Curated Video
I WONDER - How Big Are Wind Turbines?
This video is answering the question of how big are wind turbines.
Science360
Batty for Bats - Science Nation
With support from the National Science Foundation, some Brown University scientists are doing extensive research on bats, studying everything from their agility in flight to the elasticity of their bodies. Researching a bat's evolution...
Next Animation Studio
Jet stream getting faster, causing more powerful storms
Scientists used powerful computers to calculate the speed of high-altitude jet streams as long ago as 1871. They then used these computer models to come to some shocking conclusions.
Curated Video
How Tornadoes Form
This video provides a step-by-step process of how tornadoes evolve, from the heating of the land surface to the creation of a powerful vortex. Explore the unique characteristics of different types of tornadoes and why they occur.
Super Geek Heroes
Learn about the Weather and Seasons with Peter Planet
A fun 3D animated learning episode to support the early years development area of understanding the world. Peter Planet is a Super Geek Hero on a mission to learn. In this mission he plants a sunflower seed and talks about the weather...
FuseSchool
What Are Carbon Footprints
You can reduce your own contribution to climate change by reducing the amount of carbon dioxide you release into the atmosphere. Your carbon footprint is measured by the amount of extra carbon dioxide your lifestyle adds to the...
Weatherthings
Mirage
A mirage is when light does not travel in a straight line and it makes distant things seem to be higher, lower, wider, thinner or just distorted. Light changes path because of differences in air density, which is controlled by...
NASA
NASA | IBEX Provides First View of the Solar System's Tail
NASA's Interstellar Boundary Explorer, or IBEX, recently mapped the boundaries of the solar system's tail, called the heliotail. By combining observations from the first three years of IBEX imagery, scientists have mapped out a tail that...
Englishing
English Vocabulary Lesson on American or British English (subway/underground - eggplant/aubergine)
This video is about the differences between American and British English. Mr. P./Marc will delve into the main differences in the language, starting from grammar, spelling and vocabulary. He will provide easy examples and pictures to...
Next Animation Studio
How hurricanes form
Hurricanes form when warm humid air rises from the ocean. Convergent winds force the warm air into the atmosphere, where it releases latent heat as it condenses into clouds and rain. The exchange of the heat from the surface creates a...
Mazz Media
Climate
This live-action video program explores the different climates found on earth. Through use of video footage, photographs, diagrams and colorful, animated graphics and labels, viewers will come to understand how weather, landforms and...
Brave Wilderness
CAUGHT in a TYPHOON!
In this episode of On Location, Coyote and crew get caught in Typhoon Trami during their trip to Japan! Will a typhoon stop them from exploring a compound, catching frogs, or even entering the eye of the storm? Of course not!
NASA
NASA | Flying Around the Radar
The HIWRAP is the High-Altitude Imaging Wind and Rain Airborne Profiler, a "conically scanning" Doppler radar, meaning it scans in a cone-shaped manner. Wind measurements are crucial for understanding and forecasting tropical storms...
Curated Video
Over My Toes | WORKSHOP | Michael Rosen for Teachers
Poem Over my toes goes the soft sea wash see the sea wash the soft sand slip see the sea slip the soft sand slide see the sea slide the soft sand slap see the sea slap the soft sand wash over my toes. Before you read this poem to the...
Next Animation Studio
A blizzard could be on the way to the U.S.
“A blizzard could form in the U.S. between January 15 and January 18, according to forecasting models.
NASA
2017 Hurricanes and Aerosols Simulation
How can you see the atmosphere? By tracking what is carried on the wind. Tiny aerosol particles such as smoke, dust, and sea salt are transported across the globe, making visible weather patterns and other normally invisible physical...
Visual Learning Systems
Forces Shaping the Earth: Summing Up
Gravity and erosion are major factors in changing the shape of the surface of Earth. The different types of erosion, and the major types of mass movements caused by gravity are discussed in this video. Other terminology includes:...
Weatherthings
Weather Things: Thunderstorm Ingredients
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...
NASA
Monsoons: Wet, Dry, Repeat...
The monsoon is a seasonal rain and wind pattern that occurs over South Asia (among other places). Through NASA satellites and models we can see the monsoon patterns like never before. Monsoon rains provide important reservoirs of water...
Curated Video
I WONDER - What Problems Does Soil Erosion Cause?
This video is answering the question of what problems does soil erosion cause.