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A visit to Arthur's Seat in Edinburgh

A visit to Arthur's Seat in Edinburgh
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  • A visit to Arthur's Seat in Edinburgh
  • Duration: 03:22
  • Barnaby Bear is standing on the top of Arthur's Seat, the highest hill in Edinburgh. He meets a guide called Sarah and learns that the hill he is standing on and all the rocks he can see around Edinburgh were created by volcanoes 350 million years ago. Edinburgh castle sits on part of the volcano, which is now extinct. This clip has subtitles available in Flash.
  • Subject:

    Geography

       Topic:

    Mountains

  • Keywords: Scotland, Edinburgh, volcano, equator, magma, lava, gases, rock, hills, mountain, erupt, extinct, subtitled
Ideas for use in class
  • The key learning in this clip is about volcanoes and the formation of mountains and hills. Very clear illustrations and explanations make this an ideal clip to use to develop basic knowledge and understanding about volcanoes.
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  • Clip language : English
  • Aspect ratio : 16x9
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