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Students explore clouds.  In this weather lesson, students identify the steps in the water cycle, define condensation and evaporation, and relate this information to cloud formation.  Students perform a cloud experiment, predict weather based on cloud types, and create a cloud picture using cotton balls.

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cirrus clouds, cloud types, clouds, cumulus clouds, stratus clouds, weather forecasting, weather, meteorology, condensation, evaporation, the water cycle

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cirrus, cloud type, clouds, condensation, cumulus, evaporation, stratus, water cycle, weather predictions, science
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2nd - 3rd
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Science
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