Part III D Portfolios A) Books:
F. World-Wide Web Site Addresses
3. Specific websites for the ‘Themes’ and ‘Issues’
(a) Agriculture
Address Name of
Homepage Details
1. http://www.cfwc.com/ California Farm
Water Coalition
A very useful website to help teachers to teach ‘Irrigation farming in Southern California’. It provides many great teaching and learning resources, such as photos, lesson plans, a 14-minute video about irrigated farming in California and an 67-page online reference book – ‘The Water Fact Book: California Agriculture and Its Use of Water’.
2. http://www.itrc.org/index.html Irrigation Training and Research
Centre
This homepage contains lots of impressive photos about irrigation facilities in California.
3. http://www.fews.org/fews.html USAID Famine Early Warning
System
This website contains a lot of information on food and farming in Africa. Its online bulletin frequently posts articles about farming in Sahel.
(b) City
Address Name of Homepage Details
1. http://www.plannersweb.com/
sprawl/home.html
Sprawl Guide This site contains lots of information and links about the concepts of
‘Sprawl’. Case studies about cities of U.S.A. are included.
2. http://www.hkura.org/html/
c100000t1.html
Urban Renewal Authority
Information about urban renewal in Hong Kong can be found in this website. Case studies are also included.
(c) Climate
Address Name of Homepage Details
1. http://www.cma.gov.cn/
index.html
China Meteorological Administration
Information about weather and climate of China and other parts of the world can be found.
2. http://www.planetholiday.com/
asia/malaysia/
malaysia_climate.asp
Climate & Weather Reports for Malaysia
There are climatic graphs and weather reports of some selected Malaysian cities for teaching and learning.
3. http://www.hko.gov.hk/
contente.htm
Hong Kong Observatory
In addition to weather reports and forecast, there are lots of educational resources in this homepage of Hong Kong Observatory. Newspaper articles by Hong Kong Observatory, various topics and instruments about
meteorology, and a virtual tour of Hong Kong Observatory’s Exhibition Hall can be found here.
4. http://iri.columbia.edu/climate/
impact/africa/
International Research Institute for Climate
Prediction
The website contains details climatic information of Africa. There are also a lot of links on the climate of different parts of Africa.
Address Name of Homepage Details
5. http://www.weatherbase.com Weatherbase This website contains weather data of the world, such as temperature and precipitation, for teaching and learning.
6. http://www.underground.org.hk/ Weather Underground of Hong Kong
Lots of weather maps, satellite images and links related to weather and climate can be found in this resourceful website. There is also a ‘Weather Discussion Forum’ for people to discuss about current issues of weather.
7. http://www.met.tamu.edu/class/
Metr304/WindandPressuredir/
Wind-Press-2.html
Wind and Pressure Some animations are provided to assist teachers to teach some difficult concepts about wind and pressure.
(d) Industry
Address Name of
Homepage Details
1. http://www.netvalley.com/
lef5tint.htm
Internet Valley Information about Silicon Valley, U.S.A.
and IT history is provided here.
Teachers can find useful information about IT companies and academic institutions in Silicon Valley for teaching and learning.
2. http://www.siliconvalley-usa.com The Silicon Valley Gateway
This website contains information about educational institutions, high-tech companies and history of Silicon Valley, U.S.A.
(e) Landform and Endogenetic Processes
Address
Name of
Homepage Details
1. http://www.ecuador-travel.net/
tour.climbing.gallery.htm
Andes Mountain Picture Gallery
Photos about Andes Mountain are given here.
2. http://www.oupchina.com.hk/
teaching/07_31/Unstable
%20earth.ppt
CE – Mountain-building
Processes
This is a PowerPoint presentation about plate tectonics, volcanoes, earthquakes and fold mountains. Many figures and questions about plate tectonics are included here.
3. http://library.thinkquest.org/
10131/javascriptmenu_final.html
Destination:
Himalayas – Where Earth Meets Sky
Useful information, maps and figures about the formation of Himalayas and plate tectonics are found in this website.
4. http://volcano.und.nodak.edu/
vwdocs/vwlessons/
plate_tectonics/
introduction.html
Introduction to Plate Tectonics
A very useful website for the teaching and learning of ‘Plate Tectonics’. Many interesting teaching activities and worksheets about plate tectonics are provided here.
5. http://www.peakware.com/
encyclopedia/ranges/andes.htm
Peakware – Andes Mountain Range
Relief maps and information about Andes Mountain can be found here.
6. http://pubs.usgs.gov/
publications/text/dynamic.html
This Dynamic Earth:
the Story of Plate Tectonics
This site is an online textbook about plate tectonics. Many figures are included to facilitate teaching and learning.
7. http://library.thinkquest.org/
17457/gather/comics/main.html
Volcanoes Online The website contains substantial information about volcanoes. Concepts about plate tectonics and volcanoes are explained in details. Games, comics and lesson plans related to volcanoes are also included.
Address
Name of
Homepage Details
8. http://volcano.und.nodak.edu/ Volcano World A resourceful website about volcanoes. In addition to information about volcanoes of the world, volcano adventures and learning activities about volcanoes can also be found. There are materials for students to build their own volcano models.
(f) Landform and Exogenetic Processes and The Trouble of Water
Address Name of
Homepage Details
1. http://www.yrcc-design.com.cn 黃河規劃設計 This website contains information, photos, maps and videos about the project of diverting water from the South to the North in China.
2. http://library.thinkquest.org/
28022/body.html
All Along A River This website contains worksheets and case studies about rivers in the world.
Teachers and students can have online trail along a river. Concepts, such as river erosion and transportation, are explained by animations in this website.
3. http://www.grdc.sr.unh.edu/html/
Stn/B13.html
Chang Jiang - Asia There are a lot of data about different parts of Chang Jiang, such as discharge and catchment areas. Hydrographs of different parts of Chang Jiang are also provided.
4. http://www.uwsp.edu/geo/
faculty/ritter/geog101/lectures/
lecture_fluvial_landforms.html
Fluvial Landforms This website contains some photos of fluvial landforms, such as meanders, floodplain and natural levee.
Address Name of
Homepage Details
5. http://www.vims.edu/~jpliu/east/
changj.htm
The Yangtze River Database; VIMS;
Qingdao
Photos and information about Chang Jiang can be found in this homepage.
Photos, such as different courses of Chang Jiang and Three Gorges, are useful in the teaching and learning of Chang Jiang.
6. http://www.cis.umassd.edu/
~gleung/
Yellow River Home Page
Information and news about Yellow River can be found. Besides, there are a lot of impressive photos about upper, middle and lower courses of Yellow River.
(g) Climatic Anomalies Address
Name of
Homepage Details
1. http://www.epa.gov/
globalwarming.
EPA Global Warming Site
This website contains a lot of information about global warming, such as causes of global warming and how to alleviate this problem.
2. http://www.panda.org/climate/ WWF – Climate Change Campaign
This website includes information about causes, impacts and solution of global climatic changes.
(h) Food and Hunger:
Address Name of
Homepage Details
1. http://www.fews.net/ Famine Early Warning System Network
This homepage contains many reports and articles about famine in the world.
Most of them are update and useful for classroom teaching.
2. http://www.ucc.ie/famine/ International Famine Centre Homepage
It contains the latest famine news of the world. Links to other websites about
‘famine’ are also included.
(i) Natural Hazards (* For websites about volcanoes, please refer to part (e) above.)
Address
Name of
Homepage Details
1. http://www.tsunami.org/
index.htm
Pacific Tsunami Museum Homepage
It contains many photos about tsunamis which can be used for teaching and learning.
2. http://www.eqe.com/
publications/kobe/kobe.htm
The January 17, 1995 Kobe Earthquake
Attractive photos and information about Kobe Earthquake (1995) are included in this website. It can be used as a case study of earthquakes.
3. http://walrus.wr.usgs.gov/
tsunami/
Tsunamis &
Earthquakes at the USGS
This homepage contains information and animations about tsunamis
4. http://www.crustal.ucsb.edu/ics/
understanding/
Understanding Earthquakes
This website contains earthquake information, quiz and animation.
5. http://earthquake.usgs.gov/ USGS Earthquake Hazards Program
A resourceful website about earthquakes.
Current earthquake activities are reported with maps. Besides, it provides many useful resources, e.g. graphics, photos, animations, lesson plans and learning activities, for the teaching and learning of earth structure, earthquakes and plate tectonics.