Encyclopaedia Britannica
Demystified: Solstices and an Equinoxes
Learn more about solstices and equinoxes.
NASA
NASA’s Global Tour of Precipitation in Ultra HD (4K)
Precipitation (falling rain and snow) is our fresh water reservoir in the sky and is fundamental to life on Earth. This video shows the most detailed and worldwide view of rain and snowfall ever created and uses satellite measurements...
Visual Learning Systems
Factors Influencing Regional Temperatures
In this video, the teacher explains the major difference in climate between northern New England and Florida, which is temperature. They discuss how latitude plays a significant role in determining the temperature of a region. The video...
Physics Girl
This phenomenon only happens in Hawaii . . . and Cuba & Nigeria & Indonesia & Peru & Sudan & Laos &…
There are apparently no shadows in these images. But they were taken during the brightest part of the day. There are only certain parts of the year and certain times of day when you can experience the subsolar point or Lahaina noon....
Curated Video
The Evolution of Wheat: From Wild Grass to Common Crop
This video explores the evolution of agriculture and the significant role that common wheat has played in human history. From the discovery of grass as a food source to the crossbreeding and cultivation of different wheat varieties, it...
Mazz Media
Climate
This live-action video program explores the different climates found on earth. Through use of video footage, photographs, diagrams and colorful, animated graphics and labels, viewers will come to understand how weather, landforms and...
NASA
A New Model for Understanding Jupiter's Climate
Climate patterns and storms on Jupiter can have striking similarities to those on Earth. One such pattern is a four-year temperature cycle in the Jovian upper atmosphere called the QQO. This cycle has a little sibling in Earth's...
NASA
ATom Mission interview clips — Tom Ryerson
A flat line of data may not look interesting, but Tom Ryerson of NOAA with the #EarthExpedition ATom mission explains how it could reveal how tropospheric ozone is removed from the atmosphere. The ATom mission aboard NASA’s DC-8 flying...
Curated Video
The Complete Excel Guide: Beginners to Advanced - Surface Charts
The aim of this video is to explore surface charts. This clip is from the chapter "Excel 2019 Advanced: Graphs and Charts" of the series "The Complete Excel Guide: Beginners to Advanced".In this section, we'll explore graphs and charts.
NASA
NASA | SDO: Three Years in Three Minutes--With Expert Commentary
This version of SDO:Three Years in Three Minutes is extended and narrated by NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center heliophysicist Alex Young. He highlights many interesting aspects of the video and points out several of the single-frame...
NASA
ATom Postcard - Samoa to New Zealand
Principal Investigator Steven Wofsy of Harvard University and atmospheric scientist Paul Newman of NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center sent back a video postcard of the second two legs of the Atmospheric Tomography, or ATom mission. They...
Mediacorp
The Ambitious Plans of Singapore in Space Exploration
Singapore's location near the equator gives it an advantage for launching rockets. This rocket scientist wants to make it happen. Space Race part 5/5
NASA
ATom Postcard - Azore Islands to Kangerlussuaq
Atmospheric scientists Bernadett Weinzierl of the University of Vienna, Paul Newman of Goddard Space Flight Center, and Róisín Commane of Harvard University sent back a video postcard from the last three legs of the Atmospheric...
NASA
NASA | Journey to Galapagos
NASA oceanographer Dr. Gene Carl Feldman is no stranger to the Galapagos Islands, although he has never been there. He has studied these "Enchanted Isles" from the vantage point of space for the last 25 years, but in July 2009 he will...
Mazz Media
Earth
This live-action video program is about the word Earth. The program is designed to reinforce and support a student's comprehension and retention of the word Earth through use of video footage, photographs, diagrams and colorful, animated...
Curated Video
What Would Happen If Earth Rotated Faster?
An increase in Earth’s rotational speed could have various impacts on life: ranging from increased earthquakes and tsunamis to a shortening of the length of the day. People could be floating in central Africa while the polar ice might...
TMW Media
Uranus & Neptune, Gas Giants: Characteristics of Neptune and its moons
What did the Hubble telescope notice about Neptune? What are the layers of Neptune made of? What is similar and different about Neptune and Uranus? Uranus & Neptune, Gas Giants, Part 2
Mazz Media
Bailey's Big Back Yard: It's Freezing
When Bailey plans for some wintertime activities, he looks at cold weather and discovers how he can stay warm, and retain heat by insulation. Animated graphics help viewers to learn about different temperatures.
Curated Video
How Hurricanes Form? Why Hurricanes Spin AntiClockwise in North and Clockwise in Southern Hemisphere
Hurricanes, cyclones and typhoons are formed due to violent storms that originate over oceans and seas and move towards land, potentially causing extensive damage to both life and property. But there is a very interesting thing related...
Mazz Media
Bailey's Big Back Yard: Air and Wind
In this program, Bailey learns about the wind as he experiences it. With help from his magical magnifying glass, Bailey and viewers learn about the complexity of wind and air and they come to understand that air is moving all around us.
NASA
Building a Hurricane Season in the Atlantic Ocean
For decades, NASA researchers have helped refine our understanding of hurricanes and tropical storms. To better understand the Atlantic hurricane season, they use the Goddard Earth Observing System (GEOS-5) model run by supercomputers at...
NASA
Terra's Orbital Drift
In 2020, Terra completed its final inclination maneuver, using some of its limited fuel supply, to maintain that crossing time. Since that final inclination maneuver, Terra has continuously drifted to an earlier equatorial crossing time....
Visual Learning Systems
The Evidence of Earth's Rotation
In this video, the teacher explains the concept of the Earth's rotation and its effect on day and night. They use a toy spinning top as an analogy to demonstrate how the Earth spins on its axis, causing the sun to appear to rise and set....