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Meteorologists

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders investigate the work of a meteorologist and then take on the identity of one to make reports on clouds and temperature.
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Clouds

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students discover how clouds form. They use the internet to read about the formation of clouds. They work together in groups to create their own clouds. They identify and label the four cloud types.
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Clouds and Your Imagination

For Teachers K - 5th
Students study and illustrate clouds. In this cloud study activity, students study clouds and then illustrate what they see. Students use their imaginations to interpret images from the cloud picture they drew.
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Clouds as Art: Torn Paper Landscape

For Teachers K - 5th
Students create a torn paper landscape and use it to study clouds. In this cloud study and art activity, students make a background art image from torn paper. Students create a torn paper landscape and use cotton balls to illustrate...
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Water and the Earth

For Students 4th - 5th
In this water and Earth instructional activity, students read a 2 page article on water and the Earth, name the clouds in 2 pictures and then list 4 sources of water in nature.
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Cloud Haiku

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students listen as a haiku is read by the teacher, determining what season is being portrayed in the poem. Students work together as a class and create a model haiku, then complete a worksheet, completing their own poem. Students will...
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Poetry in Weather

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Pupils identify various types of clouds and write poetry about the weather.
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Water Cycle Relay

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders study the water cycle in nature. In this water cycle lesson, 4th graders review the hydrologic cycle by reading the poem. Students then study a picture of the hydrologic cycle and fill in the blanks with the missing...
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Meteorology

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders identify and describe the three types of clouds. They discover the type of weather associated with each cloud type as well. They ask questions to complete the lesson.
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Weather Wonderland

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders explore the types of tools that scientists use t o study weater,
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The Water Cycle

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students are introduced to the components and importance of the water cycle. They are shown how groundwater moves using a model. Students list 9 places on earth where water is found. They define the terms cycle and water cycle.
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Clouds and Othr Meteorological Phenomena: Stratus Clouds

For Students 9th - 10th
This interesting site briefly defines stratus clouds. It also contains pictures of stratus clouds in different environments (city, mountainous region, over water, etc.) which is very interesting.
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Wonders in Weather: Stratus Clouds

For Students 3rd - 5th
This site provides a brief explanation of stratus clouds supplemented with pictures. Links are provided to other cloud topics.
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Old Farmer's Almanac: Identifying Clouds in the Sky

For Students 3rd - 8th
Learn what clouds are made of and how they are formed. Also learn the characteristics and view pictures of different types of clouds including cirrus, cirrocumulus, cirrostratus, altostratus, altocumulus, cumulus, cumulonimbus, stratus,...
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Math Science Nucleus

Math/science Nucleus: Cloud Poem Animation

For Students Pre-K - 1st
This animation, in a storybook format, tells the various types of clouds (stratus, cirrus, nimbus) through a picture poem.
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Iowa State University

Iowa State University: Cloud Pictures

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a great site from the Iowa State University. This page is a collection of cloud pictures. You view the picture and then click on the text to see what the author thinks the cloud looks like. You can classify the clouds yourself.
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Stratus Clouds Look Like a Blanket

For Students 3rd - 5th
An informative site that briefly describes clouds and cloud formations (pictures included). Contains a number of links to other earth related sites.
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Clouds

For Students 3rd - 5th
An informative site that briefly describes clouds and cloud formations (pictures included). Contains a number of links to other earth related sites.