Weather: Clouds and Cycles
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Title:
| Weather: Clouds and Cycles |
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Description:
| These sites have general and detailed information on various weather cycles and clouds. Includes lesson plans and hand-on activities. There are also links to eThemes Resources on Water Cycle: Hands-On Experiments, Water Cycle: Explanations and Illustrations, and Thunderstorms and Lightning. |
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Grade Level:
| 3, 4, 5 |
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Resource Links:
| Intellicast
A good thorough weather site which you can access satellite images that are constantly updated. NOTE: This site contains ads.
Weather Basics
A online guide for weather basics separated into chapters. (Chapt. 4 is Clouds.)
Weather: Annenberg/CPB Exhibits
What forces affect our weather. This and other questions are answered through this website.
Weather Wiz Kids: Clouds
This site is designed for kids providing quick information about clouds. Find out what cloud is, how clouds are formed, what different types of clouds are, what different colors of clouds mean, and more. Includes lesson plans and activities in pdf format. NOTE: This site contains ads.
Weather Maps
Learn how to read weather maps.
Air Masses and Fronts
Learn how air masses and fronts affect the weather.
Web Weather for Kids
Students can click on "Games" to learn about clouds.
Clouds and Experiments
Learn about different types of clouds as well as how clouds can predict the weather. Click "Activities" for project, activity, and experiment ideas that go along with the topic.
Enchanted Learning: Clouds
This page provides information about cloud formation and types of clouds. Includes printouts. NOTE: This site contains ads.
eThemes Resource: Water Cycle: Hands-On Experiments
Water cycle, demonstrations, experiments, projects and simple methods for water purification.
eThemes Resource: Weather: Thunderstorms and Lightning
Weather-related sites focusing mostly on storms: thunderstorms, lightning, tornadoes, and hurricanes. Sites contain images, video, and graphics.
eThemes Resource: Water Cycle: Explanations and Illustrations
This resource explains the water cycle. It includes information that explains evaporation, precipitation and condensation. Also basic information about our water.
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Education Standards:
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AL Standards:
SCI. ES K.3.4, SCI. ES K.3.3, SCI. ES K.3.2, SCI. ES K.3.1, SCI. ES 6.1.4, SCI. ES 6.1.1
AR Standards:
ESS.8.3.8, ESS.9.3.1, ESS.8.4.7.a, ESS.8.4.7.b, ESS.8.4.7.c, ESS.8.4.8
DE Standards:
1.1.27, 1.2.4, 5'.2.7, 5'.2.9
IL Standards:
12.4.40, 12.4.41
ME Standards:
D2.b
MO Standards:
1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.6, 2.4, 2.7, 3.1, 3, 6, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 5.2.F.a, 5.2.F.b
NV Standards:
E.5.A.4
OK Standards:
D.3.2
UT Standards:
II.1.a, II.2.b, II.2.c
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