Instructional Video1:00
Weatherthings

Water Smart: Water on Earth - Wetlands

6th - 8th
Water on Earth focuses on water as most kids would think about it. We start with water in obvious locations such as oceans, lakes, and rivers. We quickly learn that water can change phase to remain a solid in glaciers. Many kids may be...
Instructional Video3:22
Visual Learning Systems

Water, Water, Everywhere: the Water Cycle

9th - 12th
Upon viewing the Water, Water, Everywhere video series, students will be able to do the following: List some of the ways they use water everyday in their lives. Describe why water is important to plants and animals. Explain the structure...
Instructional Video4:12
Weatherthings

Weather Things: Thunderstorm Wind

6th - 8th
Lightning is spectacular, from a distance. It's nature's way of transferring electricity within the sky, or between the sky and the ground. When lightning is nearby, it is a threat to safety. People are struck by lightning, in many cases...
Instructional Video5:16
Weatherthings

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

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 Video1:18
Weatherthings

Water Smart: Water on Earth - Groundwater

6th - 8th
Water on Earth focuses on water as most kids would think about it. We start with water in obvious locations such as oceans, lakes, and rivers. We quickly learn that water can change phase to remain a solid in glaciers. Many kids may be...
Instructional Video5:03
Weatherthings

Water Smart: Water in the Air - Clouds

6th - 8th
Water in the Air reveals the varied phases of water that surround us, fall on us, travel in air, and serve as a crucial component of the water cycle. Emphasis is on the fact that water in air can be vapor or solid, visible or invisible,...
Instructional Video2:24
Weatherthings

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

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 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 Video2:43
Visual Learning Systems

Exploring Forest Biomes: Rainforest

9th - 12th
Upon viewing the Exploring Forest Biomes video series, students will be able to do the following: Explain that forest biomes vary greatly, but all are dominated by trees. Understand that forests receive moderate to high amounts of...
Instructional Video2:51
Visual Learning Systems

Exploring Freshwater Biomes: Lakes

9th - 12th
Upon viewing the Exploring Freshwater Biomes video series, students will be able to do the following: List some of the ways fresh water is used in daily life. Understand how and why fresh water is so important to the lives of humans and...
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
Mazz Media

Water Cycle

6th - 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 Video3:23
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 Video0:31
Weatherthings

Clouds, Rain and the Water Cycle: Weather jokes and credits

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 Video3:52
The Bazillions

Water Cycle Animation

K - 5th
'Round and 'round it goes! Let these animated watercolors teach you all about the precipitation, accumulation, evaporation, and condensation that makes water -- our planet's most precious resource -- go!
Instructional Video2:19
Visual Learning Systems

Understanding Groundwater

9th - 12th
This video explains the concept of groundwater and its importance as a water source. It discusses how groundwater is formed, the role of the water table, and the impact of precipitation and drought on the water table's level. It also...
Instructional Video2:36
Visual Learning Systems

Abiotic Ecosystem Components

9th - 12th
This video provides an introduction to the concept of abiotic components in ecosystems, using a grassland in Iowa as an example. The video highlights the importance of abiotic components and how they play a crucial role in sustaining the...
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, infiltration,...
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 Video1:13
Visual Learning Systems

The Water Cycle: Condensation

9th - 12th
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

9th - 12th
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 Video1:17
Visual Learning Systems

The Water Cycle: Precipitation

9th - 12th
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:...