Weather lessons come alive for students in simple experiments. Watch demonstrations of air pressure, dew point, & heat in motion while students learn how to make their own 'cloud in a bottle' & 'tornado in a bottle.' More than 15 experiments are covered, each of which uses everyday items.

Over a dozen more experiments including making a wind vane, measuring humidity, & "pouring air” underwater. A teacher's guide & 15 worksheet masters are included.

Students learn how convection builds cumulus clouds into cumulonimbus clouds. See spectacular lightning. Animations & experiments illustrate how lightning, thunder, hail, tornadoes, microbursts & flash floods form. Careful attention is given to safety. Benefits of thunderstorms are discussed.

Awesome video reveals the sizes, shapes, & colors of tornadoes. Special attention is given to tornado safety. Dangerous myths are addressed. What causes these funnels of wind, how, when & where they form is reviewed. Students learn that most tornadoes are not violent killer storms.

Why do hurricanes have names? Do they really have eyes? We explore these huge storms, born over water. Learn to plot hurricane coordinates on (included) tracking maps. Storm surge, flooding, & how storms are ranked are covered along with the the role in the balance of heat & humidity.

Is Global Warming or the Greenhouse Effect happening? Is El Nino new? Climate change is a regular cycle, however, the ways in which we influence climate are presented, along with tips for energy conservation. Part of the video examines effects of El Nino & La Nina.

Through observations, it is clear that math is vital to forecasting. We examine tools used by meteorologists to detect & measure clouds, precipitation, temperature, humidity, wind & pressure. Instruments that kids can build are shown. Worksheets provide practice in reading instruments.

Animations show air set into motion as wind when it is heated by the sun. Air with different temperature is related to differences in weight (or pressure), causing circulations (wind). Properties of hot & cold air are contrasted. Wind pushes weather systems around Earth to balance heat.

See phases of the water cycle along with beautiful clouds & skies. Cloud types are presented in vivid examples along with sunsets & rainbows. Students learn condensation, evaporation, & precipitation. Too much water causes erosion or flooding & attention is given to flood safety.

Ozone is both good & bad. Ozone protects us from ultra violet radiation, but when we create ozone as pollution, it becomes a problem.. Animations show what the “Ozone Hole” is. Pollution is shown to be a by-product of human activities. Tips to reduce air pollution are presented.

Winter can be fun, but also hazardous. With emphasis on proper dress & winter safety, learn  the cause of winter & how water takes on a whole different life as ice crystals. Vocabulary such as wind chill, frostbite, hypothermia, & ice storm are covered. A wind chill chart is included.

Dazzling video shows a wide variety of weather. Air, water, & heat from the sun generate seasons, gentle clouds, ferocious storms, beautiful sunsets, frost, sweltering heat, & everything else in between. Meteorology is more than the weather forecast on TV. Fun experiments are shown.

We learn that water is not just liquid and it’s not always surface water. Different phases and properties of water are presented as students compare and contrast glaciers, groundwater, wetlands, aquifers, lakes, estuaries, oceans and streams.

Water does not just fall in the sky, it floats as clouds, surrounds us as humidity, and it freezes into ice crystals like snowflakes or chunks of ice like hail. Wind, created by the sun, moves water in the air worldwide and provides generally freshwater to locations distant from oceans and lakes.

This program goes beyond precipitation, evaporation, and condensation. We recognize how plants assist in evaporation via transpiration. We also see how ice “evaporates” in the process of sublimation. Runoff is presented as a link between precipitation and evaporation.

We examine how wetlands, watersheds and ecosystems are affected by poor water quality. Different forms of water pollution are presented. Most importantly, a long list of examples is shown so that kids can take an active role in preserving good water quality and reducing water waste.