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Little Smart Planet
Learning about Planets
Let's watch the video to review all the vocabulary about the planets and the Solar System.
Hip Hughes History
Geography's Influence on World History, Society and Human Development
Mr. Hughes throws down some basic geography concepts as they relate to society and human development.
Scholastic
Study Jams! Landforms
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...
Curated OER
Exploring Oceans
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...
Curated OER
Rockies Thrust Up
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...
PBS
Killer Landslides | Monitoring and Predicting Landslides
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...
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Plate Tectonics
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...
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Gorongosa's Water Cycle
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,...
MinuteEarth
How Tall Can Mountains Be?
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.
SciShow Kids
Where Do Mountains Come From?
Mount Everest and the Appalachian Mountains are just two features that formed from converging plates. Watch a video that explains and models this phenomenon.
SciShow Kids
Make Your Own Mountains! - #sciencegoals
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.
TED-Ed
Why is Mount Everest so Tall?
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...
Crash Course Kids
Let's Take a Hike
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.
Crash Course Kids
Landforms, Hey!
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.
Curated OER
Planet Earth - Mountains
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...
Curated OER
Mountains and Valleys - Part 5/5
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...
Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology
Iris: Basin & Range: Structural Evolution
Animation illustrates extension and deformation in a basin-&-range province. [1:05]
Minute Earth
Minute Earth: How Tall Can Mountains Be?
Find out the geological and physical reasons why really tall conical mountains can not exist on Earth. [1:54]
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Climbing Huangshan (Yellow Mountain)
Dr. Sanford Tom explores Huangshan (the Yellow Mountain), which is often considered the most beautiful as well as the strangest mountain in China.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Climbing Huangshan (Yellow Mountain)
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.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Weird Wonderful West Virginia: Mountain Highs
Learn how a rock climbing enthusiast turned a scenic wonder into an adventure. [9:11]