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Wind

For Teachers K - 5th
Learners complete activities to study wind intensity. For this wind study lesson, students discuss wind speed and direction. Learners then build a kite and windsock to help them study wind intensity. Students learn to use a wind meter...
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Search for Ice and Snow

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students use satellite images to locate areas of ice and snow on the globe. They create a table showing the information they gathered. They present their information to the class.
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Air Pressure

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders observe a demonstration experiment showing air pressure. They explain air pressure by completing the worksheet.
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Let's Think About Water

For Teachers K
Students explore the different forms that water can take and conduct simple experiments to demonstrate some of its properties in each state. They watch a short video that illustrates some of these concepts.
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Second Grade Science Textbooks

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders create their own science textbooks. They work in small, cooperative science teams to plan and create their textbooks. In addition, they photograph their group work, projects, materials and specimens, and other images.
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Creating the Water Cycle

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students create a terrarium to examine the stages of the water cycle. In small groups, they plant and water a seed in an enclosed plastic container. Each day they diagram and write observations of the terrarium using water cycle vocabulary.
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Climatic Changes

For Students 9th - 12th
For this climate changes worksheet, learners review the different events such as volcanic eruptions and El Nino that change the climate. This worksheet has 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions.
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Beginning Analogies 9

For Students 4th - 5th
In this analogies activity, students read the word pairs and choose the answer that best expresses a relationship similar to the original pair.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Clouds and Weather Quiz

For Students 9th - 10th
Try this quiz about the role of clouds in weather.
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USA Today

Usa Today: Understanding Clouds and Fog

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the different kinds of clouds, their location in the sky, how they form, their influence on the weather, and unusual cloud shapes.
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NOAA

Noaa: National Weather Service: Jetstream: Clouds

For Students 9th - 10th
Online school for weather presents much information about clouds. Discover how they form, the different types, their colors, and more. A review quiz and lesson plans are included for further enhancement of the topic.
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Weather Wiz Kids

Weather Wiz Kids: Clouds

For Students 6th - 8th
Meet the different kinds of clouds found in our atmosphere! Included are answers to why clouds are white, why they turn gray, what is fog, cloud chart, links to cloud lesson plans, and more!
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eSchool Today

E School Today: Your Revision Notes on Clouds

For Students 4th - 8th
Learn all about clouds, how they form, the different types, and how they can be used to predict the weather.
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Globe

The Globe Program: Clouds Module

For Teachers K - 1st
Activities give students the opportunity to describe the shape and appearance of cumulus clouds and learn the types of weather that are associated with them. They identify cloud types using cloud classification names and explore the...
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Seeker

Seeker: Week of 3 10 14: Fingerprinting Clouds

For Students 9th - 10th
Scientist have recently discovered that clouds possess far more unique traits than just their shapes. Read about the scientific discovery that at least some clouds contain biological particles that can be analyzed to show where the cloud...
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Concord Consortium

Concord Consortium: Stem Resources: Beginning Clouds Unit

For Students 3rd - 5th
Explore how clouds are formed with the computer-based model in these interactive activities. Also learn about clouds part in the water cycle. Activity includes pre- and post-tests which can be saved and graded by the teacher.
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OpenSciEd

Open Sci Ed: 6.3 Weather, Climate & Water Cycling

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Why does a lot of hail, rain, or snow fall at some times and not others? This unit contains four separate lesson sets built around answering this question. In the first two lesson sets, learners explain small-scale storms. In the third...
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Weather: What Is Weather?: Lesson Plan

For Teachers K - 1st
Learn how weather is the combination of four factors -- temperature, wind, precipitation, and sunlight and clouds -- that occur at a given place and time in this lesson plan from WGBH. The mix of factors is changing all the time;...
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Science Struck

Science Struck: A List of All Weather Symbols and Their Meanings

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides a comprehensive list of weather symbols used on weather maps.
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NASA

Scijinks: Clouds, Water, and Ice

For Students 3rd - 8th
Classroom activities, photographs, and printable posters featuring clouds, water, and ice.
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National Weather Service

National Weather Service: Jetsream: Synoptic Meteorology

For Students 9th - 10th
The National Weather Service presents this site on synoptic meteorology, large-scale weather systems. Learn about the structure and behavior of the atmosphere, including clouds, precipitation, winds and more. Also includes learning...
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Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: How Clouds Are Made

For Teachers K - 1st
Introduce young learners to clouds and weather with guided discovery and inquiry to learn what makes up clouds.
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Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Looking at Clouds: Identifying Cumulus, Cirrus and Stratus Clouds

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Using photos of the three basic cloud types, small groups of students will sort the clouds into 2-3 groups, list traits of each group, and name each cloud group. They will share their information on posters which are studied for...
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NASA

Nasa: Space Place: Unscramble the Clouds

For Students 3rd - 8th
In this slider picture puzzle, try and put the pieces in the correct place to see all types of different clouds.

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