Instructional Video1:59
MinuteEarth

Rain's Dirty Little Secret

6th - 12th Standards
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.
Instructional Video2:54
MinutePhysics

Why Raindrops Are Mathematically Impossible

9th - 12th
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...
Instructional Video4:21
Fuse School

Hard and Soft Water

9th - 12th
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...
Instructional Video3:10
Be Smart

Where Does the Smell of Rain Come From?

6th - 12th
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.
Instructional Video1:23
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Rockin' English Lessons

The Weather Song

Pre-K - 3rd Standards
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. 
Instructional Video4:33
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Crash Course Kids

Weather vs. Climate

3rd - 8th
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...
Instructional Video1:50
Curated OER

The Water Cycle

1st - 3rd
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...
Instructional Video3:14
Curated OER

Biomes: Grasslands

4th - 8th
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.
Instructional Video
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Dads' Day Rained Out

Pre-K - 1st
In this Dinosaur Train Clip, students learn the importance of rain to all life cycles. [1:24]
Instructional Video
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Observe Precipitation

Pre-K - 1st
In this video segment produced for Teachers' Domain, observe different types of precipitation, including rain, hail, and snow. [1:00]
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Science Friday Initiative

Science Friday: A Connection Between Bacteria and Meteorology?

9th - 10th
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.
Instructional Video
Minute Earth

Minute Earth: Rain's Dirty Little Secret

9th - 10th
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]
Instructional Video
PBS

Arizona Pbs: Flooding Preparedness

9th - 10th
This video focuses on flooding preparedness, specifically in Arizona, but relevant everywhere it floods.
Instructional Video
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Peep and the Big Wide World: Weather Factors

K - 1st
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....
Instructional Video
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Peep and the Big Wide World: Stormy Weather

K - 1st
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...
Instructional Video
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Peep and the Big Wide World: After the Rain

K - 1st
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...