Curriculum Visions Overview

Featured video: A mountain erupts! Lava flows on the slopes of Kilauea volcano, Hawaii. Supports: textbook 'The Mountain Book' and 'Volcano and Earthquake' book Playing time: 4 min
Featured video: Ski resort: let's ski! A trip down an Alpine piste on skis. Supports: textbook 'The Mountain Book'. Playing time: 6 min (V231)
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)
Snowdon The main cwms/corries and aretes as seen from Snowdon summit. Supports: textbook Mountain Playing time: 3 min
Crater Lake How Crater Lake, Oregon, formed as the result of an immense explosion 6000 years ago. Supports: textbook The Mountain Book, Volcanoes and earthquakes Playing time: 5 min
Walking with lava Walking underground with lava flows. Supports: textbook Volcanoes and earthquakes Playing time: 6 min
Volcanic Cinder Cone Cinder cones are small cones made of golf-ball sized pieces of lava that fell as volcanic bombs. Supports: textbook Volcanoes and earthquakes Playing time: 3 min
Volcanic Mudpools Superheated water features telling of hot rocks below the surface. Supports: textbook Volcanoes and earthquakes Playing time: 4 min
Hay Tor Granite tors are a big tourist attraction, but how did they form, and why do they stand proud of the surrounding landscape? Supports: textbook The Mountain Book, Volcanoes and earthquakes Playing time: 3 min
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)

Featured video: A mountain erupts! Lava flows on the slopes of Kilauea volcano, Hawaii. Supports: textbook 'The Mountain Book' and 'Volcano and Earthquake' book Playing time: 4 min

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

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)

Snowdon The main cwms/corries and aretes as seen from Snowdon summit. Supports: textbook Mountain Playing time: 3 min

Crater Lake How Crater Lake, Oregon, formed as the result of an immense explosion 6000 years ago. Supports: textbook The Mountain Book, Volcanoes and earthquakes Playing time: 5 min

Walking with lava Walking underground with lava flows. Supports: textbook Volcanoes and earthquakes Playing time: 6 min

Volcanic Cinder Cone Cinder cones are small cones made of golf-ball sized pieces of lava that fell as volcanic bombs. Supports: textbook Volcanoes and earthquakes Playing time: 3 min

Volcanic Mudpools Superheated water features telling of hot rocks below the surface. Supports: textbook Volcanoes and earthquakes Playing time: 4 min

Hay Tor Granite tors are a big tourist attraction, but how did they form, and why do they stand proud of the surrounding landscape? Supports: textbook The Mountain Book, Volcanoes and earthquakes Playing time: 3 min

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)

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)

Featured video: A mountain erupts!
Lava flows on the slopes of Kilauea volcano, Hawaii.
Supports: textbook 'The Mountain Book' and 'Volcano and Earthquake' book
Playing time: 4 min

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

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)

Snowdon
The main cwms/corries and aretes as seen from Snowdon summit.
Supports: textbook Mountain
Playing time: 3 min

Crater Lake
How Crater Lake, Oregon, formed as the result of an immense explosion 6000 years ago.
Supports: textbook The Mountain Book, Volcanoes and earthquakes
Playing time: 5 min

Walking with lava
Walking underground with lava flows.
Supports: textbook Volcanoes and earthquakes
Playing time: 6 min

Volcanic Cinder Cone
Cinder cones are small cones made of golf-ball sized pieces of lava that fell as volcanic bombs.
Supports: textbook Volcanoes and earthquakes
Playing time: 3 min

Volcanic Mudpools
Superheated water features telling of hot rocks below the surface.
Supports: textbook Volcanoes and earthquakes
Playing time: 4 min

Hay Tor
Granite tors are a big tourist attraction, but how did they form, and why do they stand proud of the surrounding landscape?
Supports: textbook The Mountain Book, Volcanoes and earthquakes
Playing time: 3 min

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)

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)