Weatherthings
Water Smart: Water on Earth - Wetlands
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...
Visual Learning Systems
Water, Water, Everywhere: the Water Cycle
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...
Weatherthings
Weather Things: Thunderstorm Wind
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...
Weatherthings
Water Smart: The Sun, Water Cycle, & Climate - Evaporation
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 on Earth - Groundwater
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...
Weatherthings
Water Smart: Water in the Air - Clouds
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,...
Weatherthings
Water Smart: The Sun, Water Cycle, & Climate - Quiz
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: 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...
Visual Learning Systems
Exploring Forest Biomes: Rainforest
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...
Visual Learning Systems
Exploring Freshwater Biomes: Lakes
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...
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...
Mazz Media
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
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
Clouds, Rain and the Water Cycle: Weather jokes and credits
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...
The Bazillions
Water Cycle Animation
'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!
Visual Learning Systems
Understanding Groundwater
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...
Visual Learning Systems
Abiotic Ecosystem Components
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...
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, infiltration,...
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,...
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...
Visual Learning Systems
The Water Cycle: Precipitation
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:...