Curated OER
Poetry in Weather
Students identify various types of clouds and write poetry about the weather.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Cloud Types
This interactive resource, adapted from NASA's S'COOL Project Tutorial, explains how you can classify and identify various types of clouds.
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Looking at Clouds: Making a Book That Identifies Cloud Types
While creating their own cloud book, students will identify and classify the different cloud types and the weather conditions that they bring.
Dan Satterfield
Dan's Wild Weather Page: Clouds
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.
Merriam-Webster
Merriam Webster: Dictionary Illustration: Cloud
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.
Other
Gorp: Using Clouds to Forecast the Weather
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.
Geography 4 kids
Geography4 kids.com: Many Cloud Types
A brief overview of the four most common types of clouds with mention of a few lesser known types.