Curated OER
The Water Cycle
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...
Curated OER
Science & Nature Information : What Is the Water Cycle?
An expert on the water cycle is featured giving a lecture about the basics of the water cycle. The teacher stands at a whiteboard that has a particularly good illustration that shows how the cycle works quite nicely. He makes a special...
NASA
GPM: Too Much, Too Little
This little video helps earth science learners understand the importance of recording precipitation patterns and forecasting where and when the next extreme events may occur. Various meteorologists share Global Precipitation Measurement...
Curated OER
The Earth's Water Cycle - Environmental Science
Although very short, this video imparts the basic information associated with the water cycle. It might be best-used as a refresher for the teacher to make sure he/she has the most important vocabulary words and their definitions down.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Hunters Navigate Warming Arctic
In this video segment adapted from the National Film Board of Canada, learn how the Inuit people have used their traditional knowledge to understand and adapt to changes in their Arctic environment, particularly when hunting and...
Monterey Institute for Technology and Education
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration: Water Cycle
This animated video shows many different aspects of the water cycle. This resource has additional links that explore the impact of global warming and groundwater removal on the water cycle.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Solubility From the Solubility Product Constant
An explanation of calculating solubility. [9:28]
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Different Types of Weather
Watch this series of videos highlighting different types of weather. Learn how four factors- temperature, wind, precipitation, and sunlight and clouds- are present in different types of weather. Included in this resource are teaching...
NASA
Nasa: The Influence of Global Warming on Earth's Systems
This video clip shows the importance of maintaining global temperature and the effects of global warming (5:08). Learn how precipitation, wind speed, and temperature affects the climate.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Water Cycle Animation
This animation from NASA visualizes the steps of the water cycle, including precipitation, evaporation, transpiration, and condensation. [0:52]
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Observe Precipitation
In this video segment produced for Teachers' Domain, observe different types of precipitation, including rain, hail, and snow. [1:00]
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Urban Solutions to Water Pollution
In this video segment from Louisville Life, high school students in Louisville, Kentucky describe the benefits of creating rain gardens as a solution to non-point source water pollution. [2:17]
The Kid Should See This
Tksst: Beautiful Chemical Reactions
See how beautiful chemical reactions can be, and observe metal displacement, precipitation, crystallization, and more. [6:30]
Next Vista for Learning
Next Vista for Learning: The Water Cycle
A video poem describing the path water takes as it travels through water cycle as it evaporates, condenses and turns into precipitation. [1:50]