia Profiles - Country Comparisons
"This resource enables one to research countries in Asia. A map is provided for each country, and information on Geography, Demographics, Economy, Communication, Transportation, and Military. "
Outline of American Geography
"This publication considers the physical environment of the United States — landforms, climate, soils, and vegetation — in terms of its impact on the country's cultural, regional, and political development."
The Physical Environment: Intro to Physical Geography
"Welcome to the world of Geography! In this chapter you'll be introduced to the discipline of geography and what it means to study the Earth from a geographic perspective. Later we'll investigate the various tools that geographers use and be introduced to the four spheres of physical geography. You may view a list of chapter topics"
World Regional Geography
Available through Saylor Foundation creative commons.
World Regional Geography: People, Places and Globalization
"World Regional Geography: People, Places and Globalization is designed for students to experience and study as much of the world as possible within a limited amount of time. It gives students the fundamental concepts and the latest data regarding world places in a concise, easy-to-read format."

Videos

Course Resources

Mapping -- National Geographic
AAG Center for Global Geography Education
Lizard Point Quiz - Geography
Test your knowledge with this online quiz broken down by continents.
GEOG101: World Regional Geography

Interactive Resources

Name that State
This site provides links to online games for k-12, college students, and adults.
World Geography Games
Teacher’s guide: 200 years that changed the world

from Gapminder

USGS Undergraduate Maps
Use this site for information on teaching geography to college students. Once on the site, scroll down to the "Geography --Maps and Geospatial Data " section
The Genographic Project - from National Geographic
"The Genographic Project offers myriad opportunities for educational involvement. Schools and universities at all levels and across multiple disciplines use the Genographic Project in their classrooms."

U.S. Government

Geography - U.S. Census Bureau
Site provides data collected by the Census Department pertaining to geography.

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