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Weblinks for RSO Earth & Environment 2

Fact, Theory, Hypothesis, Law  

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lqk3TKuGNBA 

 

Why Does the Earth Have Layers?  

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WwiiOjyfvAU 

 

A History of Earth in 36 Minutes 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Wfu0GR-mE8&t=751s 

 

Earth’s Systems Interact  

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BnpF0ndXk-8 

 

History of Earth in 5 and 1/2 Minutes  

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8qnnoePeHlk 

 

130 Years of Global Warming starting with Svante Arrhenius

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ou_oSBtEDgo 

 

Developing and Using Models  

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gn26g5RFXpQ 

 

What is a scientific model?  

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dkTncoPqo5Y 

This is a large collection of video clips and activities from Tanya Atwater at UCSB, which are short and visually enhance the discussion of this topic. http://emvc.geol.ucsb.edu/1_DownloadPage/Download_Page.html#GlobalTectonics 

 

An Introduction to Plate Tectonics 

http://ca.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/ess05.sci.ess.earthsys.plateintro/plate-tectonics-an-introduction/ 

 

Tectonic Plate Movement in Alaska 

http://ca.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/ean08.sci.ess.earthsys.aktectonic/tectonic-plate-movement-in-alaska/ 

 

Tectonic Plates in the Hawaiian Archipelago 

http://ca.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/ess05.sci.ess.earthsys.hawaii/plate-tectonics-the-hawai699ian-archipelago/ 

 

A series of 8 video clips on various topics related to plate tectonics 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nfziy_860GU&list=PLABDC7B24FAFE33FD  

 

Wegener, continental drift, and plate tectonics 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KB7HzF2O3Kg&t=48s 

 

Below Lake Mead in Nevada is a plate that is splitting the North American continent apart 

http://ca.pbslearningmedia.org/asset/ess05_vid_meadnv/  

 

Plate Tectonics by Geology Kitchen 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZjSaKKdZ3DI  

 

Very good video detailing what led Wegener to propose the Theory of Continental Drift https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_5q8hzF9VVE 

 

The Alfred Wegener song 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T1-cES1Ekto 

 

Good biography of Alfred Wegener: Great Minds 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nbU809Cyrao 

 

Good visual series of continental movement 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3HDb9Ijynfo 

 

Sea Floor Spreading with Bill Nye 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GyMLlLxbfa4 

 

Magnetic Mineral Alignment 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WhiF6IqGACo 

 

Magnetic Reversal and Sea Floor Spreading 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BCzCmldiaWQ 

 

Articles 

This is a comic book from USGS about magnetism! https://www.usgs.gov/programs/geomagnetism/journey-along-fieldline 

 

Information on Alfred Wegener in this week’s Famous Science Series 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Wegener#World_War_I 

http://scienceline.ucsb.edu/getkey.php?key=2842 

http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/638843/Alfred-Lothar-Wegener 

 

This website has a nice series of photos with more in-depth descriptions. Click on the name of the mineral to learn more about each mineral. http://www.windows2universe.org/earth/geology/silicates2.html 

 

A Brief Introduction to Minerals—a good video! 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8a7p1NFn64s 

 

A mineral song 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-F0IA21bgmM 

 

Minerals and Earth’s Chemistry 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QTqpiqu23EE 

 

What it looks like when you squirt acid on rock that contains carbonate https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AJjGoFi7384&list=PL12372E1792E5AE7D 

 

Mohs, Famous Science Series 

http://www.gemselect.com/other-info/friedrich-mohs.php 

http://everything2.com/title/Friedrich+Mohs 

A song about the 3 types of rock 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r68iEwYdbh4 

 

A 5-minute video about the rock cycle—just be prepared to have jellybeans on hand! 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pm6cCg_Do6k 

 

The Rock Cycle Rap 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EQs5TaG33CI 

 

Uluru, Famous Science Series 

http://www.crystalinks.com/ayersrock.html 

http://www.livescience.com/29844-worlds-most-famous-rocks.html 

National Renewable Energy Laboratory’s Renewable Energy Activities 

https://www.nrel.gov/docs/gen/fy01/30927.pdf 

 

Fossil Fuels versus Renewable Energy Sources 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gAES1ARTXUg 

 

Industrial Revolution and Fossil Fuel 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cJ-J91SwP8w 

 

How Fossil Fuels are Made 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_8VqWKZIPrM 

 

What Are Fossil Fuels? | National Geographic 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YTnE0OQPTEo 

 

Top 10 Energy Sources of the Future 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uStFvcz9Or4 

 

Renewable Energy 101 | National Geographic 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1kUE0BZtTRc 

 

Combustion Reaction 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jw3ZRmKUKyA 

 

An eye-opening website where you can calculate your carbon footprint. After using it, students could choose one thing they could do to reduce their carbon footprint. https://www.carbonfootprint.com/calculator.aspx 

 

Electric cars, Famous Science Series 

http://energy.gov/articles/history-electric-car 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_electric_vehicle 

http://auto.howstuffworks.com/fuel-efficiency/hybrid-technology/history-of-electric-cars1.htm 

http://www.electricauto.org/?page=evhistory 

https://www.fueleconomy.gov/feg/hybridtech.shtml 

Good article on uniformitarianism with the history of the development of it http://evolution.berkeley.edu/evolibrary/article/history_12 

 

If I could, I would make this required watching. In this video, the narrator goes outside to discuss how stratigraphy works 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zklzOjmz7Wk 

 

Seth Horowitz has some great videos about geology 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gFM5gUY–NE 

There are three links on this page to three different techniques used for dating: radiometric dating, stratigraphy, and molecular clocks (a technique that involves the genetic divergence between organisms, which I did not talk about) 

http://evolution.berkeley.edu/evosite/evo101/IIE1Whathappenedwhen.shtml 

 

A six-minute video explaining atoms, elements, and isotopes 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uOIqM43XjoY 

 

Absolute dating 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hg7JJ36kaNM 

 

A video showing the process and machinery used for radiometric dating https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1920gi3swe4 

 

This is a more advanced video for radiometric dating, I would use it with an advanced middle school or high school student.  

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DtANa7iLB-w 

I learned something new with this video, trees growing where there is a constant growing season, like in tropical forests, have no growth rings 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s_fS3JO5uqY 

 

How tree rings are used in science: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oRYsAn5QLYo 

 

Radiometric dating, http://www.sciencechannel.com/tv-shows/greatest-discoveries/videos/earth-science.htm 

 

Famous Science Series 

http://chemed.chem.purdue.edu/genchem/history/massspec.html 

Plate Tectonics 

http://watchknowlearn.org/Video.aspx?VideoID=46211&CategoryID=257 

 

Plate Tectonics with PBS Learning Media https://www.pbslearningmedia.org/asset/ess05_vid_plateintro/ 

 

Earth’s Interior and Plate Tectonics 

http://watchknowlearn.org/Video.aspx?VideoID=55291&CategoryID=2428 

 

Plate Tectonics—Geological Features of Convergent Plate Boundaries http://watchknowlearn.org/Video.aspx?VideoID=47224&CategoryID=14456 

 

Plate Tectonics at Lake Mead, Nevada https://www.pbslearningmedia.org/asset/ess05_vid_meadnv/ 

 

Seafloor Spreading 

http://watchknowlearn.org/Video.aspx?VideoID=698&CategoryID=2464 

 

Alfred Wegener 

https://www.pbslearningmedia.org/asset/ess05_vid_wegener1/ 

 

Music 

A clever rap: Plate Boundary Rap  

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dkELENdZukI&list=PL9xV-9XSmezhF3Eb65E-ott8F-rzHrYDy 

 

Maps 

A USGS website with four links to maps and information about Quaternary-active faults (those that were made in the last 1.8 million years). The downloadable map is a nice addition to this unit. 

https://www.usgs.gov/tools/interactive-us-fault-map 

 

 

There is some debate about when the Sierra Nevada Mountains formed. I have included the most recent estimate. If you are interested, here is more information 

https://news.stanford.edu/2015/12/11/mountains-even-older-121115/#:~:text=A%20number%20of%20recent%20studies,roughly%2040%20million%20years%20ago 

3D Paper Models 

https://www.usgs.gov/media/files/3d-paper-models-0 

 

Article 

Good article about the development of the Richter scale, which was based on the stellar magnitude scale and electromagnetic radiation. Scientists have learned so many things from studying light; their ingenuity is just amazing.  http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-was-the-richter-scale/ 

 

Earthquakes and liquefaction  

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=536xSZ_XkSs 

 

A clever rap: Seismic Wave Rap  

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x1tb6HwyaHg 

 

Seismic slinky  

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KZaI4MEWdc4 

 

Visual with text no speaking  

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wDfIgoXaXis 

 

How seismographs work  

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gbd1FcuLJLQ 

 

Six videos showing the application of logarithms to the Richter scale 

https://www.khanacademy.org/math/algebra2/logarithms-tutorial/logarithm_properties/v/richter-scale 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RFn-IGlayAg 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ttU5J6FL4xk 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pkosQX0NCN8 

http://www.watchknowlearn.org/Video.aspx?VideoID=13230&CategoryID=3275 

 

Famous Science Series on Charles Richter 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Francis_Richter 

http://www.madmusic.com/song_details.aspx?SongID=8692 

http://inventors.about.com/od/qrstartinventors/a/Charles_Richter.htm 

Additional Experiment Idea 

Three methods for making a volcano  

http://www.wikihow.com/Make-a-Volcano 

 

Websites 

NOVA Anatomy of a Volcano  

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/earth/volcano-parts.html 

 

NOVA an interactive look at Nyiragongo Volcano http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/earth/anatomy-nyiragongo-volcano.html 

 

USGS volcano page, showing the active volcanoes worldwide 

http://volcanoes.usgs.gov/ 

 

Article 

Interesting article  

http://www.thekitchn.com/fact-or-fiction-exploding-wate-109388 

 

Videos 

There are many videos about specific eruptions. If there is an eruption you want to learn more about, google it.  

 

Acids and bases 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ko5iDMYzwWE 

 

NOVA short clip about the anatomy of the three main types of volcanoes http://video.pbs.org/video/2322314833/ 

 

Mount St. Helen Eruption 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-H_HZVY1tT4 

 

Volcano 101 form National Geographic  

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uZp1dNybgfc 

 

A full-length video about volcanoes 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G1pa6afh8o4 

 

The city of Pompeii 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DeB5N_bH7E8 

 

Dinosaurs, Deccan Traps, Meteorite, Cretaceous Extinction https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a1Clp7t1U8I 

 

Good discussion about viscosity and lava/magma flow 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3REkPcIwwCQ 

 

Pyroclastic flow caught on film
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cvjwt9nnwXY 

 

Volcanic eruption in Iceland 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F-cpIQAp9MY&list=PL15F96194F1329590&index=15 

 

Flowing lava in Hawaii 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yY3qpSsQNfo&list=PL15F96194F1329590&index=45 

 

Short and simple video on intrusive volcanic features—I would require it if I could! 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nboq5zsLxFE 

 

Famous Science Series on Mount Tambora 

http://history1800s.about.com/od/crimesanddisasters/a/Eruption-Of-Mount-Tambora.htm 

http://history1800s.about.com/od/crimesanddisasters/a/The-Year-Without-A-Summer.htm 

http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/blast-from-the-past-65102374/?no-ist 

https://www.princeton.edu/~achaney/tmve/wiki100k/docs/Mount_Tambora.html 

A very good article on how Death Valley formed http://www.nps.gov/deva/naturescience/geology.htm 

http://www.qcc.cuny.edu/BiologicalSciences/Faculty/rscal/Physical%20Geology/chap17.html 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Whitney 

 

How GPS is used to track the movement of tectonic plates 

http://www.iris.edu/hq/files/programs/education_and_outreach/aotm/14/1.GPS_Background.pdf 

 

This video was put together by a community college teacher. It might be too advanced for some students, but it really does a good job of showing how compressive forces lead to mountain formation. He is looking at how the Allegheny Mountains form. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJZy_BCKrIU 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nnMDJPvgbic 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u3AU0tckhts 

Deforestation with National Geographic 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ic-J6hcSKa8 

 

Urban Heat Islands 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-sXHl3l-rM 

 

Urban Heat Islands in Sydney 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4SihdPRRMPI 

 

Melting Ice 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b6CPsGanO_U 

 

Albedo 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u7tdI5NdX44 

 

Ice-Albedo Feedback 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1KwZjHKOefk 

 

This video interviews someone working on the Cool Roofs project. https://youtu.be/S3EIKFPZiU8?si=fUi5FqGGS-yOgTuI  

 

This video produced by the United Nations discusses the benefits of painting roofs white. https://youtu.be/DLIL4mLX8fA?si=wG8zk8Zms5pzQAQw 

 

This video discusses the benefits of green roofs, which have additional benefits white roofs do not.  

https://youtu.be/FlJoBhLnqko?si=H26jWCxodJQCnTy8 

 

Famous Science Series on the Dust Bowl 

http://science.howstuffworks.com/environmental/green-science/dust-bowl-cause.htm 

http://www.mapsofworld.com/pages/world-trivia/the-dust-bo

Images to Download and Other Cool Freebies 

The USGS has many cool downloadable posters, reading material, and an interactive that was designed for use in schools 

http://water.usgs.gov/edu/watercycle.html 

 

The EPA also has articles and activities for middle school students http://water.epa.gov/polwaste/nps/kids/middleschool/ 

 

This video about the water cycle is from NASA 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oaDkph9yQBs 

 

This video about the water cycle is from the NSF 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=al-do-HGuIk  

 

A video about the water cycle and the carbon cycle from The Crash Course Guys https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2D7hZpIYlCA 

 

A video about fresh water from NASA 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4HSFKwho7MQ 

 

Our Thirsty World by National Geographic 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2pXuAw1bSQo 

 

What researchers are doing to study water flow in the Everglades https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V6nWbZGJImw 

 

The path of water through the Everglades 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5GN_GekgARA 

 

A park ranger talks about how the Everglades works 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kiG4DdYsyvc 

 

Famous Science Series 

http://www.nps.gov/ever/parknews/parkstatistics.htm 

Learn how water moves across Earth’s surface as a function of topography 

https://www.msnucleus.org/watersheds/General/watermove.htm 

http://pubs.usgs.gov/circ/circ1186/html/gen_facts.html 

 

Learn that soil composition affects pore space which determines how water flows through the soil 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5nLOLEgJd3A 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rD97uVEZz_8 

http://passel.unl.edu/pages/informationmodule.php?idinformationmodule=1130447039&topicorder=7&maxto=10 

http://www.earthsciweek.org/classroom-activities/soil-properties 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porosity 

 

Learn the terminology associated with water runoff and drainage areas 

http://water.usgs.gov/edu/dictionary.html 

 

Learn about wetlands 

http://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/wetland.html 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BeUPbGWg2KU 

http://www.defenders.org/wetlands/basic-facts 

http://mbgnet.net/fresh/wetlands/index.htm 

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2004/may/06/thisweekssciencequestions 

 

Learn about groundwater 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQRvN6MUajE 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oNWAerr_xEE 

http://water.usgs.gov/edu/wugw.html 

http://water.usgs.gov/ogw/ 

http://water.usgs.gov/edu/earthgw.html 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Groundwater 

http://www.groundwater.org/get-informed/basics/groundwater.html 

 

Learn where most of the water humans consume comes from 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qz-HMMdpu-k 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_AXtsOYnlXM 

 

Learn about your water use, and how you can conserve water 

http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/green-guide-howdini/conserve-water-greenguide 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-1cI0WuEmFI 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4MDLpVHY8LE 

http://eartheasy.com/live_water_saving.htm 

http://wateruseitwisely.com/100-ways-to-conserve/ 

 

Sinking Cities 

http://www.homelandsecuritynewswire.com/mexico-citys-sinking-worsening 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HCsm-tF4C_s 

http://travel.usnews.com/features/7_Cities_About_to_Sink/ 

http://www.upi.com/Science_News/2014/12/11/Mexico-City-sinking-as-aquifer-exhausted/9531418321604/ 

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-01149-7?utm_source=Live+Audience&utm_campaign=e0a814b519-nature-briefing-daily-20240419&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_b27a691814-e0a814b519-50827356 

 

Famous Science Series: Sinking of Mexico City 

http://worldpopulationreview.com/world-cities/mexico-city-population/ 

http://geo-mexico.com/?p=6229 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Texcoco 

Is the Atlantic Ocean growing larger or shrinking? Read this article and see what you think. 

https://www.scienceabc.com/nature/why-is-the-atlantic-ocean-widening-while-the-pacific-ocean-is-shrinking.html 

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/10/04/thousands-sea-mountains-discovered_n_5929880.html?ncid=txtlnkusaolp00000592 

 

Videos 

If your student watches videos, beware: there are some alarming videos about tsunamis. 

http://deepseachallenge.com/the-expedition/mariana-trench/ 

 

Watch the movie Avatar and discuss the themes of exploration, connectedness, and conservation. 

http://www.livescience.com/19725-mariana-trench-map.html 

http://www.livescience.com/31288-james-cameron-mariana-trench-dive-images.html 

http://www.livescience.com/29536-infographic-tallest-mountain-to-deepest-ocean-trench.html 

 

Topography of the ocean floor 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wP380-Iaoos 

 

An educational video about tsunamis, earthquakes, and ghost forests https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6wWnWtFQpNE 

 

This video is called tsunami, but it has more than that in it https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sBkMLYUyUZg 

Famous Science Series 

Here is a list of animals found at hydrothermal vents 

https://ocean.si.edu/ocean-life/invertebrates/hydrothermal-vent-creatures 

http://www.whoi.edu/page.do?pid=11040 

http://www.divediscover.whoi.edu/tools/alvin.html 

An interview with a scientist who goes to the bottom of the ocean in a sub https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=shgp_Q7dfWY 

 

Who lives in the Mariana Trench? (a bit sensationalist but fun)  

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=73OKhIBY0uQ 

 

The effect of pressure on physiology 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A23wI4lvCgY  

 

The science of water pressure by The History Channel 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0B0EhuxJsts  

 

Dissolved gases in the ocean 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l55s9Zn2tFg 

 

Dissolved solids in the ocean 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qu2tc-ed_JU 

 

How much salt will you get out of 1 gallon of seawater? 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gZQbQohCEW0 

 

A video of ocean zones 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bz5F9Z8G7PA 

 

The ocean is way deeper than you think! 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GE-lAftuQgc 

 

Another video of what is in the ocean and how deep it is 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UwVNkfCov1k  

 

A good video explaining why the ocean is salty 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L9dpXa_Iemo  

 

The three main types of reefs with a short clip about how each of them forms  

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=-fAAxEIFeLU 

 

Famous Science Series on the Great Barrier Reef 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Barrier_Reef 

http://www.greatbarrierreef.com.au/animals/coral/ 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=COECZuE2J8s 

The Structure of Our Atmosphere 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BbwEF6xvlVg 

 

Energy Transfer in Earth’s Atmosphere 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y3kZVX6ZCsY 

 

The Ozone Hole 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ZfBgjUnXIs 

 

Clouds 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EhLT11hKyok  

 

The three main cloud types 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=32uFVssBs6E  

 

Weather 101: A Tutorial on Cloud Types 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FMagDRCpJ14 

 

Online articles 

A very interesting article about the thermodynamics of cooking using many of this chapter’s terms and concepts. http://amazingribs.com/tips_and_technique/thermodynamics_of_cooking.html 

Climate and Weather from the National Geographic

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zz_CRzcIT-Q 

 

Crash Course: Weather Versus Climate 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YbAWny7FV3w 

 

Air masses and fronts 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OBz3fwXX64A 

 

Weather fronts 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tkK4_F0VKhM 

 

Air masses and fronts 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o4lg8UfY5DM  

 

Convection currents 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0mUU69ParFM 

 

NASA: The Ocean: A Driving Force of Weather and Climate 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6vgvTeuoDWY 

 

The history of a barometer 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EkDhlzA-lwI 

 

Barometers to predict weather 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ieq-kRxdLaw 

 

How does the jet stream work? 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CgMWwx7Cll4 

 

What is the jet stream & how fact does it go? 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WAve9PlK4Gg 

 

Why do we have different seasons? 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WgHmqv_-UbQ 

 

Famous Science Series: Torricelli 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barometer 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evangelista_Torricelli 

How convection brews a storm 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p9HnW0AV13k 

 

A meteorologist explains how to read a weather map
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9NZz-EeveJ8 

 

How to read a weather map. Did you know birds stay aloft because of convection? This video explains this and other interesting information about convection: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bd7DcVnrSL8 

 

How unstable air leads to cloud formation 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZfvfIUhJKg0 

 

A nice explanation of stable versus unstable air 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7_p4qu_ksUM 

 

A science research project looking at hurricanes 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Rw1vJBnINg 

 

Thunderstorm types 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QfltDpSN5mI 

 

National Geographic: The Science of Lightning 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h-0gNl5f4BU 

 

How a thunderstorm is formed 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TTff6Ik3D-4 

 

How hurricane categories make a difference 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lqfExHpvLRY 

 

El Nino 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WPA-KpldDVc  MOVE 

 

Famous Science Series 

http://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/cyclone.html 

http://www.aoml.noaa.gov/hrd/tcfaq/B3.html 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saffir%E2%80%93Simpson_hurricane_wind_scale 

 

Articles 

http://climate.nasa.gov/evidence/ 

http://climate.nasa.gov/vital-signs/global-temperature/ 

http://www.ces.fau.edu/nasa/module-2/how-greenhouse-effect-works.php  

http://www.skepticalscience.com/ 

 

Neil deGrasse Tyson discusses the difference between climate and weather https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cBdxDFpDp_k 

 

SciShow: A History of Earth’s Climate 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dC_2WXyORGA 

 

SciShow: Climate Change 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M2Jxs7lR8ZI 

 

How do greenhouse gases actually work? 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sTvqIijqvTg 

 

A good video discussing the data for carbon dioxide concentration in a way that isn’t too technical: https://www.youtube.com/watch?annotation_id=annotation_262289&feature=iv&src_vid=e7ZqMTBwFVs&v=ikGLNs3nYlc 

 

A very effective demonstration showing how the increase in carbon dioxide increases heat absorption 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kwtt51gvaJQ 

 

Bill Nye: the expansion of water at higher temperatures and ocean acidification https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yPhDLfFNXt8 

 

The Greenhouse Effect by the EPA 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VYMjSule0Bw 

 

Making a difference 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Iz0NKA1yuo 

 

Greenhouse Gases and Global Warming 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dw9KO9JsGGk 

 

Earth’s Climate System 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nW-s8KXKlzQ 

 

How geography effect climate 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=95TtXYjOEv4 

 

Ice cores 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHzADl-XID8 

 

More ice cores 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VjTsj-fi-p0 

 

Industrial revolution and climate change 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=si92znJzHoQ 

 

Younger Dryas 

https://youtu.be/5B4INyco0ZU?si=rJjFfkG8VTjsVlvd
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=doEKVBuOIRc