The Theory of Continental Drift

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Published 2012-11-29
In this video, we explore Alfred Wegener's theory of continental drift, which provided the foundation for the development of plate tectonic theory, explaining the major geologic processes on Earth.

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All Comments (21)
  • @joesamson8666
    No paid promotion, no dramatic voice, no call to like and subscribe, no personal opinion, just great narration and well presented knowledge sharing! Kudos and thanks to you Sir!
  • @quieres8614
    The story is interesting but the ending hit me hard, it's pretty sad that he didn't see his work get recognized and taught all over the world. Truly a dedicated man
  • @ACHistory
    Alfred Wegener was such a great person. It's sad that he died so tragically. He was out on his fourth expedition in the middle of Greenland, walking through the middle of nowhere, by himself, when he suddenly had an heart attack and died. His body was never moved, and is still in the middle of nowhere. His body is estimated to be buried under three-hundred feet of snow. The exact location of his base called "Eismitte", (German for "middle ice") is unknown today.
  • Just realized this vid was made in 2012, yet its quality is equivalent to that of a 2019 vid. Well done.
  • @suryadev3387
    Learning more on YouTube than in school 😂😂😄
  • @alirm849
    It was so hard to break down and digest in class. And here in 10 minuets I understood the whole theory. Thank you 🙏
  • @Cyannosus
    Pangaea = supercontinent Panthalassa = ocean when pangaea exists
  • I could feel the great work done by Alfred Wegener better through this video presentation. All children interested in geology will be immensely benefitted.
  • I suddenly found geography interesting. Thanks for helping me, geography test in one week!
  • @Milly_91
    RIP Mr Wegner 🙏. I'm his fan forever
  • Well done 👍 I didn’t know how much work he did to prove his theory. RIP to a genius well before his time.
  • I'm a Science/Biology teacher in a public school and your video helped me a lot to teaching continetal drift to my students. Thank you very much :)
  • @imranmeerab051
    i bet u r here for home school also remember when teachers said youtube is bad and today they are telling us to work on computers
  • Very well explained.. I assume you are a teacher.. So simple yet so easy to understand.. Good job for you in making people cleverer than before..
  • @kreadkiwi
    Thank you for this interesting and straightforward presentation. I just had my 4th grader watch it as a primer for her lesson on Drifting Continents and she was all fired up. You never know when your contributions will help turn a small person into a future scientist!
  • @pip5461
    Thank you for sharing the works of Alfred Wegener, I found it most interesting and also more to the point, I believe his work shed light on a great many finds.
  • @shivercanada
    He was a true Genius! 100 years at least ahead of his time.
  • @H.pylori
    I am studying geology on my own and your presentation was most helpful. Simple, yet covered the topic well. Poor Wegener....still out there. Now off to see some of your other videos. Thank you.
  • @youhoo2u2b
    Thank you, I am a 64 years old, and just learned of this today. I was watching Lil’ Dickey’s video, “PILLOW TALK”. And heard the term “Pangea” . Looks up the definition...which led me to a morning of enlightenment. Thank you for your informative content. Keep Learning people.