What are Clouds

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What are Clouds?

• Sarah Tabaszewski
• A lesson for a second grade classroom

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What makes a cloud?

• Clouds are made up of tiny ice crystals.

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There are three main types of clouds

• 1. Cirrus

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Cirrus Clouds

• These clouds are very wispy and light. These
  clouds are very high in the sky, they are the
  highest clouds.

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There are three main types of clouds

• 2. Cumulus

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Cumulus Clouds

• These clouds are look very puffy like cotton
  balls. They are located in between the cirrus and
  stratus clouds.

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There are three main types of clouds

• 3. Stratus

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Stratus Clouds

• These clouds are flat. These clouds are also the
  closest to the earth.

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• It is time to see what you have learned. You
  will need to get out a piece of paper and a
  pencil OR click the button and print out the work
  sheet.

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Instructions

• You will see either a picture or read a
  description of a cloud.
• Circle or write
• A. Cirrus
• B. Cumulus
• C. Stratus

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• 1. What type of cloud is this?

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• 2.What type of cloud is this?

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This type of cloud is very fluffy like cotton
balls

• 3. What type of cloud is it?

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This type of cloud is located closest to the earth

• 4. What type of cloud is it?

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• 5. What type of cloud is this?

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Here are the answers!
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Cited Sources

• Ed. Karndon, John and Marion Dent.1991. Weather.
  Alfred A. Knopf. New York.
• Casey, Denise.1995. Weather Everywhere. Denise
  Casey.
• The Educators Toolkit. Clouds and Rainbows.
  http//www.eagle.ca/matink/themes/Weather/sky.htm
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• Carl Wozniak. Clouds. http//seaborg.nmu.edu/Cloud
  s/default.html
• www.Altavista.com

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What type of cloud is it?