Wonderscape
Bodies of Water by Land: Bays, Gulfs, and Coves
Learn about the unique features of bays, gulfs, and coves, and how their shapes and connections to land set them apart. Discover what makes a gulf's deep inlet different from a bay's wide opening and how coves provide sheltered spots...
Wonderscape
Understanding Geography: How It Shapes Communities
This video introduces geography, the study of the natural environment, and how it influences communities. Learn about landforms, bodies of water, and how geography affects daily life, from the food we eat to the jobs we have. Discover...
Curated Video
Let’s Dive In
Dr. Forrester shows the various landforms and bodies of water located in the different regions of the United States.
Curated Video
My Environment
Dr. Forrester discusses interactions between people and their environment and how environmental processes and characteristics influence human settlement and activity.
Curated Video
Bodies of Water
"Bodies of Water" explores various bodies of water on a map of the United States.
Visual Learning Systems
Investigating Water: Where Is Water
Everyday we use water. We drink water, use it to cook our food, and we use it to wash things. This video takes a look at the many important investigating water uses of water, while exploring its basic characteristics.
Mazz Media
Climate
This live-action video program explores the different climates found on earth. Through use of video footage, photographs, diagrams and colorful, animated graphics and labels, viewers will come to understand how weather, landforms and...
Wonderscape
Social Studies Kids: Communities and Geography
In this video, the teacher explains the concept of communities and how they are influenced by geography. They discuss different types of communities such as urban, suburban, and rural, as well as the impact of bodies of water like...
Veritasium
An Astronaut's View of Earth
Ever wonder what climate change looks like from above? See Earth's struggle through the eyes of Commander Chris Hadfield with a video from the Veritasium playlist. Commander Hadfield describes his amazing journey through the Southern...
Fuse School
Water Cycle
Go with the flow! The first video of a seven-part series about the Earth's water resources introduces learners to the water cycle. With an emphasis on cause and effect, it presents the information simply through animation. And, with the...
TED-Ed
What’s so Great about the Great Lakes?
How many states touch the Great Lakes? How much water is in them? How many lakes are there? Watch a video that dives into the greatness of the Great Lakes, exploring the different habitats and efforts to protect them.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Ab Cs From Space
Explore different types of landforms and water bodies found in familiar and remote locations on Earth's surface in this video gallery from WGBH and NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center. Students get a unique perspective of the vast variety...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Earth's Systems: Water Bodies
The slideshow offers students opportunities to observe, identify, and describe various characteristics of water bodies and compare near-ground-level and aerial views of each water body. The PLUM LANDING video offers student opportunities...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Peep and the Big Wide World: The Very Big Rock
Explore landforms and water bodies in this animated video [8:49] from PEEP and the Big Wide World. Three adventurous friends -- Peep, Chirp, and Quack -- have a firsthand encounter with a very big rock stuck on the steep slope of a hill....
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Earth's Systems: Moving Waters
Explore how water found in oceans, rivers, and other water bodies changes form and flows downward in these four videos produced by WGBH. Liquid water is found in water bodies across the planet. In locations where freezing temperatures...