Difficulty:
Intermediate
USA
Isaac hikes to visit a waterfall in Canada’s Fundy National Park. The wooded and rocky park is at the end of the Appalachian mountain range and has a shoreline on the Bay of Fundy, which has some of the most dramatic tides in the world.
Difficulty:
Intermediate
USA
Isaac and his dog, Bucket, are our guides for a road trip across the great open landscape that forms the United States of America. From vast swathes of Kansas farmland and Colorado’s Rocky Mountain ranges to the expansive salt flats at Bonneville, we’re certainly getting a taste for the open road!
Difficulty:
Intermediate
United Kingdom, USA
More than 800 million people around the world use the social media video platform TikTok. However, some governments around the world are concerned that the Chinese-owned app allows the Chinese government to access people's data.
Difficulty:
Intermediate
United Kingdom, USA
The European Union says it will begin shipping arms to Ukraine. This is the first time in its history that it has supplied arms in a conflict.
Difficulty:
Intermediate
United Kingdom
President Vladimir Putin has put Russia's nuclear forces on high alert. The theory is that the possibility of mutually assured destruction is the strongest of reasons not to press the button. But the pressure is mounting.
Difficulty:
Intermediate
United Kingdom, USA
Strict water restrictions come into force for millions of people in California as the US west coast continues to experience a crippling drought.
Difficulty:
Beginner
Canada
Merve feels lucky to live in Kamloops, a small city in southwest Canada, and you can see why! It’s a beautiful place, surrounded by wilderness on all sides. Merve tells us about the area's mountains, grasslands, rivers and lakes, the gold rush of the late 19th century, and its wealth of fascinating wildlife.
Difficulty:
Beginner
Canada
Merve lives in British Columbia, Canada's westernmost province, where it gets extremely cold in the winter. He and his friend still go fishing, however, by drilling a hole through 10 inches of ice!
Difficulty:
Intermediate
USA
If you had to guess, which countries in the world would you say have the largest numbers of foreign born residents? This video presents some interesting facts about the diverse populations of 10 different countries.
Difficulty:
Intermediate
USA
The Biden administration announced a plan to provide a legal pathway into the country for more than 20,000 Venezuelan migrants. At the same time, thousands of others who enter the U.S. illegally will be sent back to Mexico.
Difficulty:
Intermediate
USA
There has been a mixed response to the new legal pathway that allows some Venezuelan migrants to enter the United States, while expediting the expulsion of others. Along with some praise and some criticism, there are calls for the new program to be extended to help migrants from other nearby nations.
Difficulty:
Beginner
USA
Rosie and Julian are in Hawaii discovering land formed from red-hot molten lava that erupted from the center of the earth. With the help of friendly volcano expert Ken and his friend Terri, they learn about a volcano that is taller than Mount Everest, and about Pele, the goddess of fire.
Difficulty:
Beginner
USA
The travel kids visit a town almost completely covered by volcanic rock some twenty years before. There’s not a great deal left of it for them to see! They walk out onto the glassy and slippery surface of the lava flow, where volcano expert Ken takes a sample of some liquid rock to measure the temperature. It’s super hot, and Julian makes the excellent decision to keep his hands well clear!
Difficulty:
Beginner
USA
Why do some of the national parks in the United States resemble the European Alps? Geologist Dr. Robert Darga answers this question.
Difficulty:
Beginner
Germany, USA
Why are some rock formations and animals found on more than one continent? The explanation dates back to the Ice Age.
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