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
What is a Hurricane?
Meet hurricane hunters and learn about where hurricanes form and how they occur. Great images, full explanations, and clear narration make this a great clip for learners in grades 3-6. Play this clip prior to or after a lesson on extreme...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Arctic Haze
In this video segment adapted from KUAC, find out why the horizon in Alaska is sometimes shrouded in pollution and what it means for climate change in the Arctic.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Solar Still Part Ii: Juice
In this video segment adapted from ZOOM, cast members test their solar still to see if they can make fresh water from orange juice. [3: 55]
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.
NBC
Nbc Learn: Sustainability: Water
NBC Learn and the National Science Foundation explore the threats and challenges to our most vital natural resource.
Into the Outdoors
Into the Outdoors: Wetlands Ecology
A collection of four video clips that discuss wetlands. Through these video clips understand the importance of wetlands to our environment, different species of animals, and food production. Also learn about biodiversity, water cycle,...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Solar Still Part I: Salt Water
In this video segment adapted from ZOOM, cast members assemble a solar still and make fresh water from saltwater, demonstrating two steps of the water cycle, evaporation and condensation. 3m 32s
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: Farm Solutions to Water Pollution
In this video from Common Ground and Cleaner Water, Tribby Vice, a Kentucky farmer, talks about the changes he has made on his farm to protect the water quality of the stream running through his property and the watershed in which he...
PBS
Pbs Kids Clubhouse Adventures: Clubhouse Theme: What Is Water?
Abby teaches all about the different states of water, as well as the water cycle. [2:03]
PBS
Pbs Kids Clubhouse Adventures: Read Good Books!: How We Use Water
KIDS Clubhouse Adventures kids visit The National Mississippi River Museum and Aquarium to read and discover more about water, the water cycle and how water can be used to generate energy. [1:36]
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Kids in Motion: Water Cycle Fitness
In this video, students learn a variety of fitness activities in which they depict the water cycle though movement.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Crash Course Ecology: The Hydrologic and Carbon Cycles: Always Recycle!
Hank introduces us to biogeochemical cycles by describing his two favorites: carbon and water. The hydrologic cycle describes how water moves on, above, and below the surface of the Earth, driven by energy supplied by the sun and wind....
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Good Thinking!: Make It Rain!
Become more effective in the classroom by watching this video on the common misconceptions student have about the weather, the water cycle, and phase changes. [8:40]
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Dinosaur Train: Water
In this Dinosaur Train clip, Dr. Scott the paleontologist explains the water cycle, and why living creatures need water to live. This clip helps students understand the negative effects a drought has on plants and animals, and how plants...
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
Wgbh: Peep and the Big Wide World: The Way Things Move: Disappearing Drink
Someone is stealing Chirp's water! Who would do such a sneaky thing? Join Peep and the gang to find out why the water is disappearing. [8:53]
NOAA
Noaa: Estuary Education: Watershed Demo
A quick, by necessity, discussion of watersheds with a great demo using a very good watershed model (Enviroscape) plus a couple of student tips. [10:04]
Crash Course
Crash Course Kids 24.2: Dinosaur Pee?
All the water on Earth is just constantly recycled in what we call a closed system. No water comes in and no water goes out. So that means that, at some point, it's possible the water we're drinking was once from the dinosaurs. [4:47]
Crash Course
Crash Course Kids 24.1: The Great Aqua Adventure
In this episode of Crash Course Kids, Sabrina Cruz shows us how the water cycle works and how you can create a mini water cycle right in your own kitchen. [4:28]
Crash Course
Crash Course: Ecology #8: The Hydrologic and Carbon Cycles: Always Recycle!
Hank introduces us to biogeochemical cycles by describing his two favorites: carbon and water. The hydrologic cycle describes how water moves on, above, and below the surface of the Earth, driven by energy supplied by the sun and wind....