University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
Ucar: Cloud Types
Diagram shows the different types of clouds that are located in the sky. Click on each clouds name for images and further information.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Earth Science: Clouds
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Describes how clouds form, and describes different types of clouds.
Annenberg Foundation
Annenberg Learner: Weather: The Water Cycle
An article about the water cycle and the role that water plays in cloud formation.
University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
Ucar: Clouds Memory Game
Test your memory while you learn about clouds. Click on tiles to reveal photos of clouds and try to find a matching pair.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Severe Weather
Observe various severe weather phenomena in this image gallery from WGBH. Weather is the combination of factors -- temperature, wind, snow or rain, and sunlight and clouds -- that happen in a specific place at a specific time. Sometimes...
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: How Did Clouds Get Their Names?
Richard Hamblyn tells the history of Luke Howard, the man who classified the clouds and forever changed humanity's understanding of these changeable, mysterious objects. [5:07]
PurposeGames
Purpose Games: Cloud Types
12 question game tests the users knowledge of cloud types including cirrus, cumulus, and stratus.
Read Works
Read Works: Clouds and Rain
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about clouds. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
American Geosciences Institute
American Geosciences Institute: How Are Clouds Formed?
A brief, scientific explanation of how clouds are formed.
University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
Ucar: Drawing Clouds Inside the Lines
In this classroom activity, young scholars investigate how clouds change over time by making repeat observations of a section of sky and then representing their data graphically.
Discovery Education
Discovery Education: Weather Maps
This site provides a lesson plan in which groups of students will each investigate a different type of weather map use for weather forecasting. Also includes discussion questions, extension ideas, and links to additional sites for more...
Read Works
Read Works: Earth Science the Weather
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about weather. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
Other
Gorp: Using Clouds to Forecast the Weather
This resource provides information on the four main types of clouds that form in the atmosphere. There are high clouds, middle clouds, low clouds and clouds with vertical development.
Teachers.net
Teachers.net Lesson: Weather
Here are several great lesson ideas for a weather unit. The lessons cover topics in math and science including making clouds, recreating the water cycle, and making a tornado. There is also a list of weather resources for more information.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Fifth Grade Science: Earth Science: Weather and Water in the Atmosphere
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Discusses what causes weather, what humidity is and its role in the weather, how clouds are classified, and types of precipitation and how they form.
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Looking at Clouds: Making a Book That Identifies Cloud Types
While creating their own cloud book, learners will identify and classify the different cloud types and the weather conditions that they bring.
NOAA
Noaa: National Weather Service: Cloud in a Jar With Calvin
This resource has all the instructions you need to create your own cloud. Pictures of the process are also provided.
Dan Satterfield
Wild Weather: Dan's Wild Wild Weather Page
A site to find out anything you want to know about weather, including clouds, tornadoes, satellites, radar, wind, climate, and more. Suitable for all ages. Also includes games, quizzes, and teacher resources.
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Investigating How Do Clouds Form? What Are the Different Types of Clouds?
In this investigation, students will observe and learn about the different types of clouds and be able to explain in their own words how clouds are formed. They will also observe an experiment illustrating how clouds form.
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: I Can Forecast the Weather
The students will study and be able to tell the difference between cumulus, cirrus, and stratus clouds. As they tell the difference they will be able to tell what the weather will be like.
University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
Ucar: Web Weather for Kids: Create a Portable Cloud
Using six common objects you can make a portable cloud. Get all the directions you need at this site.
Center for Innovation in Engineering and Science Education, Stevens Institute of Technology
Ciese: Wonderful World of Weather Project
If you're studying the weather, this is an excellent project for students to develop their understanding of how weather is measured. They will use real time data from their location as well as from around the world to learn about weather...
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Cloud Protocols
Students observe ten types of clouds and visible contrails, and determine how much of the sky is covered with clouds or contrails.
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