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Introduction /Supplementary Resources /Credits
Welcome to the 12th edition of Global Eye Primary. In collaboration with the RGS-IBG, this edition is generously supported by the Cambridge University Land Society. The eleven previous editions of Global Eye Primary, published by Worldaware, are still online in the �Back Issue Archive� section of the website.
The aim of Global Eye Primary is to provide interesting, well-illustrated and interactive material about global issues to tie in with primary curriculum requirements.
Three characters, Harry, Cecile and Jack (a parrot) guide pupils around the website, answering their questions and challenging them to think about a variety of global issues.
Each section of the website uses interactive features, key questions and photos to break down the issues covered into manageable chunks. The sections of Global Eye Primary are:
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a specific case study of a country (or region) including maps, diagrams, and a variety of images. |
| Focus on |
looks at a development issue. |
| On Camera |
uses images with accompanying questions and activities for students. |
Click here to see details of how Global Eye Primary Spring 2007 can be applied to different subject criteria in the England & Wales Key Stage Two primary curriculum.
SUPPLEMENTARY RESOURCES
Revisit these editions of Global Eye Primary. The Autumn 2001 edition focuses on rivers and a trip down the Amazon, and Spring 2003 uses numeracy and literacy activities to explore some aspects of Ancient Egypt in the Eye on The Sahara section.
On Camera: A Nile Journey
This activity is an attempt to tap into the enormous potential of Google Earth as a teaching and learning resource. Visit http://www.juicygeography.co.uk/googleearth.htm for some excellent guidance and other ideas on how to use Google Earth in the classroom.
Visit the BBC�s interactive Planet Earth Explorer site to access a movie fly-over above the Blue Nile (for UK users only)
The movie fly-over above the Blue Nile originally featured in a 2004 BBC TV series on the Nile. If you missed the TV series, the coffee table book based on it, "The Nile" (BBC Books 2005 ISBN: 0563487135) would be an excellent addition to any school library. With many stunning images the book explores the history and natural history of the Nile. Many of the images used in On Camera are stills taken during the filming of the programmes, kindly provided by Tim Scoones.
"A River Journey: The Nile" by Robert Bowden (Raintree 2003 ISBN: 0739860720) is another highly recommended addition to the school library. The series also has books on journeys along the Amazon, the Yangtze and other rivers of the world.
Focus on Rivers (WWF 1999)
This is a pack about rivers worldwide. The key themes are: how rivers shape the landscape, our past and present dependence on rivers, river ecosystems, the impact of human activity and possible conflicts that can arise over sharing water resources. The activities centre on the 12 photocards which are a good way of introducing the wide range of issues. Nineteen photocopiable activity sheets, a river game (which illustrates positive and negative human impacts) and a poster showing potential sources of pollution provide a good variety of activities. £10.99 from:
WWF-UK, Educational Distribution, PO Box 963, Slough SL2 3RS, UK
http://www.wwflearning.org.uk/wwflearning-home/
Email: [email protected]
Tel: +44 (0) 1753 643104; Fax: +44 (0) 1753 646553
Kent NGFL�s River World page is another useful online resource for teaching and learning ideas, worksheets and images of rivers in general.
Eye on The Nile
There is an abundance of resources on the Nile/Egypt. Here are a selection of websites and other resources that may be suitable for the 8-12 age group:
The Thread of the Nile (TIDE 1996 ISBN 0 948838 46 9) This excellent resource comprises of a set of 24 A5 colour photographs that give an insight into life in rural Egypt. The accompanying handbook includes a number of user-friendly activities suitable for Key Stage 2 students. A village locality study forms the core of the pack and there are four themes: Linking Egypt past and present, Using the River Nile, Farming choices and Living in a community.
£15 + £1.50 VAT from: Tide Centre, GO4 Millennium Point, Curzon Street, Birmingham B4 7XG , UK.
Email: [email protected]
Tel: +44 (0) 121 202 3290; Fax: +44 (0) 121 202 3295
For more teaching and learning ideas focusing on floods generally visit the QCA�s Innovating with Geography site.
Akhet Egyptology
This is an exhaustive source of information on all things to do with Egyptology, including a clickable mummy!
Daily Life in Ancient Egypt is an attractive, user-friendly and fun site for younger students with sections on Interesting Trivia, Egyptian Tall Tales, My Life in Ancient Egypt, Deep in the Tombs of Egypt and Daily Life in Ancient Egypt. Don't miss it!
Egyptian Maths is part of a larger website on Ancient Egypt designed for a younger audience. It offers basic lessons in the Egyptian number system and then offers several pages full of mathematical problems that require students to work with Egyptian numerals in order to solve them.
Mysteries of the Nile
This virtual exhibit offers panoramic 360° images of Ancient Egyptian sites, tombs and monuments, and classroom resources that enable you to customise your lesson plans.
Odyssey in Egypt and Nova Online Adventure: Pyramids take students on virtual archaeological digs in Egypt via panoramic images and movies.
Virtual Egypt
- the activities contained in this site encourage students to make their own cartouche, write a papyrus to the pharaoh, and read the Daily Papyrus news. There are also timelines, tours and flash movies.
Write Like an Egyptian
This site from the Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology enables students to type in words and translate into hieroglyphics.
Kent�s NGFL�s Powerpoint and Ancient Egypt has ideas for learning activities for Year 6 students.
Focus on Water
This section relies heavily on the online learning resources developed by WaterAid. WaterAid has also produced a number of other recommended resources, including Water Literate (a free PDF download pack with a 24 page teacher's booklet and two sets of eight A5 photographs, 2006) and a 13 minute DVD, Water for Life. Visit www.wateraid.org.uk/uk/learn_zone/educational_resources/default.asp for more details, or contact WaterAid at: 2nd floor, 47-49 Durham Street, London, SE11 5JD, UK. Tel: +44 (0)20 7793 4500; Email: [email protected]
Water for All is another highly recommended online resource on water issues in general - one of the highlights of Oxfam�s Cool Planet. Water for All is particularly good for images in the 'Image well' section.
Focus on Water: Introduction
This page introduces students to the unequal distribution of water worldwide, using a world map and some numeracy-based activities.
The water fact box on this page provides a link to the World Bank�s online quiz (in Flash) on water issues worldwide at http://youthink.worldbank.org/issues/environment/water-quiz.swf. Click here for a PDF version of the World Bank quiz with more explanation of the answers.
For other numeracy-based activities, visit:
Thames Water�s Water Counts site
Oxfam�s Water Maths - part of Cool Planet�s �Water for All� resource.
Water Numerate (WaterAid 2000)
This is a very useful pack with Maths activities for 9-11 year olds. It addresses global issues of water consumption, income distribution and care of the environment while developing mathematical skills for solving a range of data handling problems. Mathematical tasks are presented in context with case studies from the UK and a village in Nepal with detailed guidance for teachers and differentiated activities for pupils. The posters provide a useful visual aid for understanding the geographical and social context of the case study material. The resources are available only as free PDF downloads from WaterAid.
Channel 4 Learning�s Planet.com site looks at water issues in Kenya, London, Yorkshire & Brighton including video clips.
Severn Trent Water have developed a fun site for younger students that explores water issues and the water cycle � visit Wet Water Wizard.
Focus on Water: Running Dry
For more data and information about the UK�s drought in 2006, visit:
The Environment Agency
The Met Office � Resources for Primary Schools
Thames Water has some engaging learning activities for younger children at www.waterinschools.com and http://waterwise.fortune-cookie.com/water-wise-kids/ including the �Splash Gordon� game and the �water detective� quiz.
Focus on Water: Children and Water
This page focuses on some of the issues in the developing world, drawing heavily on WaterAid�s learn zone. The following resources are also recommended:
Water Issues – local & global (TIDE 2005 ISBN 0 948838 98 1) is a pack that looks at the theme of water for upper primary students. It considers both water use in the UK and globally, and includes 16 photo-cards that illustrate key ideas such as: sanitation, health, supply, the water cycle, recycling, biodiversity, ecosystems and leisure. The cross-curricular book includes activity ideas suitable for teaching and learning in Geography, Science, PSHE, History and Literacy along with detailed examples of how the topic can be taught with different year groups. £12.00 from:
Tide Centre, GO4 Millennium Point, Curzon Street, Birmingham B4 7XG, UK. Tel: +44 (0) 121 202 3290; Fax: +44 (0) 121 202 3295
Email: [email protected]
You may want to do something at school to recognise the UN�s World Water Day 2007 on March 22. Visit www.worldwaterday.org/page/701 to find out more.
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CREDITS
Global Eye Primary Spring 2007 was written by Simon Scoones and David Brundish for the Royal Geographical Society – Institute of British Geographers.
Photographs: Panos Pictures, Tim Scoones, Simon Scoones, Kim Hotson, Garry Thorpe, WaterAid, Thames Water.
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