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Combining Clouds and Art in the Classroom Lesson PlanCombining Clouds and Art in the Classroom Lesson Plan
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Combining Clouds and Art in the Classroom

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Get your head in the clouds before teaching cloud types to your mini-meteorologists. The lesson opens with a beautiful PowerPoint presentation of clouds portrayed in different artists' paintings. After viewing artistic renditions, learners then view photographs of different cloud types. Background information, resource links, and suggested extensions are provided. This lesson is a visual treat that you can follow with an activity in which pupils reproduce the different cloud types using various art media.

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cloud types, clouds

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2nd - 8th
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Science
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2 hrs
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Project-Based Learning
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