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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Poetry in Weather

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students identify various types of clouds and write poetry about the weather.
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Interactive
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Cloud Types

For Students 9th - 10th
This interactive resource, adapted from NASA's S'COOL Project Tutorial, explains how you can classify and identify various types of clouds.
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Lesson Plan
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Looking at Clouds: Making a Book That Identifies Cloud Types

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
While creating their own cloud book, students will identify and classify the different cloud types and the weather conditions that they bring.
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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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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.
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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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Website
Geography 4 kids

Geography4 kids.com: Many Cloud Types

For Students 3rd - 8th
A brief overview of the four most common types of clouds with mention of a few lesser known types.