Weatherthings
Weather Things: Hurricane Safety
For their size and impact, hurricanes are often called the greatest storms on Earth. They expend a tremendous amount of energy through the water cycle, and through wind, to maintain the balance of the atmosphere. Known by different names...
Curated Video
Constructing Linear Functions: Defining Equations
Learn how to define a linear function by constructing an equation. The concept of initial value and rate of change is introduced, and the pattern of steps to determine the output based on the input is demonstrated. The equation Y = MX +...
Weatherthings
Weather Things: Hurricane Formation
For their size and impact, hurricanes are often called the greatest storms on Earth. They expend a tremendous amount of energy through the water cycle, and through wind, to maintain the balance of the atmosphere. Known by different names...
Visual Learning Systems
Reading Maps: Reading Topographic Maps
Upon viewing the Reading Maps video series, students will be able to do the following: Appreciate some of the different ways maps can be used. Explain that maps are often printed on paper and a book of maps is called an atlas....
Visual Learning Systems
Understanding Topographic Maps
The video explains how to use a topographic map. It shows how contour lines on the map indicate changes in elevation and how the distance between them can be used to determine the steepness of a slope. Mapping part 8/10
Mazz Media
Integers
This video uses real world examples to define and describe integers. Students will learn that an integer is any whole number can be positive, negative or zero. Viewers will come to understand that integers have important properties that...
Visual Learning Systems
Mapping Quiz
This is a quiz on the topics covered in the Mapping series. The video presents a series of statements or questions related to various topics such as map projections, time zones, elevation, and symbols used in maps. The viewer is prompted...
Ancient Lights Media
United Kingdom
This clip looks at the physical features, climate and culture of the United Kingdom.
Curated Video
Colorado researchers exploring rebuilding scorched forests amid climate change
Wildfires are destroying forests at a faster rate than forest services can replant them — climate change is making it difficult for those trees to grow back. (Scripps News)
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The steep eastern mountain face of Mount Whitney, the highest peak in the Sierra Crest.
The steep eastern mountain face of Mount Whitney, the highest peak in the Sierra Crest.
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Aerial view of the Sierra Crest with Mount Whitney.
Aerial view of the Sierra Crest with Mount Whitney.
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The two-toned Cardinal Mountain, one of the peaks reaching over thirteen thousand feet in the Sierra Nevadas.
The two-toned Cardinal Mountain, one of the peaks reaching over thirteen thousand feet in the Sierra Nevadas.