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Intro to Contour Lines [CV Shorey]:  Thorough introduction to contour lines from Dr. Christian Shorey from the Colorado School of Mines.
​7 min 5 sec  
Latitude and Longitude [Andy Jensen]:  Basic and to-the-point overview of lat/long.  Clearly presented with good use of visuals.
3 mins 14 sec
Topo Maps, 1966 US Army Training Film [Jeff Quitney]:
​Man, I love this kinda stuff.  But even if military training films don't call out to you as much as they do to me, there's a lot of good stuff on topo maps here (starting at 17 mins). My students get a kick out of that mid-60's, no-nonsense US Army style of the video, which is very different from anything they're used to.  I like the idea of using topomaps to find areas for natural concealment shown at the 20:00 mark.
Full video run time: 28 mins
Find North Without a Compass [AlfieAesthetics]:  You gotta love a science video that begins with "Sup bros!".  Seems very jokey since the guy sounds like Ali G, but it's straight-forward and to-the-point.  And students like it and are engaged while watching, which is half the battle.  I've spring-boarded some quality teaching moments off this video over the years.  It's good to follow this up with some real-life videos of Polaris/Big Dipper.
​1 min 45 sec
Polaris and star trails [VIMEO - blind summit]:  Filmed in Ditchling Beacon, England this time lapse has a definite trippy vibe.  The lights of passing planes adds a cool element. NOTE:  the room needs to be as dark as possible to show night sky videos.  
​1 min 23 sec
Big Dipper/Polaris Time Lapse [Anar Bayarsaikhan]:  Filmed in Mongolia, this video always leads to a class game of "Find Polaris", which students enjoy.
53 secs

The 2nd String On the fringe of the topic.  But still cool.

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