Clouds -- School-Age

Clouds

Sky Clouds

Clouds
What's fluffy, white, and floats up high,
Like piles of ice cream in the sky?
And when the wind blows hard and strong,
What brings the rain?
What brings the snow?
That showers down on us below?

Video

Water Cycle from Mrs.Forsythe on Vimeo.

Types of Clouds

Cumulus cloud are a white, fluffy cloud often gray on the bottom. Fluffy white clouds that are great for cloud watching are you may see a horse shape and your friend my see a car shape. These are probably the kinds of clouds you draw when you create a picture of the sky, sun, and clouds.

Cumulus cloud facts

Cumulus Clouds

Stratus clouds are low clouds that stretch over large portions of the sky.

Cirrus clouds are high small streaks of feathery clouds.

Cirrus Clouds

Cumulus, Stratus, and Cirrus
The three main cloud types.

Video

Types of Clouds

Types of Clouds

worksheets and activities

Classify Cloud Types by their position in the atmosphere.

Types of Clouds mini-book

Art

Clouds by Anne Rockwell

It Looked Like Split Milk by Charles Shaw

Sites to See

Cloud Viewer helps to retain the different cloud types.

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