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Handout
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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Unit Plan
Globe

The Globe Program: Do You Know That Clouds Have Names? [Pdf]

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Did you know that clouds have different names? Each cloud in the sky has its own unique form and it has a particular name based on its shape, where it floats in the sky and the type of moisture it contains. Learn here all about the...
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Lesson Plan
Utah Education Network

Uen: Trb 4:2 Investigation 1 Clouds

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders observe and record different types of clouds.
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Unit Plan
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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Website
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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Website
National Earth Science Teachers Association

Windows to the Universe: Cloud Types

For Students 9th - 10th
Windows to the Universe provides a table with information about each cloud group, base height of each of the cloud groups, and links to information on the individual cloud types associated each group.
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Handout
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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Website
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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Unit Plan
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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Graphic
Other

Northern Michigan University: Cumulus Clouds

For Students 3rd - 8th
This brief site provides a connection between cumulus clouds and upcoming weather, explains why these clouds are white and puffy, and describes how these clouds are formed.
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Graphic
University Corporation for Atmospheric Research

Ucar: Cumulus Clouds

For Students 9th - 10th
View an image of cumulus clouds that are associated with fair or stormy weather.
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Graphic
NOAA

Noaa: Photo Library: Cumulus Clouds, Photo #1

For Students 9th - 10th
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration provides a photo library of severe weather formations. Here you can find a photograph capturing cumulus clouds being formed over water.
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Graphic
Curated OER

Cumulus Clouds Are Big and Fluffy

For Students 3rd - 5th
An informative site that briefly describes clouds and cloud formations (pictures included). Contains a number of links to other earth related sites.