Instructional Video24:06
Restoration Planet

Island in the Sky : Cahuasqui, Ecuador

9th - 12th
In this episode, the first in our exploration of South America, we take you to a very remote village high in the Ecuadorian Andes. We spend time on a small organic farm and get to know the people of this very special place. The local...
Instructional Video11:07
Weird History

True Story Behind The Soccer Team's Andes Plane Crash

12th - Higher Ed
On Oct. 13, 1972, a plane carrying 45 passengers, including the Old Christians Uruguayan rugby team, crashed in the Andes between Chile and Argentina. The Uruguayan Air Force flight 571 survivors believed they would be rescued within...
Instructional Video4:01
SWPictures

The Disappearing Glaciers: A Global Crisis

12th - Higher Ed
The video features Lonnie Thompson, a renowned glaciologist, and his international research team drilling into the ice core on the glacier of Vulcan in Peru. The video highlights the alarming rate at which glaciers are melting due to...
Instructional Video1:11
Next Animation Studio

Smoke from Amazon fires could accelerate glacial melting in Andes

12th - Higher Ed
The fires burning in the Amazon rainforests are accelerating the melting of Andean glaciers <br/>
Instructional Video6:07
Curated Video

Peru, the Amazon Basin and Cocama tribes

12th - Higher Ed
The Peruvian Amazon jungle is one of the most biologically diverse areas on Earth. As a nation, Peru has the largest number of bird species in the world and the third-largest number of mammals; 44% of bird species and 63% of mammal...
Instructional Video14:00
Hip Hughes History

Geography's Influence on World History, Society and Human Development

6th - 12th
Mr. Hughes throws down some basic geography concepts as they relate to society and human development.
Instructional Video
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Plate Tectonics: Geological Features Convergent Plate Boundaries

9th - 10th
This video discusses the geological features of convergent plate boundaries. [6:03]
Instructional Video
PBS

Pbs: Secrets of Lost Empires the Incas

9th - 10th
This is the transcript of a television documentary from PBS which explores the great building projects of the Incas. It does so through an interview with Jean Pierre Prtozam.
Instructional Video
PBS

Nova: Ice Mummies

9th - 10th
From an episode of NOVA broadcast by PBS in 1998, learn about an expedition to uncover sacrificial "ice mummies" in the Andes.