TED Talks
Nathalie Miebach: Art made of storms
Artist Nathalie Miebach takes weather data from massive storms and turns it into complex sculptures that embody the forces of nature and time. These sculptures then become musical scores for a string quartet to play.
Visual Learning Systems
Weather and Climate
In this video students will work with average monthly temperatures from two different cities. They will also create a data table and accompanying graph to identify changes in temperature throughout the year. This program correlates to...
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...
Visual Learning Systems
Scientific Method: What Is the Scientific Method?
Upon viewing the Scientific Method video series, students will be able to do the following: Appreciate the importance of science and scientific discoveries in improving quality of life. Understand that the scientific method is one of...
Curated Video
News at Five
The video “News at Five” makes a pictograph using information found on a weather map.
Curated Video
Counting 1 to 20 in English
Learn how to count from 1 to 20 with Basho and his pal Brobot.
SciShow Kids
Be a Weather Watcher
Rain, rain go away, come again another day! Learn to observe and track the weather in a weather journal. Young meteorologists learn the basics of how to get started and the tools needed to be successful.
Curated OER
Kurtosis
Kurtosis is a measure of weather data is peaked or flat. It will be displayed as a curve with long tails and a high peek. Each of the various kurtosis curves of distribution are describes and explained.
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Solar Influence—Climate Change, Lines of Evidence: Chapter 6
Have scientists considered that the sun heating up might be a cause of global warming? The sixth of seven videos on the factors that affect the climate explains and tests this theory. It includes data collected from satellites, weather...
California Academy of Science
The Climate is Changing but How's the Weather?
Do meteorologists and climate scientists use the same tools? The final lesson in a 13-part series on Exploring Energy compares and contrasts climate and weather. It describes the scientists who study each, the tools they use, their...
Be Smart
What’s Really Warming the Earth?
More carbon dioxide exists in the atmosphere than ever in human history. An informative video introduces the topic of global warming as part of a larger playlist. It looks at possible causes such as Earth's orbit, Earth's moving axis,...
California Academy of Science
How to Measure a Changing Climate
Young scientists explore climate change by taking a look at many different disciplines. They hear from scientists who study soil, clouds, ice cores, ocean temperatures, and more. Then, they search public databases to draw their own...