Grades 5–8. Spencer Christian hosts this engaging look at the amazing spectacle of weather in our world. Covering a wide range of weather events, the series takes students on a whirlwind tour through everything from the formation of a rain droplet to the development of a tornado’s vortex. Through dramatic live-action footage, vivid animated graphics, detailed weather maps, and hands-on experiments suitable for science fair projects, students go beyond the daily weather forecast and into the realm of exploration, learning how to observe and think about the weather. This series correlates to the National Science Education Standards. Six-volume series. Close-captioned. 23 minutes each. 1998.
DVD Set includes:
- Climate and Seasons
- Clouds
- Hurricanes and Tornados
- Meteorology
- Rain and Snow
- Wind
