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Ancient Lights Media
Atlas of the United States: Washington
This program explores the geography, history, and some important cultural features of the Pacific Region of the United States. The individual states of California, Oregon, Washington, Alaska and Hawaii are presented in detail.
Ancient Lights Media
Atlas of the United States: Oregon
This program explores the geography, history, and some important cultural features of the Pacific Region of the United States. The individual states of California, Oregon, Washington, Alaska and Hawaii are presented in detail.
Visual Learning Systems
Deserts and the Tundra Review
This video summarizes the topics covered in the Deserts and the Tundra series. In this series, we have explored the characteristics of deserts and the tundra biome. We have learned about their locations, climate, and the plants and...
Visual Learning Systems
Geography of Deserts
This video explores the characteristics of major deserts around the world, including the Sahara, and focuses on the North American deserts such as the Chihuahuan, Mojave, and Sonoran. This video is part of the 11-part series, Deserts and...
Visual Learning Systems
Contrasting the Deciduous Forest and Desert Biomes
This video discusses the concept of biomes and focuses on the major difference in climate between deciduous forests and deserts. It highlights that while deserts are commonly associated with heat, they can also be cold and experience...
Weatherthings
Weather Things: Climate Defined
Climate is the average type of weather that a region has. It is defined by temperature and moisture. Proximity to oceans and large mountain ranges defines climate too, depending upon the prevailing wind. While climates change over...
Ancient Lights Media
Atlas of the United States: Hawaii
This program explores the geography, history, and some important cultural features of the Pacific Region of the United States. The individual states of California, Oregon, Washington, Alaska and Hawaii are presented in detail.
Curated OER
Desert Biome
Desert rocks are sprinkled in a sea of sand, but one day they'll be sand themselves. Watch the effects of wind on the desert biome and entice your students with these breathtaking images.
Curated OER
How Desert Insects, Scorpions and Snakes Survive
A snake and a scorpion face off in this thrilling footage detailing the capture of a nighttime snack. The narrator very clearly describes the process of sound travel, and the suspense is both eerie and captivating!
Be Smart
The Most Extreme Life Forms on Earth… and Beyond?
Earth's strangest creatures may be the key to finding life on other planets! Introduce biology scholars to the extreme world of extremophiles with a video from a large science playlist. From the depths of the ocean to the heart of the...
The Brain Scoop
Jungle Atop A Desert
Trees need nutrients, so how does a jungle grow on top of a desert? The video walks through one such jungle. The root mat and soil samples appear unique. It discusses each discovery and conclusion throughout the virtual tour. The video...
Stated Clearly
Does the Theory of Evolution Really Matter?
Without the theory of evolution, we wouldn't understand the origins of HIV. The video explains three mysteries solved using the theory of evolution. It opens with shrinking fish, then the origins of HIV, and finally why grasslands turn...
MinuteEarth
Why Does Earth Have Deserts?
Deserts make up 33 percent of the land surface area on the earth, so why does Earth have them? The video explains the wind and weather patterns that lead to deserts as well as rain forests. It details how this is related to the ocean...
Crash Course Kids
Landforms, Hey!
What are different types of landforms, and how are they formed? This is the focus of a video that describes how mountains, plateaus, mesas, buttes, volcanoes, deserts, islands, and deltas are made.
Curated OER
Plant Growth of Tropical Flowers in the Desert
Can you imagine the desert floor being covered by bright, vibrant flowers? Watch the desert plants transform from dry and crisp to dazzling and colorful in this video. Use as an introduction to desert pollination or to present the...
Curated OER
Could Just One Degree Change the World?
A one-degree change in the earth's climate does not seem like a problem, but the rate at which our climate is changing is frightening. Of all the recorded temperature changes, our planet is currently warmer than it has ever been. If the...
Curated OER
6 Degrees Warmer: Mass Extinction?
In this final clip of climate change by National Geographic, a "doomsday scenario" is shown. Truly, six degrees difference will change the world as we know it, having devastating effects on all life forms. Let's prevent this by making...
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Deserts: Lesson 5
This lesson will provide an understanding of the characteristics and role of deserts, and its effect on living things. It is 5 of 5 in the series titled "Deserts."
Other
Minute Earth: Why Does Earth Have Deserts?
An animated explanation of why the Earth has deserts. Discusses trade winds and Hadley cells. [2:28]
Other
Minute Earth: The Hottest Place on Earth
An animated discussion of the hottest places on Earth and how the temperature is measured by scientists. [2:35]