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CLOUDS. Lynsie Owens. Skills /Objectives. Students will lean how to identify the different types of clouds Students will know what kind of weather the different types of clouds bring Students will learn how clouds form. Blooms Taxonomy. # 4-Analysis
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CLOUDS Lynsie Owens
Skills /Objectives • Students will lean how to identify the different types of clouds • Students will know what kind of weather the different types of clouds bring • Students will learn how clouds form
Blooms Taxonomy • # 4-Analysis Compare, distinguish, point out, differentiate
Stratus Clouds • Stratus clouds are horizontal, layered clouds that stretch out across the sky like a blanket. • How do they form? -when two layers of air meet, the excess water vapor condenses to form a blanket
Cumulus Clouds • Cumulus clouds are puffy in appearance. They look like large cotton balls. • The clouds that produce heavy thunderstorms in the summer. • How are they formed? -Cumulus clouds usually form when warm, moist air is forced upward.
Cirrus Clouds • Cirrus clouds are very wispy and feathery looking. • They form only at high altitudes, about 7 km above the earth's surface. • Cirrus clouds are composed of ice crystals and are so thin that sunlight can pass right through them.
Learning Activities • Making fog in a jar: • http://eo.ucar.edu/webweather/cloudact1.html
TEKS • (6) Science concepts. The student knows that change can create recognizable patterns. The student is expected to: • (A) identify patterns of change such as in weather, metamorphosis, and objects in the sky;
Reference • http://schoolscience.rice.edu/duker/weatypeclouds.html