Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Continental Movement Over the Past 200 Million Years
Go for a ride on the continental drift. A video animation shows the movement of land over a period of 200 million years. The lesson instructor explains the shift during the animation and gives pupils a unique viewing perspective to...
Macat
An Introduction to Jared Diamond's Guns, Germs, and Steel
Could geography really be the most logical explanation for the success rate of any given population? Jared Diamond makes his anthropological contention in his 1997 publication Guns, Germs, and Steel. A short explores his main points and...
ABCMouse
Continents and Oceans
Play a fun video that plants the five oceans and seven continents into young learners brains. The video first goes through the continents in alphabetical order, and then the five oceans in alphabetical order.
SciShow Kids
Know Your Globe
What are the green and blue things on a globe? Water and land—the two main features on Earth. Watch a video that distinguishes items on the globe from continents to countries and water to oceans and freshwater. Quiz the...
SciShow
Great Minds: Alfred Wegener
The first person to theorize continental drift was a meteorologist with a PhD in astronomy. Alfred Wegener was generally mocked at for his continental drift theory, but later science would prove him right. The video discusses his...
TED-Ed
The Pangaea Pop-up
The amazing animation for a video on continental drift is comprised of the pages of a sophisticated pop-up book, The Moving Earth. As the pages turn, your earth scientists discover the tectonic plates of the lithosphere and the...
Curated OER
Continental Drift
Playdough has reached a new level. This clay-motion video demonstrates continental drift, faults, volcanoes, and mountain formation. If you don't show this clip perhaps you could employ the concept and have your class make an amazing...
Curated OER
Earth 100 Million Years From Now
100 million years and counting. See how the earth has changed over the past 100 million years. An image rich clip narrated not by voice but by explanatory text for learners to read. They listen to a dynamic music score, watch the earth...
NASA
Nasa: Space Place: Tectonic Forces
Find out about the plate tectonic theory, beginning with the land on Earth as Pangea to the modern continents today. [2:36]
CGP Grey
Cgp Grey: Grey Explains: What Are Continents?
Discusses what continents are, including other possible non-typical definitions. [3:50]
National Geographic Kids
National Geographic Kids: Destination World: North America
Experience the continent with the most diverse environments; you'll find almost all major habitats on this continent. [3:29]
National Geographic Kids
National Geographic Kids: Destination World: Australia
Experience the only continent that's an island. Australia, also known as the Land Down Under, has some of the most unique wildlife in the world. [3:05]
National Geographic Kids
National Geographic Kids: Destination World: Africa
Experience the hottest of the seven continents and meet some of the most famous animals in the world. [2:50]
National Geographic Kids
National Geographic Kids: Destination World: Asia
Experience the largest of the seven continents that is home to the most people and find out what makes it unique. [2:48]
National Geographic Kids
National Geographic Kids: Destination World: Antarctica
Experience the coldest continent on the planet and find out what makes Antarctica unique. [2:57]
National Geographic Kids
National Geographic Kids: Destination World: South America
Experience the continent that's all about natural extremes; it is home to the planet's largest river (the Amazon) as well as the world's driest place (the Atacama Desert). [2:53]
National Geographic Kids
National Geographic Kids: Destination World: Europe
Experience the second smallest continent known as the birthplace of Western civilization and find out what makes it unique. [3:24]
Other
Youtube: Continents and Oceans Movie
A walk through the continents, oceans, and countries with a few extra notable facts about population, language, size, and more. [5:38]
Other
Xoax.net: Continents and Oceans
This children's educational video teaches kids basic geography via the continents and oceans of the world. [1:52]