Enhance students' comprehension of Geography, including maps, directions and communities by incorporating thoughtfully selected videos into the learning experience.

Geography - Grade 1

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The Treasure Map

Follow the Map and reach the destination with the help of directions

Geography Kids: Reading and Navigating with Maps

This video explains the concept of maps and how to read them. It covers topics such as symbols, directions, scales, and the use of latitude and longitude. The video also highlights the importance of maps in navigation and understanding the world around us.

Looking at the Earth! | How We Study Space | SciShow Kids

If you were looking down at the Earth from space, what would you be able to see? Do you think you would be able to see your house? What if you were super far away?

Make Your Own Compass!

Mister Brown and Squeaks are here to teach you all about the compass - and they will even help you make your own!NGSS Performance Expectations:3-PS2-3: Ask questions to determine cause and effect relationships of electric or magnetic interactions between two objects not in contact with each other3-PS2-4: Define a simple design problem that can be solved by applying scientific ideas about magnetsDisciplinary Core Idea:PS2.B: Electric,and magnetic forces between a pair of objects do not require that the objects be in contact. The sizes of the forces in each situation depend on the properties of the objects and their distances apart and, for forces between two magnets, on their orientation relative to each other.

Resources

Maps and Directions

Take Action for Sustainable Cities and Communities (Ages 5 - 11)

Young student explains how young people are taking action on Global Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities

UN Global Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities (Ages 5 - 11)

Short animation explaining UN Sustainable Development Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities for younger students

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 oceans, rivers, and lakes on communities. The video also touches on landforms like mountains, islands, peninsulas, and plains, and how they shape the way people live in those areas. Overall, the video highlights the connection between community and geography.

Social Studies Kids: Exploring Your Community and Its Workers

This video is a lesson about communities and the different workers that make them great. It explores the concept of communities, the types of communities, and the roles and responsibilities of various community workers such as police officers, firefighters, doctors, dentists, construction workers, mail carriers, farmers, bank tellers, librarians, and teachers. The video also emphasizes the importance of following rules and being a good member of the community.

Communities

Bring Geography to life through engaging lessons, interactive experiences and real-world connections, making the subject dynamic and captivating for students.

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How Do Lakes Form? | Goodbye, Mister Brown! | SciShow Kids

Mister Brown is moving away to Wisconsin, so Jessi, Squeaks and all of his Fort friends are here to say goodbye. But before he goes, Mister Brown want to teach everyone about the place he's moving to and all the amazing glacial lakes he'll be living near!Second Grade Next Generation Science StandardsDisciplinary Core Ideas:ESS1.C: The History of Planet Earth - Some events happen very quickly; others occur very slowly, over a time period much longer than one can observe (2-ESS1-1).ESS2.A: Earth Materials and Systems - Wind and water can change the shape of the land (2-ESS2-1).ESS2.C: The Roles of Water in Earth’s Surface Processes - Water is found in the ocean, rivers, lakes, and ponds. Water exists as solid ice and in liquid form (2-ESS2-3).Performance Expectations:2-ESS1-1 Use information from several sources to provide evidence that Earth events can occur quickly or slowly.2-ESS2-1 Compare multiple solutions designed to slow or prevent wind or water from changing the shape of the land.2-ESS2-3 Obtain information to identify where water is found on Earth and that it can be solid or liquid.----------

Forests: Subtropical Forests

Using vivid footage filmed on location around North America, this video explores the characteristics, locations, and inhabitants of the three main types of forests - deciduous forests, coniferous forests, and rainforests. Additional concepts and terminology: biome, rainfall, climate, deciduous tree, coniferous tree, taiga, tropical and temperate rainforests, and epiphyte.

Explore the Rainforest! Ecology for Kids

It's raining where Jessi and Squeaks live, so they decided to bust out some books and read up on a special kind of forest where it rains almost every day!

How Wildfires Help!

Roasting marshmallows over a fire is a lot of fun, but did you know that, in nature, fire keeps our forests clean and healthy and even helps some plants grow?

Natural Resources

Solve Problems Be an Engineer!

Learn about engineers, who dream up a lot of the things you use every day, from toys to tools!

What Makes Bridges So Strong?

A SciShow Kids viewer wrote us to ask how bridges are strong enough to carry cars and trucks! Jessi and Squeaks can explain -- with blocks!

The origins of the Hoover Dam

We’re scaling incredible heights on this episode of Travel Thru History.  We visit a civil engineering wonder on the border of Arizona and Nevada - the Hoover Dam. This massive structure not only attracts about a million tourists each year to take in the overwhelming sight, it’s also a functioning Hydroelectric Power Plant that works to create environmentally friendly power to Nevada, Arizona and parts of California.  We’ll take a peek inside the Arizona Powerhouse and learn what makes Hoover Dam such an important piece of American history. Then we’ll speak with a professor who knows everything there is to know about America’s favorite dam. Many men lost their lives during the construction of it during the Great Depression; all for the hope of developing an area of the country that was a bit sparsely populated at the time.  Next, we’ll give you an all access pass to a tunnel that was built right into the canyon wall in the 1930s. You’ll learn the construction process and that the secret was in the labor force. So, I hope you’re not afraid of heights.  We’re standing atop the most famous dam in the world, Hoover Dam on today’s Travel Thru History. 

Parks and playgrounds

"Children are the designers of the future. Parks and public spaces give everyone opportunities to enjoy the outdoors.In this activity, children aged 3-7 will observe how people use public spaces, Then design parks and playgrounds that are attractive, fun and functional."

Human-Made Resources

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