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The Environment: Friend and Foe
Dr. Forrester discusses how environmental process and characteristics affected the settlement of New Orleans and how the environmental disaster of Hurricane Katrina affected the area in 2005.
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Let’s Dive In
Dr. Forrester shows the various landforms and bodies of water located in the different regions of the United States.
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Taming Rivers
Dr. Forrester uses a KWL chart to provide information about dams. She explains how dams work and how they prevent the overflow of water. She ten compares and contrasts dams built by humans and dams built by animals.
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River Systems
Dr. Forrester will define parts of a river system: valley, canyon, tributaries, stream, channel, delta, floodplain, mouth, drainage basin. She will show locations of major drainage basins in North America, including the Mississippi,...
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The Mississippi River
Dr. Forrester will provide information about the Mississippi River, explain how it carries sediment into the Gulf of Mexico, and talk about how the deposited sediment forms the bow-shaped Mississippi Delta. She will explain parts of the...
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The Chesapeake Bay
Dr. Forester explores the Chesapeake Bay ecosystem, identifying key components and threats currently faced.
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Water Ecosystems
Dr. Forrester examines aquatic ecosystems and the impact of temperature, light, fertilization, and acid rain.
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How Ancient Kings Split a River & Fed Millions
Permaculture instructor Andrew Millison journeys to South India to film the ancient water management system of the Cholla Dynasty in the Cauvery River Delta. We visit multiple structures within the state of Tamil Nadu including the...
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I WONDER - How Long Is The Yenisei River?
This video is answering the question of how long is the Yenisei river.
Professor Dave Explains
The Aquatic Environment: Marine and Freshwater
Water covers 70% of the surface of the Earth, and serves as home to an incredible variety of living organisms. Most of that water is salty, or marine, while some is freshwater, and it is in constant motion through the hydrologic cycle....
Mazz Media
Let's Learn About Communities: Geography Shapes A Community
Communities and Geography unveils the profound influence of geography on daily life and economics within a community. Whether students live near an ocean, in the mountains, or the desert, this program illustrates how geography shapes and...
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Protect Our Natural Resources
Miss Palomine stars in a movie called “A World Without Water” to demonstrate how much we all depend upon water. She then talks about our natural resources and how precious they are.
The Guardian
Why rivers shouldn't look like this
The quintessential image of a river you might recognise from post cards and paintings – nice and straight with a tidy riverbank – is not actually how it is supposed to look. It's the result of centuries of industrial and agricultural...
Mr. Beat
The Federal Government Gets More Power | Gibbons v. Ogden
In episode 16 of Supreme Court Briefs, two dudes fight over whether or not one can operate his steamboat in New York. In the end, the federal government just gets more power.
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The Amazing Water Cycle: Exploring the Journey of Water
In this video, students learn all about how water moves below, on, and above ground to make the water cycle. We learn all sorts of new vocabulary words such as condensation and precipitation. Water changes forms, but the water we see...
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Learning Landforms
In this lesson, we explore different types of landforms. Landforms are physical features of the Earth's surface. They can be found all over our globe, and all look very different. How many can you think of? Learn a few more with us today!
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Exploring Estuaries
Join us in this video as we explore estuaries. These unique habitats are teeming with wildlife such as fish, birds, and crocodiles. Jenny's class is taking a field trip to Long Island to learn all about an estuary's biodiversity. Don't...
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Identifying Wetlands in the United States
Identifying Wetlands in the United States identifies some important wetlands in the United States by location and characteristics.
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Water Features of North America
Water Features of North America locates various bodies of water found in North America by using a map or globe.
Lingokids
Curiosity Time with Libby: Water Everywhere
Coach Libby helps Lisa discover where water come from before it enters a house and where it goes afterwards.
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Bodies of Water 2
Bodies of Water differentiates between different bodies of water by exploring bays, canals, gulfs, lakes, oceans, rivers, seas, and straits.
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The Water Cycle
The Water Cycle identifies and illustrates each component of the water cycle.
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Bodies of Water
"Bodies of Water" explores various bodies of water on a map of the United States.