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NASA

Nasa Earth Observatory: Clouds & Radiation Fact Sheet

For Students 9th - 10th
This article highlights facts about clouds and their role in the Earth's climate change.
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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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University of Illinois

University of Illinois Extension: Tree House Weather Kids: Clouds and Moisture: Clouds: Earth's Security Blanket

For Students 3rd - 8th
Animated resource helps young researchers understand clouds, cloud formation, and types of clouds.
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Encyclopedia of Earth

Encyclopedia of Earth: Clouds

For Students 9th - 10th
Explains what clouds are, how they are formed, and provides a chart listing the four main categories of clouds in the Earth's atmosphere - cirrus, nimbus, cumulus, and stratus. (Updated: July 25, 2012)
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Unite for Literacy

Unite for Literacy: Earth and Sky: Cloud Questions

For Students 2nd
Read what a cloud is and how to identify three different types. Includes audio narration in English and Turkish with text in English.
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NASA

Nasa: Sci Jinks: Gallery of Clouds

For Students 9th - 10th
View images of various clouds types and read the descriptions that explain each one.
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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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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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Dan Satterfield

Dan's Wild Weather Page: Clouds

For Students 3rd - 8th
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.
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University Corporation for Atmospheric Research

Ucar: Cloud Types

For Students 1st - 8th
Diagram shows the different types of clouds that are located in the sky. Click on each clouds name for images and further information.
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PBS

Pbs: Nova: Cloud Typing

For Students 9th - 10th
Review an exhaustive photographic collection of clouds. Classify each image and select favorites among the grouping. A key illustrating each type of cloud is provided for reference.
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Other

Boatsafe.com: How to Be a Storm Spotter

For Students Pre-K - 1st
How can you learn to be a storm spotter? This site highlights information on the different types of clouds found in the different types of weather. View the photos of the various clouds. Scroll down to a summary of the information you...
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Scholastic

Scholastic: A Weather Watch Lesson for Grades Pre K 2

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Young scholars focus on observing weather patterns and reporting what they see. They also learn about different types of clouds and how each type is related to weather conditions. The related activity is no longer available.
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Globe

The Globe Program: Cloud Protocols [Pdf]

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
A lesson plan for students to observe ten types of clouds including contrails. Lesson plan includes teacher information as well as student data sheet.
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PBS

Pbs News Hour Extra: Cloud Computing

For Students 9th - 10th
Wouldn't it be great if all of our documents could be stored on the internet rather than eating up our hard drive space? The concept is 'cloud computing' and this issue provides some concern over this new type of computing.
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Geography 4 kids

Geography4 kids.com: Many Cloud Types

For Students 3rd - 8th
A brief overview of the four most common types of clouds with mention of a few lesser known types.
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NASA

Nasa: Droplets: Kiwi Kids Cloud Identification Guide [Pdf]

For Students 3rd - 8th
Learn all about the different kinds of clouds in our atmosphere, how each forms, and specific details of each. Colored photos and an altitude cloud chart are included. PDF (requires Adobe Reader).
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Better Lesson

Better Lesson: Identifying and Writing Opinions About Clouds Using Clue Words

For Teachers 1st - 2nd Standards
It is important to teach students the difference between facts and opinions. This is the groundwork for getting students to think critically when analyzing a piece of text. This lesson will help to lay the foundation for opinion writing....
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Curated OER

Weather Dude: Clouds

For Students 9th - 10th
Weather page highlights clouds and how they are formed. Also provides information on basic cloud types.
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Other

Gorp: Using Clouds to Forecast the Weather

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource provides information on the four main types of clouds that form in the atmosphere. There are high clouds, middle clouds, low clouds and clouds with vertical development.
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Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Cloud Protocols

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students observe ten types of clouds and visible contrails, and determine how much of the sky is covered with clouds or contrails.
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Science Struck

Science Struck: Facts About the Cumulus Clouds

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides a good description of the characteristics of cumulus clouds.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Earth Science: Clouds

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Describes how clouds form, and describes different types of clouds.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Earth Science: Clouds

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Describes how clouds form, and describes different types of clouds.

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