61. Xmas lights in Georgian times
How to make a simple fantastic table decoration as they did 200 years ago.
Supports: textbook Victorians
Playing time: 6 min
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62. Edinburgh's Arthur's Seat
The highest point in lowland Scotland, and right beside Edinburgh, was once a giant volcano. Today it is famous for spectacular views.
Supports: textbook geography Mountain; Settlement/History: Iron Age fort
Playing time: 3 min
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63. Edinburgh's TWO Regency New Towns
One of many famous features of Edinburgh is the Regency New Town area fronted by Princes St. This drone view gives a spectacular transect from castle to Regency circuses, and some.
Supports: textbook Geography: Settlement; History: Regency/Victorian
Playing time: 3 min
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64. The English street village that was once a Welsh frontier post
How a village grows up to be along a single street
Supports: textbook Geography: Settlement; History: Tudor, Saxon, Medieval
Playing time: 6 min
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65. William I's famous Windsor Castle
Where, why and how the castle was built and remodelled over a thousand years.
Supports: History: medieval, castle; Geography: settlement
Playing time: 6 min
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66. Looe Fishing town
A fishing town situated in a rugged coast
Supports: Geography: settlement
Playing time: 6 min
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67. Plymouth from the Hoe
How Plymouth grew up as a famous naval port.
Supports: textbook Geography: Settlement; local studies
Playing time: 6 min
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68. The history of Battersea, London
How Battersea, Clapham, Wandsworth London came to be
Supports: textbooks Geography: Settlement; History: Victorian times
Playing time: 6 min
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69. Hereford from the air
The history of Hereford and what it looks like from the air today.
Supports: textbooks Geography: settlement' History: Saxons
Playing time: 4 min
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70. Tamar Bridges, Plymouth
Two of Britain's most impressive bridges from two different centuries.
Supports: textbooks: Science Structures and materials. History: railway
Playing time: 4 min
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71. The River Exe and Exeter
Shows how Exeter grew up from a Roman fort to present times.
Supports: textbooks Geography: settlement; Local studies
Playing time: 5 min
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73. Spectacular Durdle Door natural arch
See how the arch formed, and fly through its 'door'.
Supports: Geography coast
Playing time: 4 min
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74. Hedgehog
Hedgehog from very close.
Supports: textbooks Science living things
Playing time: 4 min
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75. Stacks, arches and caves at Ballard Down
One of England's most spectacular coasts in chalk. Drone view of the cliffs and features from the sea.
Supports: textbooks Geography: Coast
Playing time: 4 min
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76. A prairie dog's world
Prairie dogs roles as a keystone species.
Supports: Science: living things; Geography: semi-arid ecosystems; Environment: saving our planet
Playing time: 5 min
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77. Walking with lava
Walking underground with lava flows.
Supports: textbook Victorians
Playing time: 6 min
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78. Death Valley's Badwater salt lake
This lake surface is the lowest point in the Western Hemisphere, and famous for being scorching hot.
Supports: textbook Geography: Desert; Water cycle
Playing time: 4 min
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79. Crater lake, Oregon, the world's third deepest lake
How Crater Lake, Oregon, formed as the result of an immense explosion 6000 years ago.
Supports: textbook Geography: Volcano and Earthquake
Playing time: 5 min
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80. Scalding-hot volcanic mudpots
Superheated water features telling of hot rocks below the surface.
Supports: textbook Geography: Mountains, Earthquake and volcano
Playing time: 4 min
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