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The Globe Program: Do You Know That Clouds Have Names? [Pdf]
Did you know that clouds have different names? Each cloud in the sky has its own unique form and it has a particular name based on its shape, where it floats in the sky and the type of moisture it contains. Learn here all about the...
Utah Education Network
Uen: Trb 4:2 Investigation 1 Clouds
Fourth graders observe and record different types of clouds.
Dan Satterfield
Dan's Wild Weather Page: Clouds
Find out all about clouds and how they are formed at this site from Dan's Wild Weather Page. Nice photographs of different types of clouds enrich the site.
National Earth Science Teachers Association
Windows to the Universe: Cloud Types
Windows to the Universe provides a table with information about each cloud group, base height of each of the cloud groups, and links to information on the individual cloud types associated each group.
University of Illinois
University of Illinois Extension: Tree House Weather Kids: Clouds and Moisture: Clouds: Earth's Security Blanket
Animated resource helps young researchers understand clouds, cloud formation, and types of clouds.
Wikimedia
Wikipedia: Weather Front
This Wikipedia site tells all about weather fronts, or boundaries between two air masses with differing characteristics. Includes many hyperlinked terms to additional information on related subjects.
Other
Clouds and Othr Meteorological Phenomena: Stratus Clouds
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.
Other
Northern Michigan University: Stratus Clouds
This succinct site draws a connection between stratus clouds and types of weather. It also explains how these types of clouds are formed.
Other
Wonders in Weather: Stratus Clouds
This site provides a brief explanation of stratus clouds supplemented with pictures. Links are provided to other cloud topics.
Curated OER
Stratus Clouds Look Like a Blanket
An informative site that briefly describes clouds and cloud formations (pictures included). Contains a number of links to other earth related sites.