Curated OER
World's Most Powerful Explosions
In this explosions worksheet, learners review some of the most powerful explosions that have taken place around the world throughout history. This worksheet has 17 short answer questions.
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Literature-based Skill Building: Holes by Louis Sachar
In this reading comprehension worksheet, students answer several chapter based questions after reading the novel 'Holes' by Louis Sachar.
Curated OER
Cassini gets Ready to run Rings Around Saturn
Fourth graders study an article about Saturn. In this investigative lesson students discuss the article and complete an activity that asks them what question they would pose about Saturn.
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Average Vehicle Occupancy In Your Community
Students determine the average vehicle occupancy in their community. In this transportation lesson students develop and analyze a survey to determine attitudes towards air pollution and transportation.
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Wind
Pupils complete activities to study wind intensity. In this wind study instructional activity, students discuss wind speed and direction. Pupils then build a kite and windsock to help them study wind intensity. Students learn to use a...
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Circle Seats
Students create large shapes to sit on during circle time. In this art lesson, students cut and decorate the shapes.
Curated OER
Healthy Fruit Food Group: Yummy Drops Lesson Plan
Learners play a computer game where they help deliver fruit that is on a plane to families. In this fruit food group lesson plan, students use the arrows to manipulate the plane. It gets more challenging as the plane goes faster.
Curated OER
Testing Weather Proverbs
Middle schoolers study weather proverbs. In this weather lesson, students list weather proverbs and complete the worksheet to test the proverb. Middle schoolers design an experiment to test the weather proverbs and conduct the experiments.
Oklahoma Mesonet
Oklahoma Climatological Survey: Cloud Development
This site explores the importance of clouds and how clouds are formed. Content details common atmospheric cooling mechanisms and atmospheric stability.
University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
Ucar: The Art of Clouds
Students use a cloud identification guide to identify clouds in landscape paintings, then make their own art to identify cloud types.
Smithsonian Institution
Smithsonian Science Education Center: Make It Rain
How do you show students that the water cycle is more than just the traditional model of the ocean, clouds, and mountains and actually a part of their daily lives? This video will show multiple models of different part of the water cycle...
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Investigating Three Main Ingredients Needed to Create a Cloud in a Bottle
In the science lab, young scholars will create and observe the conditions necessary to make a cloud in a bottle.
Science Buddies
Science Buddies: Cumulus Maximus: Make Your Own Cloud!
In this experiment, you'll make your own cloud in a jar, and get to test the conditions that are required to make a cloud form.
University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
Ucar: Clouds
Weather site for kids highlights clouds. Discover how they are formed, learn to make fog in a jar, read about the damage they can cause and take a cloud quiz.
Scholastic
Scholastic: Study Jams! Science: Weather & Climate: Clouds and Precipitation
A slideshow and a short multiple-choice quiz on the topic of clouds, how they form, the kinds of precipitation they can create, the main types of clouds, and cloud descriptor terms.
University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
Ucar: Drawing Clouds Inside the Lines
In this classroom activity, learners investigate how clouds change over time by making repeat observations of a section of sky and then representing their data graphically.
University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
Ucar: Web Weather for Kids: Create a Portable Cloud
Using six common objects you can make a portable cloud. Get all the directions you need at this site.
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Looking at Clouds: Making a Book That Identifies Cloud Types
While creating their own cloud book, students will identify and classify the different cloud types and the weather conditions that they bring.
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: How Clouds Are Made
Introduce young learners to clouds and weather with guided discovery and inquiry to learn what makes up clouds.
Other
Easy Science Experiments: Clouds in a Bottle
How does a cloud form? This resource demonstrates how to create a cloud in a bottle. This makes a great experiment for a science fair project.
University of Wisconsin
The Why Files: A Livable Earth Needs Air, Water, and Clouds
Make Earth's climate livable by adding the right amount of air, water, and clouds to its surface and atmosphere.
Teachers.net
Teachers.net Lesson: Weather
Here are several great lesson ideas for a weather unit. The lessons cover topics in math and science including making clouds, recreating the water cycle, and making a tornado. There is also a list of weather resources for more information.
University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
Ucar: Make a Weather Forecast
Review these tips and learn to make predictions of the weather.
Weather Wiz Kids
Weather Wiz Kids: Clouds
Everything you ever wanted to know about clouds condensed into one website. Find out about all different types of clouds and even learn how to make them yourself.