Instructional Video7:25
Weatherthings

Weather Things: Precipitation

6th - 8th
The cycle of water from the air to the ground to the oceans and back to the air never ends. Water is found in the air, in the ground, in rivers and oceans, and it's found as gas, liquid, and solid. As it moves though phases and locations...
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 Video27:34
Wonderscape

Science Kids: Understanding Weather and Climate

K - 5th
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...
Instructional Video1:28
PBS

The Sun Heats Earth

6th - 8th
Is the hottest part of the day at noon, when closest to the sun, or later in the afternoon, when the land holds in the heat? Scholars observe the temperatures over a few days as Earth rotates into sunlight and view a flat map of the...
Instructional Video3:29
Deep Look

Identical Snowflakes? Scientist Ruins Winter For Everyone

6th - 12th Standards
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...
Instructional Video2:05
MinuteEarth

The Hottest Place on Earth

6th - 12th Standards
Where is the hottest place on Earth, and how can scientists prove it? The video discusses multiple methods for measuring the temperatures across the planet. Then it discusses the hottest places measured by each method and their accuracy....
Instructional Video11:35
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Crash Course

Real Gases

9th - 12th Standards
The Ideal Gas Law isn't always ideal. Learn about situations where gases behave differently and calculate those changes by using van der Waals' equation.
Instructional Video9:03
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Crash Course

The Ideal Gas Law

9th - 12th Standards
Can you crush a soda can using only the air around you? Use an engaging video to teach about the relationship between pressure, volume, moles, and temperature of a given gas, all done with the Ideal Gas Law.  
Instructional Video5:07
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Crash Course Kids

Current Events

3rd - 8th
What is an air current, and what does it have to do with the sun? This is the focus of a video that explains how air currents are driven by the sun's energy to high and low pressure areas.
Instructional Video4:33
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Crash Course Kids

Weather vs. Climate

3rd - 8th
What is weather? How is weather different from climate? Factors such as temperature, thunderstorms, precipitation, and wind speed refer to weather. Climate consists of the overall patterns of weather in a particular region of the...
Instructional Video3:59
TED-Ed

Why the Arctic Is Climate Change's Canary in the Coal Mine

7th - 12th Standards
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...