Precipitation affects many aspects of our lives, from drinking water and food to devastating rain or snow storms. NASA gathered information from satellites to study factors that influence precipitation. View these narrated and unnarrated videos showing precipitation as it moves across the earth. Background information, teacher tips, and a student handout is included.

Concepts

precipitation, rain

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Additional Tags

drought, pbs learningmedia: precipitation on the planet, rainfall amounts

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Classroom Considerations

• Knovation Readability Score: 4 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)
• The intended use for this resource is Instructional