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Weatherthings
Weather Things: Stratus
Clouds manifest moisture condensed in the air. In this program they are appreciated and pondered. Clouds give clues to wind direction, humidity levels, weather patterns, and they just make pretty sights. We look at the basic type of...
Weatherthings
Water Smart: The Sun, Water Cycle, & Climate - Condensation
The Sun, Water Cycle, & Climate shows us how the sun produces heat to drive the water cycle. It's made clear that the water cycle continues in the absence of sunlight or heat. We learn how the two components of climate- temperature and...
Weatherthings
Weather Things: Hurricane Safety
For their size and impact, hurricanes are often called the greatest storms on Earth. They expend a tremendous amount of energy through the water cycle, and through wind, to maintain the balance of the atmosphere. Known by different names...
Weatherthings
Weather Things: Climate Defined
Climate is the average type of weather that a region has. It is defined by temperature and moisture. Proximity to oceans and large mountain ranges defines climate too, depending upon the prevailing wind. While climates change over...
Curated Video
Water Cycle
This live-action video program is about the term water cycle. The program is designed to reinforce and support a student's comprehension and retention of the word water cycle through use of video footage, photographs, diagrams and...
Weatherthings
Weather Things: Hurricane Formation
For their size and impact, hurricanes are often called the greatest storms on Earth. They expend a tremendous amount of energy through the water cycle, and through wind, to maintain the balance of the atmosphere. Known by different names...
Weatherthings
Clouds, Rain and the Water Cycle: value of rain, ice crystals
A rainy day spent inside helps a little boy learn about clouds and the water cycle from his mother. He sees the value of rain to plants, animals, people and the planet, even when the rain is not convenient for him. As the rain...
Weatherthings
Water Smart: The Sun, Water Cycle, & Climate - Summary
The Sun, Water Cycle, & Climate shows us how the sun produces heat to drive the water cycle. It's made clear that the water cycle continues in the absence of sunlight or heat. We learn how the two components of climate- temperature and...
Weatherthings
Water Smart: Water as a Natural Resource - Ecosystems
In Water as a Natural Resource we are introduced to words such as habitat, ecosystem, watershed and estuary. Not only do kids learn that water exists everywhere on Earth, but that it is vital for life in plants, animals, and all other...
Little Smart Planet
Learning about Planets
Let's watch the video to review all the vocabulary about the planets and the Solar System.
Science360
The Water Cycle
This video uses animation, graphics, and video clips to illustrate and explain each of the "flow" and "storage" processes in the Hydrologic Cycle, more commonly known as the Water Cycle: precipitation, interception, runoff,...
Curated Video
Water Cycle (Simple English)
This live-action video program is about the term water cycle. The program is designed to reinforce and support a student's comprehension and retention of the word water cycle through use of video footage, photographs, diagrams and...
Weatherthings
Weather Things: Weather
The atmosphere is dynamic and forever changing to maintain balance. The ingredients of air, sunlight and water allow life to exist on Earth, but they also generate calm scenes like rainbows, as a tornado ends. All storms move moisture,...
Weatherthings
Weather and Seasons: sun and seasons, meteorologists, instruments
A little girl and her grandfather spend a summer afternoon sitting by a pond. The conversation changes from how warm the summer day is to how the pond gets cold and freezes in the winter. The grandfather helps the girl understand how the...
Weatherthings
Weather Things: Fog
Clouds manifest moisture condensed in the air. In this program they are appreciated and pondered. Clouds give clues to wind direction, humidity levels, weather patterns, and they just make pretty sights. We look at the basic type of...
Visual Learning Systems
The Water Cycle: Condensation
Upon viewing the The Water Cycle video series, students will be able to do the following:
Define the water cycle as the continual movement of water between earth and the air.
Explain that the water cycle consists of three processes:...
Visual Learning Systems
Natural Cycles: Water Cycle
This program addresses many of the cycles conducted by animals including those of migration, hibernation, and patterns relating to day and night. The cycles that affect all living things are discussed including the air we breathe and the...
Weatherthings
Clouds, Rain and the Water Cycle
A rainy day spent inside helps a little boy learn about clouds and the water cycle from his mother. He sees the value of rain to plants, animals, people and the planet, even when the rain is not convenient for him. As the rain...
Curated OER
Elmo In The Sky
Elmo asks the sun about things he finds in the sky. Miss Sun describes herself then the moon comes up and describes himself too. Dorothy the fish imagines Elmo dancing on the moon. Elmo sits on a rainbow and the moon explains what a...
Sesame Street
Sesame Street: Elmo's Jumping In Puddles
Elmo learns about precipitation in this video. He is eager to find the perfect puddle to jump into. He discusses nimbus clouds and the types of clothing, such as galoshes, that people wear in the rain. While waiting for rain, he talks to...
Be Smart
The Largest River on Earth Is in the Sky
Water vapor released by trees in the Amazon creates a floating river. In fact, it's the largest river on Earth! A video presentation examines the science behind the water vapor and explains how rains seeds form to create clouds.
California Academy of Science
How to Measure a Changing Climate
Young scientists explore climate change by taking a look at many different disciplines. They hear from scientists who study soil, clouds, ice cores, ocean temperatures, and more. Then, they search public databases to draw their own...
PBS
Clouds and Weather
The sun heats Earth's surface unevenly, causing crazy weather patterns around the globe. A NOVA video describes the resulting changes in air pressure, temperature, humidity and their impacts on weather. It connects the concepts to...