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Videos
This website contains a large number of specially commissioned videos that can be used directly with children and young people to support learning about weather, energy and climate. Use the directory below to locate, view or download these clips.
Climate change website: introduction
Heather Reid OBE introduces the Climate change online resource.
Measuring and predicting weather
Pupils at Buchanan Primary School show Heather Reid how they measure weather.
Planning for the weather
Heather Reid talks to a regional resilience officer to discover how weather reports are used by the emergency services and local authorities.
Reporting weather
Explore the importance of weather reporting in helping us to make important decisions such as how to travel safely and what activities to do.
Understanding our climate
Heather Reid answers a range of questions from school pupils on weather and climate.
Weather and farming
Watch Heather Reid interviewing a farmer to find out how weather reports help with important decisions on the farm.Global climate
Global climate (full)
Explore the characteristics of the six different global climate zones. This video has also been made available in separate sections to give teachers more flexibility of use.
Global climate: Introduction
Watch a brief introduction to the six global climate zones.
Global climate: World tour
Heather Reid OBE examines the six global climate zones.
Global climate: Temperate
Find out more about the temperate climate zone with Heather Reid.
Global climate: Arid
Find out more about arid climate zone with Heather Reid.
Global climate: Mediterranean
Heather Reid explores the characteristics of the Mediterranean climate zone.
Global climate: Polar
Explore the characteristics of the polar climate zone.
Global climate: Tropical
Discover more about the tropical climate zone.
Global climate: Mountainous
Investigate the characteristics of the mountainous climate zone.
Global climate: Climate change
Examine the impact climate change will have on our understanding of climate zones.Understanding weather
Understanding weather (full)
Heather Reid OBE explains the concepts and symbols that are used in daily weather reports. This video has also been made available in separate sections to give teachers more flexibility of use.
Understanding weather: Introduction
An introduction to the 'Understanding weather' videos.
Understanding weather: Wind
Examine the terms and symbols used to describe wind strength.
Understanding weather: Visibility
Find out about the terms used to describe visibility.
Understanding weather: Temperature
Identify the terms and symbols used to describe temperature.
Understanding weather: Pressure
Explore the terms and symbols used to describe air pressure.
Understanding weather: Humidity
Heather Reid OBE explains the concept of humidity.
Understanding weather: Precipitation
Find out about the terms and symbols used to describe precipitation.
Understanding weather: Severe weather
Learn about the types of severe weather.Glasgow Science Centre
Science centres: supporting climate change education
Discover how Scottish science centres can support learning and teaching on climate change.
How Clouds Form (Part 1): Evaporation
A science demonstration explaining how water is evaporated by heat from the sun and is carried into the sky to form clouds.
How Clouds Form (Part 2): Condensation
A science demonstration explaining how water gas condenses to form clouds and eventually falls back to the ground as rain.
Thunder and Lightning (Glasgow Science Centre)
Watch this science demonstration to find out how thunder and lightning happens.Primary school videos
Acharacle Primary: School of the Future
Find out more about the environmentally-friendly Acharacle Primary School, where the classrooms are heated by the pupils' bodies.
Dalmally Primary: Generating electricity
Watch as pupils from Dalmally Primary School take you on a journey into the Hollow Mountain to see Cruachan Power Station in action.
Eaglesham Primary: Our local wind farm
Find out how this primary school's local community reacted to the news that Europe's largest onshore wind farm was being built on their doorstep.
Eigg Primary: Our Green Island
Find out how the community buyout on the Isle of Eigg led the development of a renewable electricity supply using hydro-electric, wind and solar power.
Ladyloan Primary: Energy Efficiency
Watch pupils from Ladyloan Primary School get the results of their schools' energy efficiency survey.
Lawthorn Primary: Our Global Footprint
Find out how this primary school made a dramatic reduction in the energy, water and resources they use.
Shapinsay Primary: Wave and tidal power
Pupils from Shapinsay Primary explore the advantages and disadvantages of wave and tidal power.Weather snapshots
Blue sky and clouds
A short video showing a blue sky and clouds.
Clouds
A video showing a cloudy sky.
Clouds and sunset
A short video showing clouds at sunset.
Clouds over mountain
A short video showing clouds over a snowy mountain.
Frost
A short video of a frosty day.
Mist over mountain
A short video showing mist over a mountain.
Overcast dull windy
A short video of an overcast, dull and windy day.
Overcast sky
Short video showing an overcast sky.
Snowy mountain
Short video showing a snowy mountain.
Sunny
Short video showing a sunny sky.
Sunny skies
A short video showing a sunny sky.
Sunny water
A short video showing the reflection of the sun on water.
Sunset
A video showing the sky at sunset.
Wet roads
Video showing the sun shining on a wet road.
Windy
A video showing a windy day.
Windy and dull
A short video of a windy, dull day.
Related links
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Vist the Learning Zone pages of the BBC website.
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Learning Zone pages of the BBC website with clips about evidence for global warming and changing sea levels.
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Learning Zone pages of the BBC website with clips about Hydrogen fuel cells.
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Learning Zone pages of the BBC website with Planet Earth clips.
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Learning Zone pages of the BBC website with clips about wave power, hydroelectricity and wind farms.
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