TED-Ed
How Did Clouds Get Their Names?
Have you ever wondered how clouds float in the sky, or why they seem to change so much in just a few minutes. Watch a short video about the way clouds are identified and named, and how they are affected by the Earth's conditions.
TED-Ed
Why the Arctic Is Climate Change's Canary in the Coal Mine
What happens in the Arctic doesn't always stay in the Arctic. Follow along with this short video as it investigates how small changes in the temperature of Arctic regions can have dramatic effects on the global climate through a series...
TED-Ed
Cloudy Climate Change: How Clouds Affect Earth's Temperature
While clouds may not make for the most enjoyable weather, they play an important role when it comes to regulating the temperature of the earth. Watch this video and learn how these giant masses of water droplets actually help to...
Curated OER
The Water Cycle and First Civilizations
One of the best earth science videos awaits you here! The engaging narrator takes your class on a journey around the globe to see how the water cycle works in a variety of environments. Some fascinating video footage and time-lapse...
Curated OER
What is a Cloud?
Watch this clip and learn about three types of cloud shapes and three types of cloud composition. This clip is very quick and may need to be stopped a few times to ensure maximum concept understanding and retention. Best used for review...
Curated OER
What is Weather?
Weather is produced by several factors: heat, air temperature, wind, and moisture. Learn about each factor and how they work together to create the wide variety of weather patterns we see every day. This clip is well done but runs...
Curated OER
Time Lapse of Winter Scene
Winter scenes are displayed one after another with elements of time-lapse showing clouds moving and stars coming out, all to the tune of a lovely piano. Rainbows and sunrises are also displayed. This is a soothing video that is very...
Curated OER
Earth's Atmosphere
So, how did Earth's atmosphere develop? Find out about clouds, water, waves, and Earth's troposhere, the components that are key to the atmosphere. Discover some of the wonders of our amazing atmosphere.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Clouds and Currents
Learn about cloud formations over the Sierra Nevada Mountains in this video from Nature. [1:33]
BBC
Bbc Earth: How Much Water Is in a Cloud?
How do clouds defy gravity when they are so full of water? Maddie explains the startling science behind clouds, which are all too often taken for granted.
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...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Observe Clouds
This video segment produced for Teachers' Domain features a time-lapse video of clouds forming, changing, and moving across the sky.
Science for Kids
Science Kids: Weather Videos: Introduction to Clouds
Learn how moisture rises and cools, eventually forming tiny water droplets that later return to earth in the form of rain. [1:02]
PBS
Nova Labs: The Making of a Cloud
Clouds affect us every day, no matter the weather. But what exactly are clouds and how do they form? And how can they help us predict severe storms, the availability of water, and our future climate? [3:10]
PBS
Nova Labs: Why So Many Cloud Types?
While all clouds share the same basic composition, there's a wide variety of shapes and sizes. To understand these formations in greater detail we must first categorize their many variations. [3:35]
PBS
Nova Labs: Clouds and Severe Storms
We might prefer beautiful weather reports, but we really pay attention when severe storms are predicted. So how do Earth's most powerful storms develop, and how is this related to cloud formation? [3:37]
SciShow
Sci Show Kids: What Are Clouds Made Of?
Did you know clouds are just big clumps of water droplets? This video explores how clouds are made and the types of clouds. [3:36]
Minute Earth
Minute Earth: Why Are There Clouds?
If we wanted to make a cloud entirely from scratch it would not be an easy process. This video explains the amazing process of how our earth's atmosphere manages to pump out one cloud after another all over the world at altitudes of 20...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: How Do Clouds Form?
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] This video gives an explanation about how clouds are formed.
PBS
Nova Labs: The Climate Wild Card
Clouds have a huge effect on our planet's overall temperature. And yet we don't know how clouds will change as the planet warms. Scientists are scrambling to answer this important question. [3:05]
Curated Video
You Tube: How Does Water Vapor Make a Cloud?
A young student poses the question "How does water vapor make a cloud" to a meteorologist. Watch his explanation in this video. [1:51]
PBS
Nova Labs: Clouds and Weather
Although there is a direct connection between clouds and weather, they're not the same. This video explores the distinctions between the two and the atmospheric factors they have in common. [3:22]
Curated Video
Math Tutor Dvd: Cloud in a Bottle:science Experiment! Fun and Easy Science Project
Learn to make a very impressive cloud form in a plastic bottle! By pumping air into an empty plastic bottle and quickly releasing the pressure, we can cool off the air and force the water to condense into a thick cloud. It's a very...