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The Screening Room

Rainforest films & StoryMap school — every film watched and approved by the Station rangers

🎬 Now Showing: Rainforest Films

Explore the Hoh with Nat Geo Kids ✓ Approved

Nat Geo Kids · Nature Boom Time

A kids'-show host hikes the Hoh Rain Forest — dripping mosses, giant trees, and the sounds of the wettest forest in the lower 48. A fun temperate-rainforest companion to El Yunque.

Walk the Hall of Mosses ✓ Approved

3:51 · National Park Service

A ranger leads you down the most famous trail in the Hoh — the exact forest your StoryMap is about.

The Trees That Eat Salmon ✓ Approved

4:10 · Deep Look (PBS)

How dead salmon feed the entire forest — up to 80% of the nitrogen in these trees came from fish.

Why We Work: Real Park Scientists ✓ Approved

6:12 · National Park Service

Scientists from Pacific Northwest parks on what they do and why they protect places like the Hoh.

Rivers of Ice: Measuring the Glaciers ✓ Approved

18:01 · National Park Service

A glaciologist shows how scientists track shrinking ice — the science behind the Canopy Times glacier story. Long film: your teacher may show a favorite part.

The Rocky Seashore Speaks ✓ Approved

13:57 · National Park Service

On Olympic's wild coast, a marine ecologist reads early climate-change warning signs in the tide pools.

The Story of Chilean Memorial ✓ Approved

3:06 · National Park Service

A shipwreck story from Olympic's coast — for researchers whose StoryMaps wander to the sea.

Temperate vs. Tropical: The Big Compare ✓ Approved

6:17 · Nat Geo Kids

A climb up a giant Sitka spruce explains what makes the Hoh a temperate rainforest — and how it's different from a tropical one. The heart of the whole unit.

Full Focus: Olympic National Park

Author Ruth Kirk on how everything in the western Olympics connects.

Watch at PBS →

Quiet Views of the Rainforest

Calm scenes of the temperate rainforest — good background while you write.

Watch at Britannica →

🗺 StoryMap School

StoryMaps School: The Playlist ✓ Approved

Playlist · Esri (official)

Esri's own how-to films — use the playlist button inside the player to pick a topic.

Getting Started with StoryMaps

The "watch this first" walkthrough of the story builder.

Watch at Esri →

StoryMaps: An Overview

The big picture in a few minutes — what a StoryMap even is.

Watch at Esri →

Creating an Express Map

The video version of HQ Mission 3.

Watch at Esri →
A note from the usher: Every film here was watched start-to-finish and approved by a real Station ranger before it reached the screen. Films stream from the National Park Service, PBS, and Esri, so they need the internet — if the wifi is napping, the rest of the Station still works, and the written guides at StoryMap HQ cover everything the films do.