Glaciation
Knowledge Boosters
Videos to help secondary-school students boost their geographical knowledge.
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Grade Boosters
Short videos working through GCSE-level model answers, to help students preparing for exams.
Knowledge Boosters
Evidence of UK glaciation and deglaciation
Glaciation - Knowledge Booster
Formation of Drumlins
Glaciation - Knowledge Booster
Glacial deposits: Types of Moraine
Glaciation - Knowledge Booster
Glacier mass balance
Glaciation - Knowledge Booster
Formation of U-shaped valleys (with kitchen geography)
Glaciation - Knowledge Booster
Glacial landforms: Pyramid peaks
Glaciation - Knowledge Booster
Glacial landforms: Corries, Cirques, Cwms
Glaciation - Knowledge Booster
Glacial landforms: Arêtes
Glaciation - Knowledge Booster
Geog' Clips
Simulated glacial lake outburst flood (GLOF) from Laguna Glaciar, La Paz Department, Bolivia
Geog' Clip: A computer simulation, which predicts the likely path of an outburst flood, were the glacial lake to burst
Large Calving Event at Helheim Glacier, Greenland
Geog' Clip: While working in Helheim Fjord, Greenland, two researchers heard an unbelievable sound. This is what unfolded.
Eyjafjallajokull and the impact of Icelandic eruptions
Geog' Clip: Causes, characteristics and impacts of the 2010 eruption of Eyjafjallajokull that caused widespread transport disruption throughout Europe.
A glaciated landscape
Geog' Clip: Filmed from Tryfan, a breath-taking glacial arête, the U-shaped Ogwen valley, these cwms & pyramid peaks last saw glaciers just 11K years ago
Striations, chattermarks and the erosional impact of glaciers
Geog' Clip: Highlights the small-scale features characteristic of glacial erosion that can be seen in both past and present glacial environments.
Glaciers, volcanic activity and braided river systems in Iceland
Geog' Clip: Clip encouraging students to 'think like a geographer' by considering the interaction of three key areas of physical geography: rivers, glaciation and volcanics.
Glacial lake outburst flood risk, Bolivia
Geog' Clip: This glacial lake in Bolivia could burst, posing a flood risk to downstream communities
Landscape evidence of recent glacier recession
Geog' Clip: Dr Richard Waller looks at landscape evidence used to reconstruct the extent and rate of glacier recession during historical times.