Instructional Video10:20
Crash Course

How Rivers Shape the Landscape: Crash Course Geography

12th - Higher Ed
Today we're going to talk about rivers and how these dynamic, delicate, yet powerful systems are able to constantly change the landscape. We'll focus on the Zambezi River in Southeast Africa following its main features from the...
Instructional Video31:59
Curated Video

Introducing rivers

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Pupil outcome: I can describe the key features of a river system and explain how rivers drain the land. Key learning points: - Rivers are used by humans to fill reservoirs, do activities, create hydroelectricity and transport things. -...
Instructional Video24:20
Curated Video

Describing landscapes using maps

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Pupil outcome: I can describe a landscape from a map. Key learning points: - Landscapes can be described through their relief and drainage. - Landscapes can be described through their vegetation cover and land use. - Landscapes can be...
Instructional Video25:42
Curated Video

River fieldwork

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Pupil outcome: I can collect primary and secondary data in a river environment to help me answer a geographical question. Key learning points: - There are many geographical enquiry questions that you can investigate along the course of a...
Instructional Video26:13
Curated Video

The storm hydrograph

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Pupil outcome: I can explain the characteristics and factors affecting the shape of a storm hydrograph. Key learning points: - The storm hydrograph shows the relationship between precipitation and discharge. - Physical and human factors...
Instructional Video3:12
Curated Video

How Are Rivers Formed?

6th - 12th
From source to the sea, this film reveals how rivers are formed, and discovers why the Amazon River came to be so big. Earth Science - Geology - Learning Points. Rivers are vital to life on Earth. Rivers are formed from meltwater from...
Instructional Video4:41
Curated Video

River Systems

3rd - 8th
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,...
Instructional Video5:01
Curated Video

The Mississippi River

3rd - Higher Ed
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...
Instructional Video9:17
Curated Video

WHERE AM I? Permaculture Site Analysis

12th - Higher Ed
Permaculture instructor Andrew Millison uses the lightboard to explain the process of Permaculture site analysis from macro to micro. Filmed at Oregon State University.<br/>
Instructional Video6:09
Curated Video

How (and why) to FIND YOUR WATERSHED

12th - Higher Ed
Permaculture instructor Andrew Millison explains how to find your watershed and why it is so important to understanding your place in the landscape.<br/>