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...
Visual Learning Systems
Heat and Energy: Temperature and Heat
Upon viewing the Heat and Energy video series, students will be able to do the following: State the difference between kinetic and potential energy. Name and describe six different forms of energy: thermal, chemical, mechanical,...
US Department of Agriculture
A Flash of Food Safety Calibrating a Thermometer: Boiling Water Method
When food is prepared or held at improper temperatures, harmful bacteria can grow inside of the food making it unsafe to eat. Using an accurate food thermometer to monitor food temperatures can help ensure the safety of your food. It is...
Visual Learning Systems
Why Do We Measure?: Units of Measurement
This video illustrates the many everyday ways we measure things, and the importance of measurement in science. Concepts and terminology: length, liquid, mass, scale, temperature, and time.
Visual Learning Systems
Measuring: Measurements of Temperature
Upon viewing the Measuring video series, students will be able to do the following: Generally explain that the process of measuring involves making observations of things using tools. Understand that measurements often involve the use of...
Weatherthings
Hands On Weather II: More Weather Experiments
Air and moisture in different quantities comprise our atmosphere. The sun is the energy source that causes temperature change, wind, clouds, rain, dew, blue skies and rainbows. See how to build an instrument called a "sling psychrometer"...
Weatherthings
Weather Things: Weather Balloons
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...
Visual Learning Systems
Exploring Energy and Heat: Measuring Heat Energy
Energy is all around. This fast-paced, engaging program highlights the many and varied forms of energy. Real-life examples of energy provide relevance and meaning to students. Special emphasis is paid to heat energy and how it can be...
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...
Weatherthings
Weather Things: Basic Weather Instruments
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...
Weatherthings
Weather Things: Advanced Weather Instruments
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...
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...
US Department of Agriculture
A Flash of Food Safety Calibrating a Thermometer: Ice Water Method
When food is prepared or held at improper temperatures, harmful bacteria can grow inside of the food making it unsafe to eat. Using an accurate food thermometer to monitor food temperatures can help ensure the safety of your food. It is...
Curated Video
HEAT ALERT: Hazy conditions in the Bronx as temperatures approach 90s
News 12 Storm Watch Meteorologist Alex Calamia says to expect heat and hazy conditions today.
Curated Video
Sunshine returns for the weekend, but temps dip a bit
News 12 Storm Watch Meteorologist Sam Augeri says it will be a cold and dry weekend with wind chills in the teens Saturday into Sunday.
Curated Video
Sunny, cold and gusty today; up to 3 inches of snow expected Saturday in NYC
News 12 Storm Watch Team Meteorologist Allan Nosoff says cold gusts of wind stick around Friday before some Saturday morning snowfall.
Curated Video
'It's difficult breathing,' northern B.C. mayor says amid Arctic outflow
Rob Fraser, mayor of the Northern Rockies Regional Municipality, says there have been colder days in Fort Nelson, B.C., but not many. It was –32 C, without the wind chill, at the time of this interview.
Curated Video
The effects of heat on your body
Prof. Gordon Giesbrecht from the University of Manitoba speaks with CBC News about how the human body regulates its temperature, and what happens when that system begins to struggle in severe heat.
Curated Video
How hot is it on the tube?
London commuters are struggling on the tube in the heatwave but how hot is it on some of the warmest tube lines?
Curated Video
Instacart Accused of Not Sending Safety Kits to Employees
Instacart has been accused of not distributing employee safety kits to their workers. According to some workers, all personal shoppers were to be given hand sanitizer, reusable face masks, and a thermometer.
Curated Video
Coldest feeling night ahead tonight ahead of a dwindling snow chance this weekend
It will feel like single digits once again into Thursday morning, with winds gusting up to 40 mph. Once the dangerous cold departs, a chance for accumulating snow returns this weekend but it looks to be "too cold to snow" again.
Curated Video
Cold weather shock incoming for the Bronx with fire threat still looming
The combination of the cold and wind will bring feels-like temperatures well below freezing overnight. The risk for rapid fire spread also remains.
Bloomberg
Temperatures Touch 115F on Italian Island of Sardinia
Temperatures in Italian islands of Sicily and Sardinia are creeping toward the European record of 48.8C as unprecedented heat from Tokyo to Phoenix US cooks the planet.
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