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I recommend students watch a video(s) before I present the topic in class.  I don't spend a lot of time lecturing, so these videos supply some background knowledge for the activities we will do in class.   I recommend all of the Amoeba Sister and Crash Course videos on Youtube.
You'll notice I have many BrainPop videos listed below.  BrainPop is a subscription website that has excellent science videos, as well as history, English, math, arts, etc.  Each video has a quiz and additional learning material associated with it.  Horizon Charter School offers a discounted subscription price.  You do not need to purchase a subscription to BrainPop, I just wanted to let you know about this great site.   Some of the videos are free to watch without a subscription.
ES - Earth Science
ES01 - Geologic Time - Relative and Absolute Age of Rocks
  • Relative Age - Princple of Superposition: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pk4l-vmJiYc
  • Absolute Age - Radiometric Dating: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I4AZbX_cZl0 (7:31min)
ES02 - Topography 
  • ​https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K-UXrpAjyl0
ES03 - Earth's Layers
  • BrainPop: Earth's Structure
ES04 - Plate Tectonics
  • Bill Nye: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lJiAUvB1vEU (2:25)
  • BrainPop: Plate Tectonics, Ocean Floor
    ES06 - Mid-Ocean Ridge
    • Mid-Ocean Ridge:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sgDM6m0lUGY=
    • Sea-Floor Spreading:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oXYAdzmwQsc (7 minutes)
    • Bill Nye- Sea-Floor Spreading (4 min): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GyMLlLxbfa4
    • BrainPop: Mountains, Ocean Floor
    ES07/ES08 - Faults/Earthquakes
    • San Andreas Fault: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZxPTLmg0ZCw
    • Earthquakes 101: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VSgB1IWr6O4 (2:38)
    • ​Resonance in Buildings:  www.youtube.com/watch?v=HB2jgJJG2is
    • Liquifaction: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u8hfCN6k3YE
    • BrainPop: Earthquakes
    ES05 - Mountains
    • BrainPop: Mountains
    • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fd_XqYE2BWY (3:50)
    ES09 - The Rock Cycle
    • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EGK1KkLjdQY (4;38)
    • ​BrainPop: Rock Cycle, Types of Rocks
    ES10 - Minerals
    • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8a7p1NFn64s (10 min.)
    • ​BrainPop: Mineral Identification
    • How diamonds were formed: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vHPOp69SO9E
    ES11 - Weathering and Erosion
    • http://scientiflix.com/post/119287095876/weathering-and-erosion-crash-course-kids-102
    • The Grand Canyon: http://foundtheworld.com/grand-canyon-national-park/
    • Bryce Canyon and Hoodoos:  http://www.nps.gov/brca/learn/nature/hoodoos.htm
    • ​BrainPop: Soil, Weathering, Erosion
    ES12 - Core Sampling
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pP_LnLTpoJQ (2:33 min.)



    Other interesting video
    • Soil Types: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uS7zfeK4OTQ
    Earth's Magnetic Field
    • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eU4mTAaWb6k
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