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Visual Learning Systems
Physical Changes: Evaporation and Condensation
If you have ever torn up a piece of paper or seen ice melt, then you have witnessed physical changes. This fascinating program helps students understand some of the different ways matter changes physically. Vivid animations also...
Curated Video
What Is Matter
This video program will help students to understand that matter is composed of atoms that are made up of subatomic particles that interact with each other. Viewers will learn that matter can exists as a solid, as a liquid, a gas or as a...
Wonderscape
Science Kids: Exploring Mixtures and Solutions
In this video, students will learn about different methods of separating substances in mixtures and solutions. They will explore physical changes in matter, the properties of mixtures and solutions, and the processes of evaporation,...
Science360
Science of the Winter Olympic Games - Science of Snow
Snow is an essential part of the 2014 Olympics. How it's formed and how it reacts has been studied by scientists for centuries and continues to this day. Sarah Konrad, a former Winter Olympian who is also a glaciologist at the...
Weatherthings
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...
Visual Learning Systems
Water, Water, Everywhere: the Water Cycle
Upon viewing the Water, Water, Everywhere video series, students will be able to do the following:
List some of the ways they use water everyday in their lives.
Describe why water is important to plants and animals.
Explain the...
Visual Learning Systems
The Water Cycle: Evaporation
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:...
Weatherthings
Water Smart: The Sun, Water Cycle, & Climate - Evaporation
The Sun, Water Cycle, & Climate shows us how the sun produces heat to drive the water cycle. It's made clear that the water cycle continues in the absence of sunlight or heat. We learn how the two components of climate- temperature and...
Weatherthings
Water Smart: Water in the Air - Clouds
Water in the Air reveals the varied phases of water that surround us, fall on us, travel in air, and serve as a crucial component of the water cycle. Emphasis is on the fact that water in air can be vapor or solid, visible or invisible,...
Weatherthings
Water Smart: The Sun, Water Cycle, & Climate - Condensation
The Sun, Water Cycle, & Climate shows us how the sun produces heat to drive the water cycle. It's made clear that the water cycle continues in the absence of sunlight or heat. We learn how the two components of climate- temperature and...
Wonderscape
Science Kids: Understanding Weather and Climate
This video is a lesson about weather, climate, and the effects of global warming. It explains the difference between weather and climate, the factors that influence weather, the greenhouse effect, and the role of oceans in climate. The...
Weatherthings
Weather Things: Air
The 3 simple ingredients of sun, air and water lead to every type of weather on Earth. The atmosphere is constantly trying to balance heat from the sun with water vapor and air to create a dynamic planet. The unique properties of the...
Weatherthings
Weather Things: Weather
The atmosphere is dynamic and forever changing to maintain balance. The ingredients of air, sunlight and water allow life to exist on Earth, but they also generate calm scenes like rainbows, as a tornado ends. All storms move moisture,...
Visual Learning Systems
The Water Cycle: Condensation
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:...
Weatherthings
Clouds, Rain and the Water Cycle
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...
American Chemical Society
How to Survive the Snow and Ice
Can you tell the difference between artificial snow and the real thing? An informative video explains the structure of a snowflake crystal, both real and artificial. It finishes with a discussion of the chemistry related to salting...
American Chemical Society
How Do Snowflakes Form?
No two are ever alike, so they say. Young scientists view an engaging video in a playlist series to learn about snowflakes. They see how snowflakes form and study several different categories of them.
NASA
The Water Cycle: Watering the Land
The oceans contribute 37 trillion tons of water to land masses in the form of rain and snow. The third in a four-part series from NASA show satellite animations highlighting the precipitation on Earth. The videos show the movement of the...
NASA
The Water Cycle: Steaming the Air
How does water vapor move from point A to point B? The second installment in a series of four on the water cycle allows scholars to analyze satellite images to answer this question. The satellite animations show how evaporation and...
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...
SciShow Kids
Where Does Water Come From?
Water water everywhere. Thanks to the water cycle, Earth is covered in water. Watch a video that explains how water changes throughout the water cycle.
Crash Course Kids
Water Fight!
What happens to humans when there is a limited supply of freshwater? This is the focus of a video that discusses the affects on communities of freshwater as a limited resource.
Crash Course Kids
The Great Aqua Adventure
How does water travel? This is the focus of a video that describes how water moves via the water cycle. An in-depth discussion explains the constant repetition of evaporation, condensation, and precipitation that makes up the water...
Steve Spangler Science
Superheated Steam - Cool Science Experiment
Did you know that steam can be used to light a match? Mr. Spangler demonstrates that although it is made of water, steam contains a tremendous amount of energy. It's heat is used to light a match and burn some paper. This is an...