With Geonames you can explore places in the world and see if there is somewhere named after you.
There is a place in Russia, for example, called Tim.
There are 325 called Sarah!
A different way to get a group in to exploring our planet.
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3rd June 2013 Coalville, Leicestershire INSET Day at Belvoirdale Primary School, Scotland's Road, Coalville, Leics LE67 3RD
4th June 2013 Coalville,Leicestershire Day of lessons at Belvoirdale Primary School, Scotland's Road, Coalville, Leics LE67 3RD
5th June 2013 Wimborne, Dorset Dorset ICTiS Conference at Merley House in Wimborne Keynote and Workshops
6th June 2013 Wrexham A Keynote for Wrexham Hwbmeet at the Ramada Hotel 5:00 - 6:30pm
7th June 2013 Cheltenham, Gloucestershire A Keynote for The Gloucestershire Annual Head and Deputy Head Teachers Conference & Exhibition at Cheltenham Racecourse
18th June 2013 Maida Vale, London Lessons at Essendine Primary School Essendine Road, Maida Vale, W9 2LR
20th June 2013 Cardiff A Workshop at Cardiff City Stadium for the 'National Digital Learning Event' with the Minister for Education and Skills, Wales.
14th - 16th July 2013 Memphis, Tennessee Lausanne Laptop Institute Conference Keynote and Workshops
28th August 2013 Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire INSET Day at St Mary's Church of England Primary
3rd September 2013 Maida Vale, London INSET Day at Essendine Primary School Essendine Road, Maida Vale, W9 2LR
4th September 2013 Northampton INSET Day at Kingsthorpe Grove Primary School
5th September 2013 Northampton Day of lessons at Kingsthorpe Grove Primary School
9th September 2013 Lewisham INSET Day at Baring Primary School, , Linchmere Road, Lee, London, SE12 0NB
10th September 2013 Lewisham Day of lessons at Baring Primary School, Linchmere Road, Lee, London
16th September 2013 Portsmouth INSET Day at Newbridge Junior School, Portsmouth PO2 7RW
17th September 2013 Portsmouth Day of lessons at Newbridge Junior School, Portsmouth PO2 7RW
19th September 2013 Portsmouth Day of lessons at Westover Primary School, PO3 6NS
20th September 2013 Portsmouth INSET Day at Westover Primary School, PO3 6NS
25th September 2013 Budapest, Hungary Day 1 - Working with teachers and pupils at The British International School
26th September 2013 Budapest, Hungary Day 2 - Working with teachers and pupils at The British International School
27th September 2013 Budapest, Hungary Day 3 - Working with teachers and pupils at The British International School
30th September 2013 Bridlington INSET Day at New Pasture Lane School YO16 7NR
1st October 2013 Bridlington Day of lessons and training at New Pasture Lane School YO16 7NR
2nd October 2013 Liverpool Key Stage One Day with 4th Year students at Liverpool Hope University
3rd October 2013 Liverpool Key Stage Two Day with 4th Year students at Liverpool Hope University
7th October 2013 Cheltemham, Gloucestershire A One Day Workshop alongside Pie Corbett and David 'Deputy' Mitchell The Cheltenham Literature Festival at The Salon, Montpellier Gardens
Was glad when GeoNames popped up in my e-mail. Have decided to us it with my Year 1 class instead of Barnaby Bear. We type about 5 children’s names into the GeoNames website, see what comes up, choose a location form the results and then set this for homework.
The childen research details on the place chosen and report back in the following weeks Show and Tell. We have created a blog to record the children’s findings and have linked this to a google map where we are plotting our finds.
The children compare climate, language, lanscape, population amongst other things.
A great website. Thanks for the link.