Weatherthings
Hands on Weather: Weather Experiments
Weather lessons come alive for students in simple experiments and demonstrations. Kids show the basic principles of weather in these easy experiments and demonstrations. Using everyday materials, watch how to make a tornado in a bottle....
Science360
Let it snow - Scientists show cloud seeding generates snow in most comprehensive study yet
Scientists demonstrate that cloud seeding can generate snowfall Research answers long question about effectiveness of cloud seeding Scientists have successfully used a combination of radars and snow gauges to measure the impact of cloud...
Weatherthings
Hands On Weather II: More Weather Experiments
Air and moisture in different quantities comprise our atmosphere. The sun is the energy source that causes temperature change, wind, clouds, rain, dew, blue skies and rainbows. See how to build an instrument called a "sling psychrometer"...
Curated Video
Science Experiment: Clouds in a Bottle
New ReviewDo you know how clouds form in the sky? Here is a quick experiment I showed to Alex to demonstrate how pressure change can do just that. To do this experiment at home you would need: a plastic bottle, rubbing alcohol, air pump, champagne...
Physics Girl
HOME CHALLENGE: 20 Easy Experiments in 5 mins for Bored Adults and Kids at School Inside
Are you a bored adult or a parent stuck at home? Try these DIY science experiments! SAFETY TIPS FOR TEA BAG ROCKET • Flammable surfaces: DO NOT light tea bags on a flammable surface. Experiment should be conducted on a fireproof surface,...
Next Animation Studio
Human germ cloud: New study finds millions of identifiable bacteria surround every person
A group of researchers from the University of Oregon recently published a new study in the open-access journal PeerJ, which shows that each of us emits millions of bacteria into the air that form our own personal germ cloud. While the...
Science360
Sea spray Complex chemistry with big effects on climate
Take in a deep breath of salty ocean air and more than likely you're also breathing in naturally occurring sea spray aerosols. But, there's much more in each of those tiny bursting ""bubbles"" than salt. They're also bursting with ocean...
Science360
Sea spray: Complex chemistry with big effects on climate
Take in a deep breath of salty ocean air and more than likely you're also breathing in naturally occurring sea spray aerosols. But, there's much more in each of those tiny bursting ""bubbles"" than salt. They're also bursting with ocean...
Kids Learning Videos
Types of Weather - Learning about Weather for Kids
Types of Weather for Children Learn about different types and kinds of weather with this video. It is important for children to learn about the world around them. Learning about types of weather can help them with that. This simple...
ProTeachersVideo
Demonstrating Chemistry - Spectacular Experiments: Dry Ice - Sublimation
Prof Hal Sosabowski demonstrates this simple yet effective experiment, which reveals several properties of solid carbon dioxide. Hal shows us how clouds of water vapour can be formed, how carbon dioxide is denser than air, how a gas...
Curated Video
Breathe Fire and make Giant Fireballs with Cornstarch!
In this video I team up the The Proper People to make blow huge fireballs and spin steel wool in an abandoned mine! All you need to make these fireballs is cornstarch. Just grab a hand full and blow it onto a flame. This is probably the...
Curated Video
The Water Cycle Song/The Water Cycle
Here's a song about the water cycle. Learn about how clouds are formed. Also learn about precipitation, condensation, evaporation, convection, water vapor, cloud seeds, aerosols, cloud droplets and the water cycle with this fun...
Science360
Hyperlocal mapping within urban heat islands for future forecasting - Science Nation
Researchers lay the groundwork for high resolution “heat maps” to protect residents and improve city planning A quick check on a smartphone will provide you with the day's expected high temperature, but what if you could find out how hot...
Curated Video
Lightning | Electricity | Physics | FuseSchool
Lightning | Electricity | Physics | FuseSchool A flash of lightning, and a rumble of thunder. But what exactly are these spectacular occurrences? In 1752, Benjamin Franklin discovered that lightning was caused by powerful electrical...
Curated Video
NASA | ATREX Studies Earth's Ultra-High Super Wind
High in the sky, 60 to 65 miles above Earth's surface, winds rush through a little understood region of Earth's atmosphere at speeds of 200 to 300 miles per hour. Lower than a typical satellite's orbit, higher than where most planes fly,...
Curated Video
Seas of Infinity: OAO 2's 50th Anniversary
On Dec. 7, 1968, an Atlas-Centaur rocket carrying NASA’s heaviest and most ambitious uncrewed satellite to date blasted into the sky from Launch Complex 36B at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida. Formally known as Orbiting...
Curated Video
What Would Happen If Humans Tried To Land On Jupiter
The best way to explore a new world is to land on it. That's why humans have sent spacecraft to the Moon, Venus, Mars, Saturn's moon, Titan, and more. But there are a few places in the solar system we will never understand as well as...
Curated Video
Changes of State | Matter | Physics | FuseSchool
Changes of State | Matter | Physics | FuseSchool On Earth, materials exist in one of three main states of matter: solid, liquid or gas. Materials can change between these states. When a state change occurs, a substance’s properties will...
Big Think
A Scientific Explanation of the Human Mind | Daniel Siegel
Back in 1988, Pixies asked the catchy question: “Where is my mind?”. Now, nearly 30 years later, UCLA psychiatry professor Daniel Siegel has a revolutionary answer. We’ve come to accept that the brain is the instrument that plays the...
TED-Ed
The Science of Smog
In 1952, a mysterious fog killed an estimated 4,000 people in London, raising awareness of the relationship between air quality and public health. An interesting video explains two different types of smog, describing the conditions...
Curated OER
Denver's Brown Cloud
Why does a brown cloud occur in Denver at a certain time of the year? When warm air is higher in the atmosphere, it traps cooler, denser air below and smog just sits in between them. Using bottles of colored hot and cold water, this...
Steve Spangler Science
Denver's Brown Cloud - Cool Science Experiment
Why does a brown cloud occur in Denver at a certain time of the year? When warm air is higher in the atmosphere, it traps cooler, denser air below and smog just sits in between them. Using bottles of colored hot and cold water, this...
Deep Look
Identical Snowflakes? Scientist Ruins Winter For Everyone
Can snowflakes be identical? Under perfect conditions, these perfect, unique crystals can have a twin. Explore snowflakes in the great indoors of a laboratory experiment to see how carefully regulated conditions have busted the myth of...
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...