Curated OER
Weather Myths
Fourth graders examine myths that are based on weather phenomenon. They write, illustrate and present an original weather myth.
Curated OER
Hydrologic Cycle
In this science worksheet, students examine the hydrological cycle through the coloring of the picture that graphically organizes the concept.
Curated OER
Chasing El Nino
In this El Nino learning exercise, students review this specific change in the climate cycle by completing 20 short answer questions.
Curated OER
Testing Weather Proverbs
Students study weather proverbs. In this weather lesson, students list weather proverbs and complete the worksheet to test the proverb. Students design an experiment to test the weather proverbs and conduct the experiments.
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Globe
The Globe Program: Do You Know That Clouds Have Names? [Pdf]
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...
Oklahoma Mesonet
Oklahoma Climatological Survey: Cloud Development
This site explores the importance of clouds and how clouds are formed. Content details common atmospheric cooling mechanisms and atmospheric stability.
USA Today
Usa Today: Understanding Clouds and Fog
Learn about the different kinds of clouds, their location in the sky, how they form, their influence on the weather, and unusual cloud shapes.
Scholastic
Scholastic: Study Jams! Science: Weather & Climate: Clouds and Precipitation
A slideshow and a short multiple-choice quiz on the topic of clouds, how they form, the kinds of precipitation they can create, the main types of clouds, and cloud descriptor terms.
Oklahoma Mesonet
Oklahoma Climatological Survey: Precipitation
This site briefly explores the important role of precipitation in the hydrologic cycle, and focus on how precipitation is created.
Dan Satterfield
Dan's Wild Weather Page: Precipitation
Find out about what causes precipitation and perform activities that teaches how precipitation forms.
Read Works
Read Works: Clouds
[Free Registration/Login Required] This nonfiction passage gives basic facts about clouds and their impact on precipitation. This passage reinforces essential reading comprehension skills. Opportunities for vocabulary acquisition are...
University of Illinois
University of Illinois Extension: Tree House Weather Kids: Clouds and Moisture: Rain, Snow, Sleet, and Hail
Animated resource teaches young researchers about the different forms of precipitation.
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Looking at Clouds: Identifying Cumulus, Cirrus and Stratus Clouds
Using photos of the three basic cloud types, small groups of students will sort the clouds into 2-3 groups, list traits of each group, and name each cloud group. They will share their information on posters which are studied for...
University of Illinois
University of Illinois Urbana Champaign: Cloudsand Precipitation
Find out about the development of clouds, types of clouds, and precipitation. Includes diagrams and illustrations.
Utah Education Network
Uen: Cloud, Rain, and Fog
During these three days of lessons, 2nd graders will learn about weather from the nonfiction text by asking questions, and focusing on the text features of the book.
Other
Northern Michigan University: Clouds and Precipitation
Find out about the Hydrologic or Water Cycle - precipitation, rain, sleet, hail, snow, and clouds are explained with accompanying illustrations.
Oklahoma Mesonet
University of Oklahoma: Overview of Meteorology
The University of Oklahoma explores numerous types of weather and atmospheric changes, as well as the reasons behind them. Content details the four seasons, common meteorological variables, the vertical structure of the atmosphere, how...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: A Look at Weather Factors: Interactive Lesson
Students learn about four factors that describe different types of weather -- temperature, wind, precipitation, and sunlight and clouds -- as they explore various weather conditions and find evidence that describes each type of weather...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Fifth Grade Science: Earth Science: Weather and Water in the Atmosphere
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Discusses what causes weather, what humidity is and its role in the weather, how clouds are classified, and types of precipitation and how they form.
American Geosciences Institute
American Geosciences Institute: How Is Rain Formed?
Find out what happens inside a cloud when raindrops are formed.
OpenSciEd
Open Sci Ed: 6.3 Weather, Climate & Water Cycling
Why does a lot of hail, rain, or snow fall at some times and not others? This unit contains four separate lesson sets built around answering this question. In the first two lesson sets, students explain small-scale storms. In the third...
Smithsonian Institution
Smithsonian Science Education Center: Make It Rain
How do you show students that the water cycle is more than just the traditional model of the ocean, clouds, and mountains and actually a part of their daily lives? This video will show multiple models of different part of the water cycle...
Center for Innovation in Engineering and Science Education, Stevens Institute of Technology
Ciese Real Time Data Projects: Weather Scope: A Study of Weather and Climate
Use real-time data to study factors that affect weather and climate, create weather instruments, and share data with students around the world.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Weather: What Is Weather?: Lesson Plan
Learn how weather is the combination of four factors -- temperature, wind, precipitation, and sunlight and clouds -- that occur at a given place and time in this lesson plan from WGBH. The mix of factors is changing all the time;...