Students analyze cloud data from a storm that crossed the United States in late November 2019. They identify cloud types from photos of the sky in various locations to identify the zonation of clouds across a cold and warm front.
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Students use a cloud identification guide to identify clouds in landscape paintings, then make their own art to identify cloud types.
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Clouds are given different names based on their shape and their height in the sky. Learn about each cloud type and how they are grouped.
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Students review illustrations, maps, cross-sections, and graphs that tell a piece of the story about the effects of clouds on climate. They answer "True and False" questions about each visual and discuss what they take away from the information.
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How do the water droplets and ice crystals that make up clouds get into the sky? And why do different types of clouds form?
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When warm and cold air collide, warm air is pushed up and can form clouds.
In this classroom activity, students investigate how clouds change over time by making repeat observations of a section of sky and then representing their data graphically.
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Lightning is the most spectacular element of a thunderstorm. Learn how lightning forms, how lightning leads to thunder, and about the types of lightning that occur.
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Yolanda’s a palm tree, so she has a lot of time to study the clouds in the sky above her. Read her answers to questions about clouds.