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Featured Sites

Island Adventure - Learn All About Maps
With This Fun Game

Five Themes of Geography
Slide Show for Teaching 5 Themes	Five Themes of Geography (Nat. Geo)	Five Themes Definitions for Kids

Globes	Games & Interesting Things	World Geography
Animated Globe	Sheppard Games	Comparing Nations
Animated Globe 2	Geography Games	AtlaPedia World Maps & Info
Earth Viewer (Longitude, Latitude)	Geo Spy Game	Countries of the World
Learn the Globe	More Very Cool Geo Games	Latitude & Longitude Confluence Search
	Eternal Sunset	Wonders of the World
		World Map with Coordinates
Maps and Satellite Images
Google Maps	Flash Earth	Microsoft Virtual Earth
National Geographic Maps	Google Maps	Globe Explorer Satellite Images
Google Earth (Software on Your PC)	Rand McNally Road Trip	Terra Service

Seasons
Seasons Work		Seasons
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Download	South Portland	Flags
Google Earth	South Portland Assessor Database	Flags of the World
Earth Browser		3-D Flags Around the World

Teacher Resources
Slide Show for Teaching 5 Themes	Five Themes of Geography (Nat. Geo)	Five Themes Definitions for Kids

Geography School Projects
Mrs. Tewhey's Map Project Model
Mrs. Briggs & Mrs. Rioux's World Geography Project "Along the Line"

How the Seasons Work

Here is the Earth rotating on its axis and also going around the sun.
The solstices and equinoxes briefly flash on the screen for each time of year.
This diagram is not to scale; in reality, the sun is a lot bigger to scale, and Earth is a lot further away.

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