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Here are tips on links to websites with information, articles, maps, games and more. Almost all links lead to Swedish pages on other websites.
Source criticism and digital tools
- The Internet Foundation - Digital lessons on the Internet Foundation's website is free lesson material on digital competence (new window, in Swedish). A large selection of lessons on, for example, source criticism, fake news, freedom of expression and violations, programming and security online.
- The National Agency for Education - The Swedish National Agency for Education's website contains a lot of support material for developing teaching (new window, in Swedish). Choose from different focus areas, for example digitization and source criticism.
- Swedish Institute for Standards, SIS - In an article, Frida Monsén, author and consultant in the school area, answers the question how digital working methods can increase motivation and develop learning in school, on the SIS website (new window, in Swedish).
Community planning and sustainability
- MSB, Swedish Agency for Civil Protection and Emergency Planning (new window, in Swedish) - Here you who work in preschool, primary and secondary school can get tips on material about society's and the individual's safety, source criticism and preparedness in the event of accidents, crises and wars. Developed by MSB, the Swedish Agency for Civil Protection and Emergency Planning.
- Geodata portals (new window, in Swedish) . The geodata portal is the entrance where you can search, find and view geodata from several authorities and organizations at the same time. Here is a wealth of information that you can look at in the map in the portal and download open data.
- Geological - about the interplay between geology, natural resources, sustainability and community planning. A digital school initiative from the Swedish Geological Survey SGU (new window, in Swedish). Here are themes for years 7–9 and upper secondary school with teacher guides.
- Statistics Sweden presents municipal figures (new window, in Swedish) - provides a quick overview of Sweden's municipalities. How many people live in the municipality? How much do they earn? And what is the land used for? Do you know what it looks like in your municipality?
Find in the map
- Map printing (in Swedish) - In Lantmäteriet 's e-service Map printing, you can print your own map, where you choose an area in the map, create a map book and save it in pdf format for printing on a scale of 1:10 000 or 1:50 000.
- what3words (new window, in Swedish) - What3Words is an easy and fun way to talk about places and maps, on your mobile or computer, using a combination of 3 words that describe the place, words of your choice.
- Seterra (new window, in Swedish) - helps you learn all types of name geography - countries, flags, Swedish landscapes, seas, states, capitals and other cities in Europe, Asia, Africa, South America and North America.
Climate and environment
- Swedish University of Agriculture, SLU offers material a web-based learning tool for high school called the Forest Lab (new window, in Swedish)
- Forest lessons (new window, in Swedish) - A web-based teaching aid with lessons for years 4-6, about the important role of the forest in sustainable development. Under interdisciplinary themes, everything from biological diversity and the role of the forest in Sweden's history, to our ongoing transition to a fossil-free society, is treated. The lessons are linked to Lgr 11 and the global goals.
- The Climate Adaptation Game - SMHI's Climate Adaptation Game (new window) . This is about equipping the fictional city of Väderköping and its surroundings for a changed climate. Here you will learn more about how the climate affects our society and how to find solutions. It provides training in understanding complex contexts, the ability to analyze and solve problems. You can play on the web or in a Minecraft environment. You can choose between Swedish and English as language versions.
- SMHI Kunskapsbanken (new window, in Swedish) - In SMHI's Knowledge Bank you will find descriptions of phenomena and events linked to meteorology, hydrology, oceanography and climate. For example, the climate of the future, how does drought and rain fall.
- Planeten - En digital mindmap on climate and environment at Forskning.se (new window, in Swedish) . Current news about research results, innovations and initiatives are published here directly from the country's universities and research institutes. The planet offers innovative interactive knowledge scenes filled with facts, illustrations, films and animations.
- Miljömål.se - A website with information about Sweden's environmental goals and follow-up and evaluation (new window, in Swedish). Here is material that can be used in teaching in both Swedish and English, produced by the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency.
- 18 lesson plans on environmental goals Off Keep Sweden clean (new window, in Swedish) . Have students build water purifiers, make short films about sunbathing safely, or why not work with images to discover the importance of biodiversity.
- People and the planet - Global environmental information in English (new window) . Lots of facts and information, tips on books, movies, image gallery, links and more.
- Reliefweb - Current information from the UNHCR in English on ongoing humanitarian crises and natural disasters such as earthquakes, tsunamis, refugee flows and relief efforts (new window) .
- Klossköping (new window, in Swedish) - The Swedish Agency for Civil Protection and Emergency Planning, MSB has produced a guide with ideas and lesson plans to playfully increase students' knowledge about floods.
For teachers
- Geography Teacher Network - A Facebook Page ( new window, in Swedish) . Here are tips, ideas, thoughts, discussion, information, articles and more for geography teachers.
- Boundless digital learning - A blog by Åsa Colliander Celik who is an SO teacher at Mälarhöjden's school (new window, in Swedish) . She writes curiously about current topics in digital learning.
- Free in school - Offers school staff free material and tools for important and current societal issues (new window, in Swdish) . Easy to sort by year, subject, theme or sender.
- Lektion.se - an idea bank with lesson tips from teacher to teacher (new window, in Swedish) . In the giant lesson database, you can quickly and easily search for and download lesson materials and upload your own lesson tips. At lektion.se there is a Forum where you can communicate with colleagues all over the country.
- Open data from Lantmäteriet - Here you can download or connect to the maps and the geographical information that Lantmäteriet provides as open geodata. The products are free of charge and can be used and published freely. They are available via FTP or via API.
- Nature as a classroom (new window, in Swedish) - exercises for outdoor learning - outdoor pedagogical activities to be seen as examples of what you as an educator can do with your students outdoors to strengthen and develop learning in different subjects.
In space
Historical maps
- Stockholm skällan - Contains more than 30,000 pictures, maps, documents and literature tips that tell about Stockholm 's history, developed by Stockholm 's City (new window, in Swedish) .
- History of Sweden (in Swedish) - An interactive teaching resource based on the curriculum for compulsory school. The State Historical Museums, Gamla Up psala museum, Glimmingehus, the National Heritage Board's archives and thirteen other museums present their collections as a base for students and teachers .
In other countries
- Ordnance Survey Education resources (new window) - Playful educational pages in English from the UK Surveying and Mapping Organization. With lessons, simple games and inspiration for outdoor activities. Also material for Minecraft.
- Globalis (new window) - An interactive world atlas and a digital encyclopedia in Swedish with facts and statistics about countries, conflicts and more. Managed by the Swedish UN (new window).
- Norwegian - offers map storage and simpler GIS tools, as well as Barnetråkk (new window) and Kartquiz (new window) .
Swedish democracy and the Riksdag
Book tips
”Handbook for map reader: a fact book about the world on paper ”by Linnéa Krylén.
Think of the word map and you may see an atlas or a world map from the classroom in the school in front of you. But maps are much more than that! They are used on land and at sea, in mines and among stars and even in certain sports. Today, we also use maps daily, thanks to the GPS function on our phones. For children 9-12 years