Instructional Video4:16
Crash Course Kids

Severe Weather

3rd - 8th
So, what's the difference between 'weather' and 'severe weather'? Is it just how hard the wind is blowing? Is it just thunder and lighting? Well, it can be some or all of those things. In this episode of Crash Course Kids, Sabrina talks...
Instructional Video4:44
SciShow

Anatomy of a Super Storm

12th - Higher Ed
On the weekend of April 29th and 30th this year, a series of thunderstorms slammed the southern and midwestern US. SciShow News takes a look at those deadly storms using the latest, high-resolution data from the NOAA's GOES-16 weather...
Instructional Video5:56
SciShow

Wildfires Make Their Own Weather, Including...

12th - Higher Ed
Climate change is causing wildfire season to get worse every year. And our models of wildfires can't keep up with the things fires can do... like spawn devastating fire tornadoes.
Instructional Video4:44
SciShow

Anatomy of a Super Storm

12th - Higher Ed
On the weekend of April 29th and 30th this year, a series of thunderstorms slammed the southern and midwestern US. SciShow News takes a look at those deadly storms using the latest, high-resolution data from the NOAA's GOES-16 weather...
Instructional Video3:58
SciShow

Volcanic Lightning: Because Exploding Mountains Aren't Bad Enough

12th - Higher Ed
In the midst of a volcanic eruption, lightning can streak across the ash and smoke above it, but what do we think causes volcanic lightning?
Instructional Video4:15
TED-Ed

TED-Ed: How do tornadoes form? - James Spann

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Tornadoes are the most violent storms on Earth, with wind velocities that can exceed 200 miles per hour. How do these terrifying cyclones form? Meteorologist James Spann sheds light on the lifespan of tornadoes as they go from supercell...
Instructional Video2:35
MinuteEarth

How Firestorms Form

12th - Higher Ed
Today's wildfires burn, on average, twice the amount of land they did in 1970. The reason? We've been working too hard to put them out.
Instructional Video3:53
SciShow

Learning About Lightning from Superbolts

12th - Higher Ed
If you ask someone to picture a thunderstorm, chances are they will have no problem slipping into a memory of dark clouds and bright flashes screaming out from them. But, incredibly, they’re probably picturing the tame version of...
Instructional Video4:17
SciShow

Weird Places The Endless Lightning at Lake Maracaibo

12th - Higher Ed
During peak thunderstorm season, Lake Maracaibo has an average of 28 lightning strikes per minute hit its surface. But why?
Instructional Video3:22
SciShow

Sprites, Jets, and Glowing Balls: The Science of Lightning

12th - Higher Ed
Ever wonder how lightning works? Scientists are still figuring it out, but what we do know is fascinating. Learn about positive and negative lightning, red sprites, blue jets, and ball lightning in this episode of SciShow!
Instructional Video4:16
SciShow

3 Whack Weather Phenomena

12th - Higher Ed
Hank describes three of the whackest weather phenomena on Earth: atmospheric rivers, fire tornadoes, and ball lightning. Super interesting and super weird.
Instructional Video4:25
Crash Course Kids

Severe Weather

3rd - 8th
So, what's the difference between 'weather' and 'severe weather'? Is it just how hard the wind is blowing? Is it just thunder and lighting? Well, it can be some or all of those things. In this episode of Crash Course Kids, Sabrina talks...
Instructional Video7:24
Curated Video

World Record Hail: Water Droplet To Wrecking Ball

9th - Higher Ed
Have you ever wondered how hail is formed? Or just how big it can get? We learn how the IBHS Research Laboratory is using 3D printers, sophisticated potato guns, a sky-diving chamber, and other state-of-the-art equipment to help unravel...
Instructional Video0:47
Curated Video

Lightning - Atmospheric Discharge

6th - 12th
A high-current electrical discharge in the atmosphere that may occur during thunderstorms, or sometimes dust storms or volcanic eruptions. A Twig Science Glossary Film. Key scientific terms defined in just 60 seconds using stunning...
Instructional Video2:20
Curated Video

Thunderstorm

Pre-K - 3rd
What is a thunderstorm? Our universe - Planet Earth - Weather Learning Points Lightning occurs when ice particles inside thunderstorm clouds collide, causing sparks of electricity. This can occur inside the cloud or between the cloud and...
Instructional Video4:21
Curated Video

Outdoor Safety

3rd - 8th
Dr. Forrester explains how to be prepared to deal with emergency situations.
Instructional Video5:22
Curated Video

Natures Destructive Force

3rd - 8th
Dr. Forrester explains how wind and thunderstorms drive tornadoes and hurricanes.
Instructional Video5:05
Curated Video

Hedgie Thunder

Pre-K - 3rd
It’s thundering out and Pins and Nettie do not like it one bit. The thunder especially makes them really anxious. But once they think of the thunder as will rather than scary, the hedgies realize that thunderstorms can actually be lots...
Instructional Video1:59
Curated Video

The Destructive Force of Tornadoes

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Tornadoes are powerful and destructive forces of nature that form out of thunderstorms, spinning rapidly and causing widespread devastation. They can destroy buildings, uproot trees, and pose a significant threat to communities. Despite...
Instructional Video3:26
Curated Video

Could We Dissipate A Tornado By Firing A Rocket Into It?

Pre-K - Higher Ed
A tornado forms when there is a hot layer of atmospheric air that is covered by a relatively cold, dry bank of air above. When the warm air at the bottom of the atmosphere rises (due to its temperature), it pushes up on the cold air...
Instructional Video1:53
Weatherthings

Lightning vs Rolling Shutter

6th - 8th
If you've ever seen a video or photo of lightning that has a pillar of light seemingly beaming upward to the sky, or if you've seen an image of lightning where part of the picture is very bright and the other part is not, there's a...
Instructional Video2:30
Weatherthings

Derecho

6th - 8th
A derecho is a large line or band of powerful or severe thunderstorms that creates a wind damage area more than 400 miles long and more than 60 miles wide. The thunderstorms in a derecho produce downbursts and sometimes tornadoes. Winds...
Instructional Video4:29
Curated Video

Hazardous Weather Solution

3rd - Higher Ed
“Hazardous Weather Solution” discusses the damage that can result from common natural disasters, including hurricanes, blizzards, thunderstorms, and tornadoes.
Instructional Video3:24
Weatherthings

Bomb Cyclone

6th - 8th
A Bomb Cyclone is a middle-latitude low pressure storm system. It must have falling air pressure, measured by a barometer, losing at least 1 millibar per hour for 24 hours. When the pressure in a storm falls, the wind increases. You hear...