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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Does cloud type affect rainfall?

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Student use MY NASA DATA to obtain precipitation and cloud type data. They create graphs of data within MY NASA DATA. Students compare different cloud types, compare precipitation, and cloud type data They qualitatively describe graphs...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Clouds

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students explore clouds.  In this weather lesson, students identify the steps in the water cycle, define condensation and evaporation, and relate this information to cloud formation.  Students perform a cloud experiment,...
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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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PPT
PBS

Pbs: Nova: Cloud Typing

For Students 9th - 10th
Review an exhaustive photographic collection of clouds. Classify each image and select favorites among the grouping. A key illustrating each type of cloud is provided for reference.
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Interactive
NASA

Nasa: Space Place: Unscramble the Clouds

For Students 3rd - 8th
In this slider picture puzzle, try and put the pieces in the correct place to see all types of different clouds.
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Graphic
Merriam-Webster

Merriam Webster: Dictionary Illustration: Cloud

For Students 9th - 10th
This is basic cloud chart illustrating shape and relative altitude of ten key cloud types. Scroll down to the bottom for the list of cloud types by name.