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Easiteach Geography
How Can Easiteach Geography Help You?
Easiteach Geography Toolbar Grid Reference Reader
Compass Rose
Navigator
Scale Ruler
Distometer Map Builder
Easiteach Geography ContentTo use the Content Packs you must already have Easiteach installed on your computer. To get the most out of the content pack we recommend the Easiteach Geography Tools are also installed. Geography Content Pack
Content Pack Index Page
Whole-class Activities
Simulations
Video Clips
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Easiteach Geography provides a set of Tools that are designed to specifically support the teaching of geography for both Primary and Secondary age pupils and which will help embed the use of ICT into the subject. 
Easiteach Geography helps you and your class create, analyse and manipulate maps on screen as well as interact with a whole range of resources at your fingertips. Your class will come to life with these interactive tools, which help with everything from building maps to referencing grids. You have everything you need to create exciting lessons for any area of the curriculum. In addition to this, Easiteach has voting capability which is useable with or without voting pads, promoting full class interaction and discussion. 
The Easiteach Geography tools have been designed to be appropriate for both Primary and Secondary schools. The tools mainly focus on creating, analysing and manipulating maps on screen. The resources available in the Toolbar are: 
You can select a ready-made grid or create your own custom layout. They can be overlaid onto maps downloaded from mapping websites or used as a basis for creating new maps to help the teaching of grid references.
When moving the cursor over a map The Grid Reference Reader displays the co-ordinates of points on the Grid, automatically reading in the format of that Grid (A1, 4 or 6 figure Grid References). If an image is dragged around a map its reference will be displayed. Useful for planning such things as cycle routes.
A grid fill tool so that you can shade the grid overlays. It may be used to show land-use or change over time. The fill colour can be changed on the Easiteach toolbar. 
This tool displays a selection of compass roses that can be added to any map. Using the Easiteach toolbar they can be resized and rotated for greater accuracy.
This produces a green marker for creating and following paths, using left-right or compass directions. The innovative Navigator tool enables pupils to explore directions, routes and journeys by moving around existing maps, or maps that you have created. Movements can be recorded and played back.
Rulers can be resized, rescaled and rotated to make a variety of measurements on the page, or to help construct plans.
The distometer tool can be used for measuring paths, shapes, journeys - in fact anything! It can be used to take accurate measurements from images imported into Easiteach or captured by hardware such as digital cameras.
This map builder palette enables you, or pupils, to construct maps using pictures or Ordnance Survey® symbols. The size of the image can be pre-set and once on the map it can be further stretched and adjusted.
Chose activities either by:
Each Easibook contains teaching screens and accompanying notes with full reference to:
Examples of simulations include:
UK Channel 4 has provided many of the videos. They include:
