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Cloud Types and Formation of Clouds
Students observe and photograph clouds. In this cloud lesson, students make a cloud scrapbook by photographing and completing a worksheet describing the clouds. Students record other sky events such as rainbows.
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Cloud Puzzle
In this cloud worksheet, students are given twenty definitions related to cloud formation and types of clouds. They find the proper term for each definition and put them in the crossword puzzle.
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Cloud Worksheet
In this cloud worksheet, students fill in a table for the ten types of clouds with their location in the sky, a sketch of each type of cloud, its symbol, the abbreviation for the cloud type and the weather each is associated with.
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Clouds
In this recognizing cloud shapes and their elevations worksheet, students cut out labeled cloud shapes and paste them on an elevation map. Students identify the location of five cloud shapes.
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Academic Raceway 500: Weather
This weather PowerPoint features a game in which students advance to the finish line with a race car as they answer questions related to weather. Topics include types of clouds, weather instruments, the water cycle, and various weather...
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To Spread or Not to Spread
Students explore the difference between the three types of contrails. In this contrails lesson, students make observations of contrails and record them. Students identify the three types of contrails and complete an experiment activity.
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Cloud Types
Learners examine cloud types. In this cloud instructional activity, students identify cloud types, observe clouds and collect data, and analyze data to identify the most common cloud they observe overhead during the course of a month.
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Cloud Viewer
Fourth graders examine different types of clouds. For this cloud lesson, 4th graders examine pictures of different types of clouds and read details about them in the captions under the images. They make a cloud viewer by cutting out the...
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Clouds
Students explore various cloud types. In this earth science lesson, students use pictures of the four types of clouds and identify them by name. Students construct pictures of clouds using chalk and blue paper.
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Clouds Pre-Quiz
In this clouds worksheet, students answer ten multiple choice questions about the types of clouds, the characteristics of clouds and the meaning of the prefixes found in the names of clouds.
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Cloud Worksheet
In this clouds learning exercise, students respond to 16 short answer questions regarding the appearance, weather, and composition of stratus, cirrus, nimbus, and cumulus clouds.
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Cloud Review - Naming Different Types of Clouds
In this cloud review worksheet, young scholars fill in the blanks using information they know about the different types of clouds. They fill in a table that names and describes clouds.
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What is Weather II?
In this weather learning exercise, students explain how temperature affects the humidity in weather. Then they complete a chart about the different types of clouds seen in the sky. Students also describe how clouds form and why.
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Weather- Clouds Quiz Worksheet
In this science quiz worksheet, learners answer 10 fill in the blank questions in which they identify clouds based on the descriptions that are given. They check their work using the word bank at the bottom of the page.
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Classification of Clouds
Students view progressive slides of cloud formations and identify which type of cloud is shown as it forms. They estimate the cloud's height while viewing each image.
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Meteorology Madness
Students probe the dynamic weather changes through several hands-0n activities in this seven lessons unit. The hydrologic cycle, clouds, atmosphere, air movement, fronts, and forecasting form the components presented in this unit.
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Cloud Forecast
Students record weather observations and research online weather data. In this weather observations instructional activity, students study the cloud cover for several days and record their observations in a chart. Students identify the...
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How Do Clouds Affect Radiative Energy
Students graph the upwelling and downwelling of shortwave radiation. They create a data table with the information. Students compute the Watts per square meter. They discuss their results and whether or not cloud type affects daily...
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Science: The Shape of Clouds
Students observe cloud formations during a trip outdoors prior to reading Tomie dePaola's , "The Cloud Book." Using cotton, they make models of the four main cloud shapes and mount them on blue construction paper. As an ongoing project,...
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Cloud Sort
First graders gain a better understanding of types of clouds. They recreate clouds using Kidspiration. The types of clouds they study about are cirrus, cumulus, and stratus clouds.
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Cloud Discovery
Young scholars create a HyperStudio stack that describes and illustrates twelve different kinds of clouds. They then make inferences about which types of weather the different types of clouds could help predict.
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Weather Systems
Fourth graders research weather phenomenon in groups on the Internet and create a slide for the class power point presentation. They include 5 key points (temperature, air pressure, and fronts and descriptions for each type of cloud or...
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Clouds
Students explore the characteristics of clouds, their formation, symbols used in their identification, and the relationship of clouds to weather. The lesson focuses on how they are formed and their classification.
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Journey Through the Water Cycle
Students canvass the water cycle in the seven lessons of this unit. The processes of the water cycle and the cyclical nature of water is emphasized inthis unit.