The first half of this course on Geography will focus on physical geography or the processes and phenomena of the physical world both above and below the Earth's surface. Then we'll turn our focus to human geography and explore the ways people occupy the Earth's surface.
E1: What is Geography?▶ PLAY
E2: What is a Map?▶ PLAY
E3: What is space and how do we study it?▶ PLAY
E4: What is Physical Geography?▶ PLAY
E5: How Does the Earth Move?▶ PLAY
E6: What Does the Atmosphere Do?▶ PLAY
E7: How Does Air Temperature Shape a Place?▶ PLAY
E8: Where Does Wind Come From?▶ PLAY
E9: How Do Oceans Circulate?▶ PLAY
E10: What is a Cloud?▶ PLAY
E11: How Can Rain Create Conflict? Precipitation and Water Use▶ PLAY
E12: What Are the Different Types of Cyclones?▶ PLAY
E13: How do we Classify Climates?▶ PLAY
E14: What is Climate Change?▶ PLAY
E15: What Are Ecosystems?▶ PLAY
E16: Population & Food▶ PLAY
E17: What is Soil (and Why is it Important)?▶ PLAY
E18: What Are Rocks and How Do They Form?▶ PLAY
E19: The Plate Tectonics Revolution▶ PLAY
E20: How Does the Earth Create Different Landforms?▶ PLAY
E21: What Are Volcanoes?▶ PLAY
E22: What is Weathering?▶ PLAY
E23: How Rivers Shape the Landscape▶ PLAY
E24: Why Does Jakarta Flood So Easily?▶ PLAY
E25: Groundwater & the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict▶ PLAY
E26: What Are Glaciers?▶ PLAY
E27: Natural Hazards▶ PLAY
E28: What is Human Geography?▶ PLAY
E29: Race, Ethnicity, and the Cultural Landscape▶ PLAY
E30: How Does Language Move?▶ PLAY
E31: How Did Religion Spread Along the Silk Road?▶ PLAY
E32: Where and Why Do People Move?▶ PLAY
E33: How Populations Grow and Change▶ PLAY
E34: How Does Disease Move?▶ PLAY
E35: Tyranny of the Map▶ PLAY
E36: What Holds a Country Together or Tears it Apart?▶ PLAY
E37: What are the Patterns of Border Conflicts?▶ PLAY
E38: Capitalism, Communism, & Political Economies▶ PLAY
E39: Colonialism▶ PLAY
E40: What is a “Developed” Country?▶ PLAY
E41: GMOs and their Role in Agriculture▶ PLAY
E42: Why is There Uneven Access to Food?▶ PLAY
E43: How Do We Produce Food?▶ PLAY
E44: Mineral Extraction▶ PLAY
E45: Why are People Moving to Cities?▶ PLAY
E46: How Are Cities Organized?▶ PLAY
E47: What is Urban Planning?▶ PLAY
E48: How did Detroit Become the Motor City?▶ PLAY
E49: Sustainable Urban Design▶ PLAY
E50: Geographies of the Future▶ PLAY