Instructional Video2:34
Weatherthings

Weather and Seasons: meteorologists, predictions, sky sights, value of weather

6th - 8th
A little girl and her grandfather spend a summer afternoon sitting by a pond. The conversation changes from how warm the summer day is to how the pond gets cold and freezes in the winter. The grandfather helps the girl understand how the...
Instructional Video4:43
Weatherthings

Weather Things: Hurricane Data

6th - 8th
For their size and impact, hurricanes are often called the greatest storms on Earth. They expend a tremendous amount of energy through the water cycle, and through wind, to maintain the balance of the atmosphere. Known by different names...
Instructional Video3:42
Weatherthings

Weather Things: Hurricane Ranking

6th - 8th
For their size and impact, hurricanes are often called the greatest storms on Earth. They expend a tremendous amount of energy through the water cycle, and through wind, to maintain the balance of the atmosphere. Known by different names...
Instructional Video2:56
Weatherthings

Weather and Seasons: seasons and dressing for seasons

6th - 8th
A little girl and her grandfather spend a summer afternoon sitting by a pond. The conversation changes from how warm the summer day is to how the pond gets cold and freezes in the winter. The grandfather helps the girl understand how the...
Instructional Video4:50
Weatherthings

Weather Things: Satellite

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 Video1:39
Weatherthings

Weather Things: Spring

6th - 8th
The orbit of Earth on a tilted axis around the sun leads to the seasons. The resulting change of angle of the sun, and length of day controls how warm we get at different times of the year. With those changes in seasons come changes in...
Instructional Video5:03
Weatherthings

Water Smart: Water in the Air - Clouds

6th - 8th
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,...
Instructional Video4:13
Weatherthings

Weather Things: Hurricane Safety

6th - 8th
For their size and impact, hurricanes are often called the greatest storms on Earth. They expend a tremendous amount of energy through the water cycle, and through wind, to maintain the balance of the atmosphere. Known by different names...
Instructional Video2:05
Visual Learning Systems

Stars and Galaxies: Tools of Astronomy

3rd - 8th
Upon viewing the Stars and Galaxies video series, students will be able to do the following: Explain that our solar system is part of the Milky Way galaxy. Understand that the Milky Way galaxy is huge and contains billions of stars....
Instructional Video4:47
Weatherthings

Weather Things: Hurricane Formation

6th - 8th
For their size and impact, hurricanes are often called the greatest storms on Earth. They expend a tremendous amount of energy through the water cycle, and through wind, to maintain the balance of the atmosphere. Known by different names...
Instructional Video2:55
Weatherthings

Weather Things: Seasonal Changes

6th - 8th
The orbit of Earth on a tilted axis around the sun leads to the seasons. The resulting change of angle of the sun, and length of day controls how warm we get at different times of the year. With those changes in seasons come changes in...
Instructional Video5:32
Weatherthings

Weather Things: Causes of Seasons:

6th - 8th
The orbit of Earth on a tilted axis around the sun leads to the seasons. The resulting change of angle of the sun, and length of day controls how warm we get at different times of the year. With those changes in seasons come changes in...
Instructional Video2:30
Weatherthings

Weather Things: Autumn

6th - 8th
The orbit of Earth on a tilted axis around the sun leads to the seasons. The resulting change of angle of the sun, and length of day controls how warm we get at different times of the year. With those changes in seasons come changes in...
Instructional Video2:24
Weatherthings

Storms: hurricanes

6th - 8th
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...
Instructional Video2:07
Weatherthings

Weather and Seasons: sun and seasons, meteorologists, instruments

6th - 8th
A little girl and her grandfather spend a summer afternoon sitting by a pond. The conversation changes from how warm the summer day is to how the pond gets cold and freezes in the winter. The grandfather helps the girl understand how the...
Instructional Video4:44
NASA

GPM: Too Much, Too Little

6th - 8th
This little video helps earth science learners understand the importance of recording precipitation patterns and forecasting where and when the next extreme events may occur. Various meteorologists share Global Precipitation Measurement...
Instructional Video
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Crash Course Astronomy: The Moon

9th - 10th
Take a tour of the moon, the closest astronomical object to Earth. Learn theories of the moon's formation, understand its surface features and how they formed, like the highlands and maria, and the moon's internal structures. [9:47]
Audio
Science Friday Initiative

Science Friday: Higher Res Eye in the Sky

9th - 10th
This program takes a look at the GeoEye-1 satellite being launched into space. This satellite would be used to provide very high resolution images for commercial sale, including to individuals. Advantages of this technology are...
Instructional Video
NASA

Sci Jinks: Saved by a Weather Satellite

9th - 10th
How did the coast guard know where to find a boater lost at sea? Understand the functions of the GOES weather satellite. [4:44]
Instructional Video
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Accreting Mass Due to Gravity Simulation

9th - 10th
Sal describes a simulation accreting mass due to gravity simulation. [3:34]
Instructional Video
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Identifying Centripetal Force for Cars and Satellites

9th - 10th
Identifying forces or force components acting as the centripetal force for a car driving in a horizontal circle, a car driving in a vertical circle, and a satellite in orbit.
Audio
Math Science Nucleus

Math/science Nucleus: Satellite Animation

Pre-K - 1st
This animation discusses the purpose of satellites and their path around the earth through a song. The song is accompanied by animations of various satellites.
Audio
Other

Reading Through History: Sputnik 1

9th - 10th
This is the sound made by Sputnik 1, the first satellite placed into orbit by the Soviet Union. [0:23]