Includes the School Energy Doctor software, which walks students through an energy and water audit of their school facilities. Spencer Christian, the former Good Morning America weatherman, hosts this film that promotes an understanding of how rain and snow form. Beginning with a water molecule, explanations and illustrations for how various types of precipitation form are given as well as how the water cycle works. Includes teacher's guide. Explains the relative scarcity of fresh water and moves on to illustrations of the complete water cycle.
Computer graphics help illustrate the concepts.
Includes lesson plans, student activities, and duplication masters. Live-action video depicting the movement of water, beginning with the formation of rivers in mountains and the flow of the water toward the sea. Large stream tables used as simulation. Japanese landforms reinforce the ideas presented.