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Clouds AssessmentClouds Assessment
Publisher
Sunburst Visual Media
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Grade
5th - 9th
Subjects
Science
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Audience
For Teacher Use
Duration
5 days
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Technology
Scientific Equipment
Year
2004
Assessment

Clouds

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Support science instruction with a combination of engaging activities and skills-based worksheets that focus on clouds. Learners take part in grand discussions, write an acrostic poem, complete graphic organizers, solve word puzzles, and create clouds following step by step instructions, as well as a science investigation. 

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CCSS: Adaptable

Concepts

clouds, cirrus clouds, cumulonimbus clouds, cumulus clouds, stratus clouds, the atmosphere, the earth's atmosphere, cloud types, weather patterns, meteorology, precipitation, acrostic poems, poetry writing, poetry, air temperature, temperature, elevation, concept mapping, the sun, the earth, close reading, the troposphere, the stratosphere, the mesosphere, the thermosphere, atmospheric layers, altitude, shapes, rain, fog, water

Additional Tags

science

Instructional Ideas

  • Copy reference pages for learners to paste in their interactive science notebook or folder 
  • Invite families to view the informal play
  • Display cloud experiemnts at Back to School Night or Open House

Classroom Considerations

  • Requires copies
  • Scholars should be familiar with the types of clouds  
  • References other portions of the curriculum, but does not take away from the resource's functionality  
  • This resource is only available on an unencrypted HTTP website.It should be fine for general use, but don’t use it to share any personally identifiable information

Pros

  • A table of contents makes searching quick and easy
  • The variety of activities offers numerous ways for pupils to show what they know and keeps them interested 
  • Provides a quiz and a variety of extension opportunities

Cons

  • Contains broken links in the "Internet Sites" section 

Common Core

RI.5.1 W.5.4 SL.5.1.a RI.6.1 RI.7.1 RI.8.1 RI.9-10.1 W.6.4 W.7.4 W.8.4 W.9-10.4 SL.6.1.a SL.7.1.a SL.8.1.a SL.9-10.1.a

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