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MinuteEarth
Rain's Dirty Little Secret
Rain is just water, right? Not quite! The video explains all of the other things found inside rain. It offers the science behind why rain requires these other item and how without dirt, rain would cease to exist.
MinutePhysics
Why Raindrops Are Mathematically Impossible
According to mathematics, raindrops should not exist! The video narrator explains the mathematics behind the surface area and volume of a spherical raindrop. By examining the energy of creating the raindrop, he shows how creating...
Fuse School
Hard and Soft Water
What does it mean to have hard or soft water? Learners discover the chemistry behind water hardness in the fifth video of a seven-part series describing our water resources. Using simple animations and balanced chemical equations, young...
Be Smart
Where Does the Smell of Rain Come From?
I smell a great video. Viewers learn how the smell of rain originates from various sources, and how ozone and organic material work to produce the recognizable smell.
Rockin' English Lessons
The Weather Song
Get an animated view of what sun, snow, wind, and rain look like in a hand-drawn music video about weather. Elementary learners also explore the words hot and and how these terms relate to our weather.
Crash Course Kids
Weather vs. Climate
What is weather? How is weather different from climate? Factors such as temperature, thunderstorms, precipitation, and wind speed refer to weather. Climate consists of the overall patterns of weather in a particular region of the...
Curated OER
The Water Cycle
Bring the water cycle to life through poetry. This introductory explanation rhymes from start to finish, making the water cycle process memorable and fun. Great images showing the process make this a good video to show learners in grades...
Curated OER
Biomes: Grasslands
Witness the spectacular imagery of tropical grasslands in this non-narrated video. Read some facts pertaining to this biome in the first minute, and then enjoy a brief glimpse of the wildlife native to the tropical grasslands.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Dads' Day Rained Out
In this Dinosaur Train Clip, students learn the importance of rain to all life cycles. [1:24]
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Observe Precipitation
In this video segment produced for Teachers' Domain, observe different types of precipitation, including rain, hail, and snow. [1:00]
Science Friday Initiative
Science Friday: A Connection Between Bacteria and Meteorology?
There's a good chance that pile of snow in your yard contains bacteria, but not because it's dirty. The bacteria may have played an important role in helping those snow crystals form.
Minute Earth
Minute Earth: Rain's Dirty Little Secret
Somewhere inside of every raindrop there is a tiny impurity. Learn here about without these microscopic pieces of dirt there would be no rain because water vapor cannot condense into droplets on its own. [2:37]
PBS
Arizona Pbs: Flooding Preparedness
This video focuses on flooding preparedness, specifically in Arizona, but relevant everywhere it floods.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Peep and the Big Wide World: Weather Factors
Explore key characteristics of weather in these four short, animated videos from PEEP and the Big Wide World. Each video models observations and descriptions for a common weather condition, including rain, snow, wind, and a sunny day....
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Peep and the Big Wide World: Stormy Weather
Explore weather phenomena in this animated video [8:53] from PEEP and the Big Wide World, where three adventurous friends -- Peep, Chirp, and Quack -- encounter their first tumultuous rainstorm. Students can use this video to observe how...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Peep and the Big Wide World: After the Rain
Explore changes that happen in weather over a day in this live-action video [1:31] from PEEP and the Big Wide World. Follow three kids as they explore their local environment to find evidence from an earlier rainstorm. Students can use...