Weather+Wonders+Cloud+Creations

Lesson/Project Description:

To help students expand their understanding of different elements of weather, the students will use selected websites to explore different types of clouds that are created in Earth's atmosphere. As the students explore the different websites, they will be expected to discover the names of different types of clouds, how they are formed, where they are located, and which types of weather are associated with each type of cloud. These discoveries will be recorded in a Cloud Log. After the students have completed their initial research, they will then be asked to use a camera to take pictures of as many different types of clouds as they can during the weather unit of study. The students will then use their pictures to create an Animoto slide show where each of the pictures are labeled by the type of cloud and the level of the troposphere in which that cloud would be formed. Complete student instructions and recording sheets are included in the files below.

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