Video playlist

Introduction: classroom cinema
Introduction, setting the scene for mountains.
Supports: textbook 'The Mountain Book'.
Playing time: 9 min (V218)

From Everest to Etna
Not all mountains are the same: looking at fold and volcanic mountains.
Supports: textbook 'The Mountain Book'.
Playing time: 4 min (V219)

Earth's crustal plates
The idea that mountains and volcanoes occur mainly at the edges of the Earth's crustal slabs.
Supports: textbook 'The Mountain Book'.
Playing time: 3 min (V220)

Glacier
Visit a glacier in the Alps to see all of its features.
Supports: textbook 'The Mountain Book'.
Playing time: 8 min (V221)

How a U-shaped valley forms
How U-shaped valleys form from glaciers.
Supports: textbook 'The Mountain Book'.
Playing time: 1 min (V898)

Glacier Point, Yosemite National Park, California
Glacier Point is a lookout above the Yosemite Valley with spectacular views of Half Dome and much of the valley. The video explains the formation and geography of this classic U-shaped valley in the Sierra Nevada mountains.
Playing time: 5 min (1233)

Boulder clay
A look at some boulder clay from under a glacier.
Supports: textbook 'The Mountain Book'.
Playing time: 1 min (V888)

Frost shatter
A look at some rocks in the snow to see how we can tell they are affected by frost shatter and to see how frost shatter works.
Supports: textbook 'The Mountain Book'.
Playing time: 2 min (V222)

Scree
A look at frost-shattered scree.
Supports: textbook 'The Mountain Book'.
Playing time: 2 min (V223)

Yosemite mountain waterfall
A look at Yosemite Falls – one of the world's tallest waterfalls. The falls flow down the side of a U-shaped valley.
Supports: textbook 'The Mountain Book'.
Playing time: 3 min (V224)

Higher and colder
A look at how air up a mountain is colder and so more likely to make snow. It also looks at the concept of rainshadow.
Supports: textbook 'The Mountain Book'.
Playing time: 2 min (V225)

Changeable mountain weather
Mountains are famous for 'four seasons in one day'. Here we see how a sunny day can become thunderstorm weather in the Alps in summer.
Supports: textbook 'The Mountain Book'.
Playing time: 6 min (V226)

Alpine villages
A look at two different kinds of village: one on the valley floor, the other high up the mountain side, yet just a kilometre apart.
Supports: textbook 'The Mountain Book'.
Playing time: 5 min (V227)

A medieval walled town
A visit to famous Glurns in the Italian Alps to see this medieval fortified town in a mountain pass and the changes that are taking place.
Supports: textbook 'The Mountain Book'.
Playing time: 7 min (V228)

Mountain tourism
A visit to Burgeis to see how it has changed due to tourism.
Supports: textbook 'The Mountain Book'.
Playing time: 10 min (V229)

A day in Andermatt
A visit to this famous mountain town in Switzerland.
Supports: textbook 'The Mountain Book'.
Playing time: 6 min (V230)

Ski resort: let's ski!
A trip down an Alpine piste on skis.
Supports: textbook 'The Mountain Book'.
Playing time: 6 min (V231)

Lake District: introduction
The Lake District introduction.
Supports: textbook 'The Mountain Book'.
Playing time: 8 min (V232)

Lake District
History of Lake District use and change.
Supports: textbook 'The Mountain Book'.
Playing time: 8 min (V233)

Hill sheep
Different breeds of sheep are suitable for different conditions. Here you can see a hardy breed of sheep that grazes hilly areas and is reared for lamb meat and wool.
Supports: textbook 'The Mountain Book'.
Playing time: 8 min (V1076)

Nature trails
An example of the sort of nature trail you might find in a mountainous area like the Lake District.
Supports: textbook 'The Mountain Book'.
Playing time: 4 min (V1223)