Weatherthings
Weather Things: Seasons
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,...
Weatherthings
Weather Things: Weather Impacts
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,...
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,...
Scholastic
Study Jams! The Water Cycle
Will tomorrow's soccer game be rained out? That depends on the water cycle. An animated feature explains precipitation, evaporation, transpiration, and condensation with diagrams and dialogue between Sam and RJ as they huddle under a...
Monterey Institute for Technology and Education
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration: Water Cycle
This animated video shows many different aspects of the water cycle. This resource has additional links that explore the impact of global warming and groundwater removal on the water cycle.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Water Cycle Animation
This animation from NASA visualizes the steps of the water cycle, including precipitation, evaporation, transpiration, and condensation. [0:52]
Bozeman Science
Bozeman Science: Water Resource
Paul Andersen explains how water is unequally distributed around the globe through the hydrologic cycles. Seawater is everywhere but is not useful without costly desalination. Freshwater is divided between surface water and groundwater...
NOAA
Noaa: Estuary Education: Watershed Demo
A quick, by necessity, discussion of watersheds with a great demo using a very good watershed model (Enviroscape) plus a couple of student tips. [10:04]