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Nasa: Space Place: Altocumulus Clouds
Altocumulus clouds are puffy, higher white clouds.
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: I Can Forecast the Weather
The students will study and be able to tell the difference between cumulus, cirrus, and stratus clouds. As they tell the difference they will be able to tell what the weather will be like.
University of Illinois
University of Illinois Urbana Champaign: Cloudsand Precipitation
Find out about the development of clouds, types of clouds, and precipitation. Includes diagrams and illustrations.
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Iowa State University: Cloud Pictures
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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Cumulus Congestus
This page is an atlas of clouds. Has photos as well as descriptions of clouds.
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Cumulus of Fairweather
This page is an atlas of clouds. Has photos as well as descriptions of clouds.
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Swelling Cumulus With Pileus (Skullcap)
This page is an atlas of clouds. Has photos as well as descriptions of clouds.
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Web Weather for Kids: Clouds
How well do you know your cloud types? This activity will test your ability to classify clouds as you match cloud pictures to their names.
University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
Ucar: How Thunderstorms Form
Learn how most thunderstorms form with three stages: the cumulus stage when storm clouds form, the mature stage when the storm is fully formed, and then the dissipating stage when the storm weakens and breaks apart.
Smithsonian Institution
Smithsonian American Art Museum: Robert Henri
As part of the Smithsonian Art Museum's database of artists, this site provides biographical information on the member of the Eight, Robert Henri. The site also provides an extensive listing of his works as displayed at the museum.
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Cirrocumulus With Corona
This page is an atlas of clouds. Has photos as well as descriptions of clouds.
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Altocumulus
This page is an atlas of clouds. Has photos as well as descriptions of clouds.
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Stratocumulus, Orcas Island, Washington
This page is an atlas of clouds. Has photos as well as descriptions of clouds.