Science360
Game Changer Research Aims To Forecast Tornadoes
Tornadoes claim hundreds of lives and cause billions of dollars in damages in the United States. With support from the National Science Foundation, computer scientist Amy McGovern at the University of Oklahoma is working to find answers...
Weatherthings
Weather Things: Cumulus
Clouds manifest moisture condensed in the air. In this program they are appreciated and pondered. Clouds give clues to wind direction, humidity levels, weather patterns, and they just make pretty sights. We look at the basic type of...
Weatherthings
Sun, Heat, Air and Wind: sun, heat, air
A curious pre-school child asks questions to a big kid about how weather works. Every answer is enlightening yet leads to another question. The little child learns that wind is air that moves, that may be gentle or strong and even...
Weatherthings
Water Smart: Water in the Air - Hail
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
Weather and Seasons: sun, heat, air, wind, rain
A little girl and her grandfather spend a summer afternoon sitting by a pond. The conversation changes from how warm the summer day is to how the pond gets cold and freezes in the winter. The grandfather helps the girl understand how the...
Weatherthings
Some Clouds are Bright Some Clouds are Dark
A simple demonstration showing how some clouds are bright and others are dark.
Weatherthings
Saharan Dust
Every summer, millions of tons of dust from the Sahara desert move into the Atlantic and travel westward. Here, you'll see it on satellite.
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...
Weatherthings
Weather Things: Storms
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,...
Weatherthings
Water Smart: The Sun, Water Cycle, & Climate - Percolation
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
Bailey's Big Back Yard: Powerful Weather
Bailey learns the way in which weather affects people all over the world. Through his adventure, he comes to understand how weather affects the clothes we wear, our homes as well as the animals and land all around us.
Science360
Unvraveling Tornadoes
The project is called VORTEX2, but it could also be called The Amazing Chase. For five weeks in the spring of 2009, and again in spring 2010, 100 researchers and scientists from 16 universities will deploy about 40 vehicles armed with...
Weatherthings
Sun, Heat, Air and Wind: weather instruments, wind speed and direction
A curious pre-school child asks questions to a big kid about how weather works. Every answer is enlightening yet leads to another question. The little child learns that wind is air that moves, that may be gentle or strong and even...
Visual Learning Systems
The Science of Weather Forecasting
This video discusses the challenging task of predicting the weather and the role of meteorologists in studying and forecasting it. It highlights the various tools used by meteorologists, such as weather instruments, weather balloons,...
Weatherthings
Weather Things: Weather Beauty
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,...
Weatherthings
Sun, Heat, Air and Wind: wind and storms, cool air properties, predictions, summary
A curious pre-school child asks questions to a big kid about how weather works. Every answer is enlightening yet leads to another question. The little child learns that wind is air that moves, that may be gentle or strong and even...
Weatherthings
Weather Things: Energy
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,...
Weatherthings
Water Smart: Water in the Air - Rain
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
Storms: high wind, snow storms, tornadoes
Children on a playground use creativity and their imaginations to simulate the many different types of storms found on Earth. From thunderstorms to wind storms, to snow storms and rain storms, to hurricanes and tornadoes, the children...
Weatherthings
Clouds, Rain and the Water Cycle: clouds, radar, meteorologist
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
Storms: lightning and thunder
Children on a playground use creativity and their imaginations to simulate the many different types of storms found on Earth. From thunderstorms to wind storms, to snow storms and rain storms, to hurricanes and tornadoes, the children...
Weatherthings
Weather and Seasons: winter cold, snow, dressing properly
A little girl and her grandfather spend a summer afternoon sitting by a pond. The conversation changes from how warm the summer day is to how the pond gets cold and freezes in the winter. The grandfather helps the girl understand how the...
Weatherthings
Weather and Seasons: Weather jokes and credits
A little girl and her grandfather spend a summer afternoon sitting by a pond. The conversation changes from how warm the summer day is to how the pond gets cold and freezes in the winter. The grandfather helps the girl understand how the...
Weatherthings
Weather and Seasons: meteorologists, predictions, sky sights, value of weather
A little girl and her grandfather spend a summer afternoon sitting by a pond. The conversation changes from how warm the summer day is to how the pond gets cold and freezes in the winter. The grandfather helps the girl understand how the...