Silvester Musisi

Education Consultant, Finance director and 2nd partner in Allied Educational Consultancy, Member of staff at Makerere College in Kampala. Resourceful in Geography and General Paper(S101). Head of Geography department having been transferred from the department of General paper where I was head. I network with other resource persons and institutions in Geo paper 3 and in General Paper(S101), and ICT. Adobe youth Voice contact person and peer educator at MACOS collaboration center. Video content developer videographer and producer. Photographer and contributor to Google panoramio. Researcher on the internet. Former chair Kampala District Wildlife Association(KADWA).

Resources by Silvester Musisi

Transport and communication

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transport#Aspects_of_transport

This website is suitable for studies in world problems and development-Paper P250/2 for advanced level students. It gives you information on different types of transport in the world,their importance and problems.

Vegetation

http://www.botgard.ucla.edu/html/botanytextbooks/worldvegetation/index.html

This site gives you major types of vegetation of the world and their distribution.

You will find information on forests, savanna, scrub, alpine vegetation etc.

It is suitable for both Paper 1 and Paper 2 of Advanced level Geography.

It is also suitable for biology students studying ecology.

Continental Drift (Evidences)

http://kids.earth.nasa.gov/archive/pangaea/evidence.html

The site gives evidence on continental drift and plate tectonics.
Gives you a historical account on continental drift, has an interactive map, and importance.

Rhine Basin

http://www.grid.unep.ch/product/publication/freshwater_europe/rhine.php

Map of the Rhine Basin and the countries located within it.

Information on activities in the region and their impacts.

Population size, resources available and glossary.Suitable for study of Rhinelands in paper 2 of O level Geography

Rift Valley

http://www.jambokenya.com/jambo/location/mara.htm

Useful site for the study of East African Geography Paper 1 (O level) and paper 1&2 for A level.

Has information on the rift valley, Lakes, Mountains, Highlands, National Parks and majors towns in Kenya.

 

Vegetation

http://www.botgard.ucla.edu/html/botanytextbooks/worldvegetation/index.html

  • This site gives you major types of vegetation of the world and their distribution.
  • You will find information on forests, savanna, scrub, alpine vegetation etc.
  • It is suitable for both Paper 1 and Paper 2 of Advanced level Geography.
  • It is also suitable for biology students studying ecology.
  • Seasons

    http://www.edumedia-sciences.com/

    Find simulation on the four seasons.

    The site also gives you 380 downloadable interactive simulation, illustrations, pictures and diagrams on topics in geography and other subjects arranged according to the level of the learners.

    Continental drift

    http://www.edumedia-sciences.com/a95_l2-continental-drift.html

    This site will give you simulation and animation on continental drift.

    View a simulation on how continents drifted from 255 million years ago to present (From Pangea time to present- step by step to the future)

    View the subduction zones, collision zones etc

    Famine

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Famine

    • Site discussing famine around the world with particular emphasis in Africa
    • Gives you the definition and genesis of famine around the globe
    • Suitable for Geography Paper 2- (A) Level and General Paper (S101)-A level

    Pictures of famine stricken areas of Africa. Listen to sounds and videos of famine victims around the world

    MAPS

    http://local.live.com/

    Site with a digital map. Get 2D and 3D, road, aerial and hybrid views of  places around the world(Switch between viws).Have a glimpse of both map view andBird’s eye view of the selected places.

     Suitable for studies of North American Geography and World Problems and Development in Papaer 2 Geography for A Level Students.

    Take a virtual tour of the major cities of the world and see how they look like in reality.