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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Observing, Describing, And Identifying Contrails

For Teachers 4th - 10th
Students compare the three types of contrails that are produced by aircraft exhaust. They examine pictures of contrails on the internet to classify each as short lived, persistent or persistent spreading. They then sketch examples in...
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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
University Corporation for Atmospheric Research

Ucar: Elementary Globe: To Spread or Not to Spread

For Students K - 1st
Students will explore the difference between the three types of contrails. Then they will make observations of contrails outside, record their observations, and then make follow-up observations 15 minutes later to see how the contrails...
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Curated OER

Nasa: Space Place: Contrails

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Contrails are human-made clouds from jet airplanes.