See also: Citizenship; Population

Geography is both a vast and fascinating subject. It encompasses physical, human and environmental topics, not to mention geology, map-reading, weather and climate change. Its impact on our lives is more than most of us can imagine and for this reason it is an important subject for children and young people to investigate. Fortunately, there are a number of excellent organisations, such as the Royal Geographic Society, that provide information and learning resources to support the study and understanding of geography and related issues. The resources below are arranged to include organisations offering a package of geography topics followed by those focusing on specific aspects. These include: the Environment; Natural Disasters; Tourism; Water; and Weather (Climate Change). Resources for Geology are also provided.

Learning resources and activities

Primary school teaching ideas

www.teachingideas.co.uk

Select Other Subjects, then Geography. This has downloadable teaching resources, ideas and activities. It includes fieldwork, local area geography, rivers, natural disasters and much more. Excellent.

The Geography Site

www.geography-site.co.uk

An amazing site covering all aspects of geography: human, physical and environmental. It is useful for primary and secondary children for information and definitions on many topics covered in KS2 and KS3. Well worth a visit.

The Geological Society

www.geolsoc.org.uk

This is packed with resources. Select Education and Careers, then Teaching Resources and Activities. This includes a set of factsheets from volcanoes to earthquakes and from minerals to energy. There is a section providing lesson plans and links to Earth Science classroom activities that could be used at home as well. Excellent.

National Geographic Kids: primary geography resources

www.natgeokids.com/uk/teacher-category/geography

This provides teaching resources that support the geography curriculum for both the National Curriculum and the Scottish Curriculum for Excellence. In addition, it has plenty of KS1 and KS2 teaching and learning ideas and fun facts for Early Years. Excellent.

Royal Geographic Society

www.rgs.org/schools/teaching-resources

Absolutely brilliant and packed with high-quality geographical teaching and learning resources for a wealth of topics for all key stages. Includes COVID-19; Food and Food Crisis; Extreme Weather; Natural Disasters; Population; Migration; Urbanisation; and many more. Excellent.

Royal Mint: learning resources

www.royalmint.com/kids Select Geography Pack for a downloadable resource called Coins in the Classroom looking at coins from around the world.