MinuteEarth
How Tall Can Mountains Be?
Currently, the tallest mountain on Earth is Mount Everest at 8,848 meters above sea level. The video discusses how tall a mountain might reach based on gravity, rock density, and other factors such as plate tectonics and erosion.
Annenberg Foundation
Annenberg Learner: Earth and Space Science: Journey to the Earth's Interior
Material to begin an exploration of the Earth's interior. An hour-long video is accompanied by learning goals, an outline and overview, details on igneous rock, seismic waves, and the Earth's layers, and ideas for teaching this unit in...
Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology
Iris: Determining and Measuring Earth's Layered Interior
In this instructional sequence, students examine seismic evidence to determine that the Earth must have a layered internal structure and to estimate the size of Earth's core.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: The Mohorovicic Seismic Discontinuity
A video lecture discussing the Mohorovicic Seismic Discontinuity which is the boundary between crust and mantle. [6:13]