Instructional Video3:48
Weatherthings

Weather Things: Stratus

6th - 8th
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...
Instructional Video2:11
Weatherthings

Water Smart: The Sun, Water Cycle, & Climate - Condensation

6th - 8th
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...
Instructional Video4:13
Weatherthings

Weather Things: Hurricane Safety

6th - 8th
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...
Instructional Video4:48
Weatherthings

Weather Things: Climate Defined

6th - 8th
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...
Instructional Video3:45
Curated Video

Water Cycle

K - 8th
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...
Instructional Video4:47
Weatherthings

Weather Things: Hurricane Formation

6th - 8th
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...
Instructional Video10:47
Bino and Fino

Where Did My Puddle Go?

Pre-K - K
Bino and Fino learn about the water cycle
Instructional Video3:23
Weatherthings

Clouds, Rain and the Water Cycle: value of rain, ice crystals

6th - 8th
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...
Instructional Video1:19
Weatherthings

Water Smart: The Sun, Water Cycle, & Climate - Summary

6th - 8th
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...
Instructional Video5:10
Weatherthings

Water Smart: Water as a Natural Resource - Ecosystems

6th - 8th
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...
Instructional Video7:06
Little Smart Planet

Learning about Planets

Pre-K - K
Let's watch the video to review all the vocabulary about the planets and the Solar System.
Instructional Video6:46
Science360

The Water Cycle

12th - Higher Ed
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,...
Instructional Video3:00
Curated Video

Water Cycle (Simple English)

K - 8th
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...
Instructional Video3:50
Weatherthings

Weather Things: Weather

6th - 8th
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,...
Instructional Video2:07
Weatherthings

Weather and Seasons: sun and seasons, meteorologists, instruments

6th - 8th
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...
Instructional Video3:32
Weatherthings

Weather Things: Fog

6th - 8th
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...
Instructional Video1:13
Visual Learning Systems

The Water Cycle: Condensation

3rd - 8th
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:...
Instructional Video1:38
Visual Learning Systems

Natural Cycles: Water Cycle

3rd - 8th
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...
Instructional Video2:45
Weatherthings

Clouds, Rain and the Water Cycle

6th - 8th
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...
Instructional Video1:58
Curated OER

Elmo In The Sky

Pre-K - K
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...
Instructional Video0:56
Sesame Street

Sesame Street: Elmo's Jumping In Puddles

Pre-K - K
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...
Instructional Video6:57
Be Smart

The Largest River on Earth Is in the Sky

9th - 12th Standards
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.
Instructional Video3:43
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California Academy of Science

How to Measure a Changing Climate

6th - 10th Standards
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...
Instructional Video3:21
PBS

Clouds and Weather

6th - 12th Standards
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...