Instructional Video3:23
Weatherthings

Clouds, Rain and the Water Cycle: value of rain, ice crystals

6th - 8th
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...
Instructional Video0:31
Weatherthings

Clouds, Rain and the Water Cycle: Weather jokes and credits

6th - 8th
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...
Instructional Video4:05
Weatherthings

Weather Things: Advanced Weather Instruments

6th - 8th
Weather forecasting requires observation. Beyond the things we can see, hear and sense, meteorologists need detailed data to observe distant weather, whether that is distant along the ground, or distant up into the sky. Weather...
Instructional Video2:24
Weatherthings

Storms: hurricanes

6th - 8th
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...
Instructional Video2:07
Weatherthings

Weather and Seasons: sun and seasons, meteorologists, instruments

6th - 8th
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...
Instructional Video3:32
Weatherthings

Weather Things: Fog

6th - 8th
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...
Instructional Video1:17
Visual Learning Systems

The Water Cycle: Precipitation

9th - 12th
Upon viewing the The Water Cycle video series, students will be able to do the following: Define the water cycle as the continual movement of water between earth and the air. Explain that the water cycle consists of three processes:...
Instructional Video2:45
Weatherthings

Clouds, Rain and the Water Cycle

6th - 8th
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...
Instructional Video
BBC

Bbc Earth: How Much Water Is in a Cloud?

9th - 10th
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.
Audio
Science Friday Initiative

Science Friday: How to Keep Data in the Cloud From Evaporating

9th - 10th
A discussion of online data storage and how to keep information stored in the Cloud safe. Aired Mar. 4, 2011 [17:40 min]