Slide 1: FIFA World Cup 2006 Countries What sort of place do the footballers and supporters live in? Use these links to find out. Choose a qualifying country to find out about.
Slide 2: Contents Title page Qualified countries General information about countries Where in the world? Wave a flag Maps Time zones Day and night What else?
Slide 3: Qualified Countries Use this link to find the counties which have qualified. http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/06/en/w/ You can also play games
Slide 4: General information about countries World Fact Book http://www.theodora.com/wfb/abc_world_fact_book.html#U Use the most up-to-date World Fact book. You can find lots of information on country size, population, cities and currently.
Slide 5: Where in the world? These sites will help to locate the countries, and some of the capital cities on the globe. World gazetteer http://www.worldgazetteer.com/wg.php?men=home&lng=en&des=gamel an&dat=200&geo=81&srt=pnan&col=aohdqcfbeimg&geo=0 This website also give the coordinates of many of the cities. Surface distance between two coordinates http://www.wcrl.ars.usda.gov/cec/java/lat-long.htm This web site will help you find the distance between two places. Work out how far supporters and players have had to travel.
Slide 6: Wave a flag Find a flag for the country you are supporting. What flags will other supporters be waving? World flags http://www.flags.net/mainindex.htm Colouring book of flags http://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/cbk.html Some people like to have a national emblem. Find out all about them – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_emblem National emblems Flower emblems of the world http://www.plantzafrica.com/miscell/floweremblems.htm
Slide 7: Maps Looking at maps can help understand what sort of place a country is. Use these maps to help you find out about your chosen country. Expedia Atlas http://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/atlas/ Zoom in to outline maps of countries World Atlas http://worldatlas.com/aatlas/world.htm Maps of the world, continents and countries
Slide 8: Time zones It is not the same time all round the world. Find out what time it will be for supporters when they watch their team play. World Clock Time Zones http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/ This includes which places alter their clocks in the summer. World Time Server http://www.worldtimeserver.com/current_time_in_GB.aspx This site also shows you where on the globe the location is. Times around the world http://swissinfo.net/cgi/worldtime/ World time Zone Map http://aa.usno.navy.mil/faq/docs/world_tzones.html Look at this to see how the time zones are not in straight lines. Why do some of the lines make detours?
Slide 9: Day and night See with your own eyes which countries are in night time and which are day time. Earth View http://www.fourmilab.ch/cgi-bin/uncgi/Earth/action?opt=-p Use this to see which parts of the world are currently in daylight and which are in darkness. Change the time and click on ‘update’ to see the world at other times.
Slide 10: What Else? Make your findings into a MS PowerPoint presentation. Make your own supporter’s kit. Design a football strip (or supporter’s scarf) for a country which reflects what you have found out about the country.