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How We Solved the Greatest Riddle In Navigation
Humanity’s drive to explore our planet is one of the defining characteristics of our species. But exploration only works if you know where you are at any given time. Not so easy when you are out at sea with no visible landmarks and the...
TED-Ed
Why every world map is wrong | Kayla Wolf
Fourteen Greenlands could fit in Africa— but you wouldn't guess it from most maps of the world. The fact is, every world map humans have ever made is wrong. Actually, it's impossible to make a flat map of the whole spherical world 100%...
Wonderscape
Exploring the World: Maps, Latitude, and Longitude
This video explains how world maps and globes help us understand the locations of places on Earth. Learn about key concepts like the equator, prime meridian, latitude, and longitude, and how they are used to pinpoint locations. Discover...
Visual Learning Systems
Understanding Latitude and Longitude
The video explains how the lines of latitude and longitude form a grid on the Earth's surface, allowing for exact pinpointing of locations. The video also introduces the global positioning system (GPS) and how it uses satellites to...
Nature League
One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, New Fish - De-Natured
Sometimes it seems like high-level journal articles speak a different language. The third video in the five-part series on Evolution and Speciation breaks down one recent article from a science journal. It explains what the researchers...
PBS
Global Winds
Blow budding scientists away with a lesson that'll put wind in their sails! Scholars study the pattern of global winds using an interactive from PBS' Weather and Climate series. Detailed simulations help viewers study upper-level winds...
Physics Girl
This Phenomenon Only Happens in Hawaii ... and Cuba, Nigeria, Indonesia, Peru, Sudan, Laos and…
What do Hawaii, Nigeria, and Peru have in common? Each of these locations, plus many others, get to see the subsolar point! But, what is it? A video from a comprehensive physics playlist puts the phenomenon at the forefront by explaining...
Curated OER
Longitude and Latitude
Pinhead Patty takes us around the globe and explains what latitude and longitude are in this entertaining video. The author uses an orange to demonstrate the line measurements on a sphere.
Curated OER
The Mathematics of Latitude and Longitude
Latitude and longitude lines are explained in this video. Students focus on the mathematics and how to calculate distance using the degrees of various locations.
Curated OER
Banana Teaches Longitude and Latitude
Luke, a student at Hawaii Preparatory Academy, explains the differences between longitude and latitude. He also explains why they are important.
Roble Media
Vimeo: Dr. Nagler's Laboratory: Longitude and Latitude
Explore new discoveries as you join Dr. Nagler inside his laboratory. In this video, help a troubled passenger land a plane by navigating the invisible lines of longitude and latitude that circle the globe. [6:33]