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6th - 12th
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NOVA Cloud Lab Lesson Plan

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This NOVA Cloud Lab Lesson Plan lesson plan also includes:
  • Cloud Lab Guide for Educators
  • Cloud Lab Standards Alignment
  • Cloud Typing Interactive
  • Reconstructing a Storm Interactive
  • Inside a Megastorm
  • Analysis & Reconstruction
  • Storm Prediction
  • Cloud Lab Lesson Plan Worksheet
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A sign that washed away from Hurricane Sandy in 2012 beached itself 3,595 miles away in France. This artifact and others from around the world help scientists understand water currents and the far-reaching impact of hurricanes. Scholars analyze clouds, storms, water vapor, temperature and more to better understand future storms on Earth.

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CCSS: Adaptable

Concepts

clouds, cloud types, hurricanes

Additional Tags

science

Instructional Ideas

  • Create a calendar of hurricane seasons throughout the world
  • Track the clouds outside at a few different times of the day throughout the unit

Classroom Considerations

  • Requires browsers that support HTML5

Pros

  • Follows a 5E format
  • Lesson easily extends in every part for those wishing to go more in depth

Cons

  • None

Common Core

RST.6-8.4 RST.9-10.4 RST.11-12.4

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