Visual Learning Systems
Investigating Weather Summary
This is a summary of the topics covered in the Investigating Weather series. Topics included clouds, precipitations, air masses, weather fronts, and storms. Investigating Weather part 6/7
Curated Video
How Tornadoes Form
Explore the fascinating and destructive phenomenon of tornadoes. From how they form to the rating scales used to measure their strength, we learn about the science behind these powerful storms. We also discuss important safety measures...
Visual Learning Systems
The Impact of Weather on Our Daily Lives
This video introduces the Investigating Weather series. This short exploration highlights how weather affects us all, whether it's for our leisure activities or our professional endeavors. Investigating Weather part 1/7
Science360
When Nature Strikes - Tornadoes
Tornadoes can form in minutes, making early and accurate warnings crucial to saving lives. Howard Bluestein at the University of Oklahoma and Adam Houston at the University of Nebraska are trying to understand why some storms produce...
Science360
Perception of Danger in Tornado Alley
Could lightning really strike twice? It often does in Tornado Alley, where storms wreak havoc and crush entire communities in minutes. But do people see it that way? After the 2006 Iowa City tornado, psychologist Jerry Suls and...
Science360
NSF Science Now: Episode 21
In this week's episode we discover the oldest fossil evidence of modern, venomous snakes in Africa. We discover what was going on in the earliest moments of our universe just after the Big Bang, and finally we learn about a new weather...
Science360
IT'S A TWISTER--OF DATA!
In episode 75, Charlie and Jordan talk about visualizations that may reduce the false alarm rate for tornado prediction. How? Amy McGovern at the University of Oklahoma is trying to make high resolution simulations of supercell storms to...
Visual Learning Systems
Investigating Weather Quiz
This is a quiz over the topics covered in the Investigating Weather series. Topics included clouds, precipitations, air masses, weather fronts, and storms. Investigating Weather part 7/7
Curated Video
How Tornadoes Form
This video provides a step-by-step process of how tornadoes evolve, from the heating of the land surface to the creation of a powerful vortex. Explore the unique characteristics of different types of tornadoes and why they occur.
Flag House Activity Channel
6 Different Parachute Activities for PE Class (Ep. 13 SuperChute Parachute)
The classic parachute games get a great upgrade with the FlagHouse Superchute! Use our SuperChute Grip parachutes just as you would any traditional parachute, to develop upper arms and shoulders with vigorous, fun exercises, games, and...
Weatherthings
Weather Things: Thunderstorm Ingredients
Lightning is spectacular, from a distance. It's nature's way of transferring electricity within the sky, or between the sky and the ground. When lightning is nearby, it is a threat to safety. People are struck by lightning, in many cases...
Science360
Game Changer Research Aims to Forecast Tornadoes - Science Nation
Tornadoes claim hundreds of lives and cause billions of dollars in damages in the United States. With support from the National Science Foundation, computer scientist Amy McGovern at the University of Oklahoma is working to find answers...
Curated Video
B1 English Listening Practice - Natural Disasters
This video serves as English listening comprehension practice for intermediate-level students. In this video, a native English speaker talks in a natural way about the topic of natural disasters. The subtitles are included at the bottom...
Weatherthings
Weather Things: Weather Cycles
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: Storms
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,...
NASA
NASA | Tornadoes with Tim Samaras
Credits: NASA, NOAA In this video severe storm researcher and engineer Tim Samaras talks about his view on tornadoes and what remains to be understood. He also covers the importance of satellite imagery to his research.
NASA
NASA | ESW Career Spotlight: Janel Thomas
A short video profile of Janel Thomas. She was a member of NASA's Genesis and Rapid Intensification Processes (GRIP) field campaign in 2010 where she operated the dropsonde instrument onboard NASA's DC-8 aircraft. She was a part of four...
Financial Times
The future of Britain's air force
The Royal Air Force is leaping towards the future with the arrival of new F35 fighter jets but the threats to the UK are shifting fast with a resurgent Russia to the fore, and uncertainty surrounds the UK defence budget. As the RAF marks...
NASA
NASA | GPM: One Year of Storms
A look back at the snowstorms, tropical storms, typhoons, hurricanes and floods captured and analyzed by the Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) mission from around the globe during 2015. The complete list of storms by date and...
NASA
NASA | Twisting Plasma on the Sun
Darker, cooler plasma slid and shifted back and forth above the Sun's surface seen here for 30 hours (Feb. 7-8, 2012) in extreme ultraviolet light. An active region rotating into view provides a bright backdrop to the gyrating streams of...
NASA
NASA | A Tribute to Tim Samaras
This 2012 NASA video was done in connection with the GOES-R program. It features renowned researcher and storm chaser Tim Samaras. Samaras, his son Paul, and his chase partner Carl Young passed away in Oklahoma on Friday, May 31, 2013...
Curated Video
PMI-RMP Certification Training - Sensitivity Analysis
This video explains sensitivity analysis. This clip is from the chapter "Perform Quantitative Risk Analysis" of the series "PMI-RMP® Certification Training".This section explains performing quantitative risk analysis.
Science360
NIFTY 50
Jordan and Charlie celebrate 50 episodes with 50 National Science Foundation-funded breakthroughs, discoveries, achievements and generally amazing contributions to science.
NASA
NASA | GOES-R Trailer
The new generation GOES-R satellites will carry significant improvements and technology innovation on board. GOES-R will be able to deliver a full globe scan in only 5 minutes, compared to the 25 minutes needed for the same task with the...