Curious Clouds

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Curious Clouds
Melissa Cote Roger Williams University Fall, 2006
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What are the different types of clouds?

• Some Search Engines to try are
• Google.com
• Ask.com
• Yahoo.com

• Instructions
• Using different search engines on the web,
  discover the different types of clouds.

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Links and Inquiry Questions

• Cirrus clouds
• Cumulus clouds
• Stratus clouds

• Some things to inquire about
• What are the difference among the clouds?
• What does each cloud look like?
• Is each cloud type connected to a certain weather
  pattern?

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Make A Cloud Collage!

• After researching the three basic types of
  clouds, you will create a collage of as many
  different types and sizes of clouds as possible!
  You can use cut outs from online or magazines, or
  be really creative and take your own pictures
  with a camera!
• Record the type of weather associated with each
  cloud such as rainy, warm, or cold.
• Divide your pictures into the three basic clouds
  types we investigated in our Inquiry Challenge.
  This may be done in groups or individually.
• Questions to think about while making your
  collage
• What type of weather was found with each cloud?
• What direction were most of the clouds moving
  from?
• Did the weather change? If so, what are the
  clouds telling you?

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Teacher Page

• Assessment
• Students will be assessed by a numeric grade
  ranging from 100-0. There will be no rubric.
  Students will be graded on creativity and quality
  of research.

• NSES Standards
• Science as Inquiry
• Abilities necessary to do scientific inquiry
• Understandings about scientific inquiry
• Earth Space Science
• Objects in the sky
• Changes in the earth and sky

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Credits

• http//www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/weather/2.html
• http//alex.edfac.usyd.edu.au/BLP/Sample20lessons
  /MOXHAM.DATA/html/page3.html
• http//www.cityofportsmouth.com/School/dondero/msm
  /weather/cumulus.html
• http//www.education-world.com/standards/national/
  science/k_4.s.html