Lesson 7 - Clouds

For our final lesson in our weather unit, the lesson will consist of information about clouds. The lesson will help students understand how clouds form and different cloud types. The students will be using these sites to look for information about clouds:
http://www.carlwozniak.com/clouds/
http://asd-www.larc.nasa.gov/edu_act/clouds.html
http://ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu/(Gh)/guides/mtr/cld/cldtyp/home.rxml

On these sites, students will locate information about cloud formation and cloud types. After they have found their information, the students will type up a paper. The paper length is only half of a page to one page. The students will print their papers out and hand them to me. Then the students will watch two videos on YouTube that are based on clouds. One video shows different cloud types and the other video shows how to predict weather by looking at clouds. Here are the sites:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ur0k7UDrrvg&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DJCIzpjBxuI&feature=related

After watching the videos, I will have a discussion with the class about what new information they have learned about clouds. My discussion is a time for reflecting on what the students have learned. When our discussion is finished, the students will be given a handout based on different cloud types. This handout is my lesson extension. The students will read the information given in the handout and then will answer the thirteen questions that go along with the reading.

The last question is kind of a test to see if the students understand the different cloud types. The students have to go to this blog site and watch the video I have posted below this blog. The students will watch this video and determine the cloud type they see in the video. They will put their answer on the blank line below question number thirteen on the handout. The students will give their handouts to me when they are finished. These handouts will be graded to see if the students understood the purpose of the lesson about clouds. Also, I told the students when they are at home, I want them to find pictures of different cloud types, post them on the blog, and label the type of cloud that is presented in each picture. If you would like to assist them in their leraning, feel free to do so; possibly they can teach you something new. If you have any questions or comments regarding this lesson, please e-mail, call, or leave a comment.

Miss Bennett