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Weatherthings
Weather and Seasons: meteorologists, predictions, sky sights, value of weather
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...
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Weather Things: Hurricane Data
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...
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Weather Things: Hurricane Ranking
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...
Weatherthings
Weather and Seasons: seasons and dressing for seasons
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...
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...
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Weather Things: Spring
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...
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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
Weather Things: Hurricane Safety
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...
Visual Learning Systems
Stars and Galaxies: Tools of Astronomy
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....
Weatherthings
Weather Things: Hurricane Formation
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...
Weatherthings
Weather Things: Seasonal Changes
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...
Weatherthings
Weather Things: Causes of Seasons:
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...
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Weather Things: Autumn
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...
Weatherthings
Storms: hurricanes
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...
Weatherthings
Weather and Seasons: sun and seasons, meteorologists, instruments
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...
NASA
GPM: Too Much, Too Little
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...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Crash Course Astronomy: The Moon
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]
Science Friday Initiative
Science Friday: Higher Res Eye in the Sky
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...
NASA
Sci Jinks: Saved by a Weather Satellite
How did the coast guard know where to find a boater lost at sea? Understand the functions of the GOES weather satellite. [4:44]
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Accreting Mass Due to Gravity Simulation
Sal describes a simulation accreting mass due to gravity simulation. [3:34]
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Identifying Centripetal Force for Cars and Satellites
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.
Math Science Nucleus
Math/science Nucleus: Satellite Animation
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.
Other
Reading Through History: Sputnik 1
This is the sound made by Sputnik 1, the first satellite placed into orbit by the Soviet Union. [0:23]