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...
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Weather Things: Radar
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...
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Severe Weather Safety: Watch for the Warning
All thunderstorms create hazards of lightning. Some thunderstorms result in flash flooding, large hail, damaging wind or a tornado. See how to prepare for these threats at school, at home, or outside. Understand the difference between a...
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Weather Things: Weather Balloons
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...
Mazz Media
Non-Living
This live-action video program is about the word non-living. The program is designed to reinforce and support a student's comprehension and retention of the word non-living through use of video footage, photographs, diagrams and...
Weatherthings
Storms: storm safety, storm information, storm ingredients
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
Lightning Trench
When lightning strikes trees and other tall objects, it doesn't just stop. It may run along or just beneath the ground where the intense heat turns soil moisture into steam that blows the soil outward, to instantly create what is called...
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Weather Things: Satellite
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...
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Weather Things: Thunderstorm Wind
Lightning is spectacular, from a distance. It's nature's way of transferring electricity within the sky, or between the sky and the ground. When lightning is nearby, it is a threat to safety. People are struck by lightning, in many cases...
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Storms: Weather jokes and credits
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
Storms: rain, floods, flash floods
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...
Visual Learning Systems
Understanding Lightning
This video explains the science behind lightning and its dangers. It discusses how charges build up in storm clouds, leading to an electrical discharge between the cloud and the ground. This video is part of the 9-part series, Electricity.
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Weather Things: Basic Weather Instruments
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...
Visual Learning Systems
The Nature of Electricity: What Is Electric Charge?
This video describes the basic role that atoms play in creating electrical charges, as well as the nature and creation of static electricity. Various methods of charging are discussed, emphasizing the role that insulators and conductors...
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Weather Things: Advanced Weather Instruments
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...
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Storms: hurricanes
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...
Curated Video
Oregon wildfire creates own weather as fires across Northwest burn
An imposing column of gray cloud shoots into the sky from the Durkee fire — a wildfire that is around 244,000 acres burning in eastern Oregon. (Scripps News)
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Reflected Lightning
Beautiful passing Thunderstorm with multiple Lightning strikes and a small body of water near the camera reflecting the Lightning Strikes. Photo sequence captured on a Canon Rebel T1i, processed images in Photoshop and created Timelapse...
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Electric Shock
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Incredible lightning storm with almost non stop lightning. Many forked cloud to ground lightning bolts, crawler lightning and shorted branched and forked lightning bolts. At night.
Incredible lightning storm with almost non stop lightning. Many forked cloud to ground lightning bolts, crawler lightning and shorted branched and forked lightning bolts. At night.
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The Lightning Rod
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