Since I am a BIG geography buff and history buff I thought it would be nice to post some of the links I've used in my studies and my teaching. Most of these sites have free things galore! I like the games but we rarely play games online, but for learning that might be the ideal thing. Hope you enjoy these sites...I did check all of them to make sure they are active and not bad links.
Your Child Learns Geography - Free maps and map puzzles to learn United States and World geography with Maps that Teach.
Puzzles from Your Child Learns - Free interactive maps and map puzzles to learn continents, countries, states, capitals, borders, physical features and cultural monuments. Maps are vital to our understanding geography and the world we live in. Interactive and fun, Maps that Teach help students learn basic geography.
Sheppard Software for Geography - Explore the world, world geography maps, continents, countries, states, capitals, and geography through these amazing games! Play one of our online geography games to help you with your online education!
Free Software for all Subjects - This site is dedicated to listings, descriptions and reviews of the best free educational software for kids and adults. Some of the software is web based (see the online section), and some is Windows software that you can download (see the downloadable Many of the software titles are multilingual. In order to see what titles run in your language, you can list the software by language.
Seterra Software - I just downloaded this game (800kb., small) and it is truly enjoyable and my hubby and I played it for a while. Seterra is a challenging geography program with 70 different exercises. Learn about countries, capitals, flags and cities in Africa, Europe, South America, North America, Asia and Australia, using outline map exercises! Examples of exercises: countries in Europe; American states; American state capitals; French cities; cities in Mexico; countries in Asia, etc, etc... Seterra runs in Danish, Dutch, English, German, French, Italian, Spanish or Swedish. Each exercise has a high score list to keep track of your progress. A colorful and addictive way to learn geography!
National Geographic Geography Bee - Test your geography smarts right here online. Each day we'll post ten questions from the National Geographic Bee. Some of them are real stumpers, but it's okay if you miss a few—you can play as often as you like. Come back everyday for a brand new quiz and another chance to beat the Bee! Lizard Point Fun Games - This is a clickable map quiz and it covers all 7 continents and Russia and India.
Gary Radley Games Educational Games - Where in the World provides a series of Geography Place Tutorials, Games and Quizzes on Countries, Capitals and States / Provinces. There are Tutorials, Games and Quizes on the World, USA, Canada, South America, Europe, Africa, Asia and Australia.
I made a little change with my Friends List. It's on the left side and to open it just click on the word "Friends" and it pops out! Neat, huh! To close it click on it again! Thank you
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