Weatherthings
Vapor Cone
A Vapor Cone is a cloud around the rear of a very fast jet plane, in the shape of a cone, formed by quickly falling pressure, falling temperature, and rising relative humidity. It does not require a plane to break the sound barrier and...
Weatherthings
Stratus Clouds
Stratus Clouds are part of the water cycle. They are stratified, with soft edges, wider than they are tall, and found at mainly 3 different heights in the atmosphere. They can be made of water droplets or ice crystals, and some create...
Weatherthings
Vapor Trails
Vapor Trails are skinny lines of clouds made by airplanes, but not on purpose. They can spread out to become regular Cirrus Clouds and block some sunlight or trap some heat rising from Earth. We see vapor trails more than ever before,...
Weatherthings
Cumulus Clouds
Cumulus Clouds can fill the sky, in any season, anywhere on Earth, in different sizes, shapes, colors, heights and combinations. They bubble upward, looking like cotton balls or cauliflower. Cumulus clouds accumulate water or ice, and...
Weatherthings
Atmospheric River
Moisture, or water vapor in air, that is concentrated in a narrow band more than several hundred miles wide, and extends across oceans or continents for sometimes thousands of miles, is known as an Atmospheric River. In the Pacific...
Weatherthings
Clouds, Rain and the Water Cycle: rainbows, runoff, snowmelt
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 - Runoff
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...
TMW Media
Traveling Desert Sand: Learn how sand makes ice form in clouds
How do researchers determine which particles attract water? How are sand clouds interupting the creation of hurricanes? Traveling Desert Sand, Part 3
Weatherthings
Water Smart: Water in the Air - Summary
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 - Precipitation
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...
Mazz Media
Precipitation
This live-action video program is about precipitation. The program is designed to reinforce and support a student's comprehension and retention of the term through use of video footage, photographs, diagrams and colorful, animated...
Mazz Media
Bailey's Big Back Yard: It's Raining
In this program Bailey learn follows a rainstorm from the beginning to the end. Through his magical magnifying glass, he comes to understand what happens to cause a rainstorm and why? Bailey learns how people are affected by rain as he...
Catalyst University
Cholesterol Biosynthesis Stage 3 Generating Squalene & Lanosterol
Cholesterol biosynthesis is divided into 4 general stages. This video diagrams stage 3 in which IPP and DMAP (two isoprenoids) are built into squalene with subsequent epoxidation and cyclization to lanosterol.
Visual Learning Systems
Solids, Liquids, and Gases: Phase Changes
What are the differences between solids, liquids, and gases? In this program students will investigate real-life examples of the various phases of matter. Colorful animations illustrate how these states differ in the movement of...
TMW Media
Properties Of Water: How water sustains living things
How do plants use water to live and grow? How does water help the human body? What food contains the highest amount of water? Properties Of Water, Part 3
Curated Video
The Science of Rain: Understanding Precipitation and its Forms
Explore the fascinating process of rain and the water cycle. From evaporation to condensation and ultimately precipitation, we learn how water transforms and falls from the sky. We also discover the different forms of precipitation, such...
Visual Learning Systems
Weather in Action: Precipitation
This video examines the forces creating weather. The way in which atmospheric conditions and patterns cause changes in the weather is explained. Instruction on how to use a weather map and how we can predict tomorrow's weather is...
Weatherthings
Water Smart: Water in the Air - Quiz
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: Water in the Air - Snow
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
Ship Tracks
Ships leave trails of vapor, called ship tracks, in humid ocean air. You see them here, on satellite.
Visual Learning Systems
What Is the Water Cycle?: Condensation
This beautiful program illustrates the key components of the water cycle that occurs everywhere around us. Concepts and terminology: condensation, evaporation, precipitation, cloud, rain, snow, sleet, and hail.
Weatherthings
Les nuages, la pluie et le cycle de l'eau - evaporation, condensation, precipitation
Lors d'un jour pluvieux passe a l'interieur, un petit garcon en apprend au sujet des nuages et du cycle de l'eau grace a sa mere. Il realise l'importance de la pluie pour les plantes, les animaux, les gens et la planete, meme lorsque la...
Visual Learning Systems
Weather in Action: Cloud Formation
This video examines the forces creating weather. The way in which atmospheric conditions and patterns cause changes in the weather is explained. Instruction on how to use a weather map and how we can predict tomorrow's weather is...
Weatherthings
Les nuages, la pluie et le cycle de l'eau - soleil et cycle de l'eau
Lors d'un jour pluvieux passe a l'interieur, un petit garcon en apprend au sujet des nuages et du cycle de l'eau grace a sa mere. Il realise l'importance de la pluie pour les plantes, les animaux, les gens et la planete, meme lorsque la...