Data Skills in Geography – Useful Links

An excellent list of data sources can be found here.

• CHESS Dataset Explorer - CEH (NERC)

• CIA World Factbook

• Data Skills Presentation - Benjamin Newbury (TES Resources - Free) 

• Defra Rainfall API

• EU INSPIRE Directive

• Flood Map (EA) 

• Gapminder

• Gapminder for Teachers - Bob Lang

• GaugeMap 

• Geospatial Analysis 

• GLA London Datastore

• Index Mundi

• Met Office DataPoint 

• National Climate Information Centre

• National River Flow Archive

• ONS Portal

• Ordnance Survey Open Data

• Our World in Data

• Population Reference Bureau

• Small area data: looking towards a 2021 census (RGS-IBG booklet) 

• Statista Infographics

• Telegraph - Africa in 100 Years

• UK Government Open Data

• UK Lakes Portal - CEH (NERC)

• Understanding Numbers - free online course (Future Learn)

• Urban Observatory App 

• Using Crime Data  

• World Bank Data

• World Health Organization

 

Relevant articles

'Know your geography: quantitative skills aren’t just about maths' by Dr Rita Gardner, Director, from Times Higher Education

'It's not only maths students who need a solid grasp of statistics' by Prof Paul Glaister, University of Reading, from Times Higher Education

Sounds of the City, by Chris Fitch, from Geographical

 

External resources

The writers of 'Geospatial Analysis - A comprehensive guide' have kindly offered to provide a free PDF copy to teachers. Please follow this link for further details (see item two on the list).

Teaching Geography in a Digital World, by Paul Turner (free download from the iTunes store)

OCR GCSE (9-1) Geographical Skills - Maps to be studied
OCR GCSE (9-1) Geographical Skills - Graphs and charts
Edexcel Geography Fieldwork Guide

Field Studies Council Fieldwork resources

 

Event presentations

Below (and also in the downloads box) are a selection of presentations from events that have taken place as part of the Data Skills in Geography project

• Google / QGIS Presentation by Paul Turner, Head of Geography, Bedales School. 13 June 2016

• 'Mobile Apps for Fieldwork' by Dr James Millington (King's College London). 13 June 2016

• 'Fieldwork Apps - FieldTrip GB' by Dr James Millington (King's College London). 13 June 2016

• ‘Working with GPS Tracks and Points’ by Dr Jon Reades (King's College London). 13 June 2016

• Exploring Data Skills - Rachel Oldroyd (University of Leeds). 13 July 2016

• Dr Faith Taylor, King’s College London, Apps and Open Data for Geography. 25 November 2016

 

This project was funded by the Nuffield Foundation, but the views expressed are those of the authors and not necessarily those of the Foundation