Instructional Video7:06
Little Smart Planet

Learning about Planets

Pre-K - K
Let's watch the video to review all the vocabulary about the planets and the Solar System.
Instructional Video14:00
Hip Hughes History

Geography's Influence on World History, Society and Human Development

6th - 12th
Mr. Hughes throws down some basic geography concepts as they relate to society and human development.
Interactive1:50
Scholastic

Study Jams! Landforms

4th - 6th
First-class photographs dazzle your class as they are acquainted with Earth's various landforms. To reinforce learning, they can take a multiple-choice quiz, sing along to a karaoke song, or review key vocabulary terms, all on this...
Instructional Video7:38
Curated OER

Exploring Oceans

4th - 8th
Did you know that life in the sea generates 70% of our oxygen? If it weren't for the water, we wouldn't be here! Discover underwater mountains and volcanoes and take a glimpse at our negative global impact. What can you do to reverse...
Instructional Video5:15
Curated OER

Rockies Thrust Up

6th - 12th
How did Colorado's Front Range arise when it's 1,000 miles from where the Pacific and North American plates meet? Learn about the theory behind this oddity and use this video to springboard into other topics, such as what types of rocks...
Instructional Video3:43
PBS

Killer Landslides | Monitoring and Predicting Landslides

9th - 12th Standards
Landslides kill between 25 and 50 people every year in the United States alone. This is why predicting a landslide literally saves lives. A scientist applied new technology to a mountain and accurately predicted a landslide. Thanks to...
Instructional Video1:15
Howard Hughes Medical Institute

Plate Tectonics

6th - 12th Standards
The plates of the earth may be shifting right under your feet! Learn the causes and consequence of this shifting through an informative a video lesson. Scholars explore the effects of the movement on a local, global, and even planetary...
Instructional Video2:15
Howard Hughes Medical Institute

Gorongosa's Water Cycle

6th - 12th Standards
Gorongosa National Park holds a fascinating and ever-changing landscape. What makes the water cycle in the park so special? Travel to Mozambique to learn more about the park using a short video. Content includes rainy season in the park,...
Instructional Video1:49
MinuteEarth

How Tall Can Mountains Be?

6th - 12th Standards
Currently, the tallest mountain on Earth is Mount Everest at 8,848 meters above sea level. The video discusses how tall a mountain might reach based on gravity, rock density, and other factors such as plate tectonics and erosion. 
Instructional Video3:51
SciShow Kids

Where Do Mountains Come From?

K - 5th Standards
Mount Everest and the Appalachian Mountains are just two features that formed from converging plates. Watch a video that explains and models this phenomenon.
Instructional Video3:32
SciShow Kids

Make Your Own Mountains! - #sciencegoals

K - 5th Standards
In a world where plate tectonics have helped create Earth's geological features, it is an ever-changing process. Show young scientists a video that demonstrates the movement of Earth's plates to create fold mountains.
Instructional Video4:52
TED-Ed

Why is Mount Everest so Tall?

2nd - 8th Standards
Many years ago, when the Indian plate collided into the Eurasian plate, the highest mountain on Earth was formed. But what gives Mount Everest its shape? Watch an informative video to learn what factors make the...
Instructional Video5:28
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Crash Course Kids

Let's Take a Hike

3rd - 8th
What type of effect can the geosphere have on the biosphere? This is the focus of a video that explains how geologic features and landforms directly affect the types of living things in a habitat, positively, and negatively.
Instructional Video3:58
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Crash Course Kids

Landforms, Hey!

3rd - 8th
What are different types of landforms, and how are they formed? This is the focus of a video that describes how mountains, plateaus, mesas, buttes, volcanoes, deserts, islands, and deltas are made.
Instructional Video5:37
Curated OER

Planet Earth - Mountains

6th - 12th
Rich images showcase mountain peaks from all over the world. Thick clouds of snow are brushed off of the Himalayas, and the Andes sharp, unforgiving peaks are clouded by mist. This video is non-narrated, yet it provides spectacular views...
Instructional Video5:47
Curated OER

Mountains and Valleys - Part 5/5

4th - 8th
A short video permits young zoologists to join a group of researchers as they track the Grevy's Zebra population in eastern Africa. Watchers attempt to find out the zebras' favorite spots, their preferred foods, and to develop a way of...
Instructional Video
Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology

Iris: Basin & Range: Structural Evolution

9th - 10th
Animation illustrates extension and deformation in a basin-&-range province. [1:05]
Instructional Video
Minute Earth

Minute Earth: How Tall Can Mountains Be?

9th - 10th
Find out the geological and physical reasons why really tall conical mountains can not exist on Earth. [1:54]
Instructional Video
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Climbing Huangshan (Yellow Mountain)

9th - 10th
Dr. Sanford Tom explores Huangshan (the Yellow Mountain), which is often considered the most beautiful as well as the strangest mountain in China.
Instructional Video
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Climbing Huangshan (Yellow Mountain)

9th - 10th
In this video [3:12] Dr. Sanford Tom explores Huangshan [the Yellow Mountain], which is often considered the most beautiful as well as the strangest mountain in China.
Instructional Video
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Weird Wonderful West Virginia: Mountain Highs

9th - 10th
Learn how a rock climbing enthusiast turned a scenic wonder into an adventure. [9:11]