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An Integrated Unit on Those

Curious Clouds! Nancy VandenBerge

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Some books to gather and read for this unit: The Cloud Book by Tomie DePaola It Looked Like Spilt Milk by Charles Shaw Cloudette by Tom Lichtenheld It’s Your Cloud by Joe Troiano

This little unit includes: Information page on clouds Two cloud poems Cloud comparison chart to post Cloud comparison matching activity for kids Cloud watcher template Pics of how to use cloud watcher Cloud watcher recording sheet Three main kinds of clouds interactive chart for journals Cloud watcher reporter It looked Like Spilt Milk activity with written expression Rain cloud in a jar activity Place value mystery picture (cloud)

What are clouds? A cloud is a large collection of very tiny droplets of water or ice crystals. The droplets are so small and light that they can float in

the air.

How are clouds formed? All air contains water, but near the ground it is usually in the form

of an invisible gas called water vapor. When warm air rises, it expands and cools. Cool air can't hold as much water vapor as warm air, so some of the vapor condenses onto tiny pieces of dust that are floating in the air and forms a tiny droplet around each dust particle. When billions of these droplets come together

they become a visible cloud.

Why do clouds float? A cloud is made up of liquid water droplets. A cloud forms when air is heated by the sun. As it rises, it slowly cools it reaches the

saturation point and water condenses, forming a cloud. As long as the cloud and the air that its made of is warmer than the outside

air around it, it floats!

How do clouds move? Clouds move with the wind. High cirrus clouds are pushed along

by the jet stream, sometimes traveling at more than 100 miles-per-hour. When clouds are part of a thunderstorm they usually travel

at 30 to 40 mph.

Cloud What is fluffy? What is white?

What can you see When skies are bright?

What can float? What brings rain?

What may be higher Than a bird or plane?

Say it out loud : Cloud!

Floating clouds up in the sky,

Changing shapes as you pass by.

Floating by without a sound. Won't you come

and touch the ground? Floating clouds up in the sky,

Changing shapes as you pass by.

Kinds of Clouds

cirrus White,

feathery, highest

stratus Wide blankets of gray, “high

fogs” low

stratocumulus

Gray, low in the sky, lumpy

cumulus Puffy, flat

bottoms, low in the sky

cumulonimbus

Thunderstorm clouds, look like mountains of

very tall cumulus clouds

Kinds of Clouds Cut squares apart. Use for a matching game.

cirrus White,

feathery, highest

stratus Wide blankets of gray, “high

fogs” low

stratocumulus Gray, low in

the sky, lumpy

cumulus Puffy, flat

bottoms, low in the sky

cumulonimbus

Thunderstorm clouds, look like mountains of

very tall cumulus clouds

Cut out

Cloud Watcher

Copy on blue cardstock. Cut on the dotted line above. Cut out the center square on the dotted line as well. Attach a stick (Or use a pencil!) to act as a handle. Kids draw different cloud formations using white/gray crayon. Go outside and observe clouds. Record findings on recording sheet

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Name___________________________

Cloud Watcher Scientists take time to observe everything around them. Go

outside and observe the clouds. Draw what you found.

Three Main Types of Clouds cirrus, stratus, cumulus,

Cut on dark black lines Cut on short horizontal lines. Fold flaps on dotted line. Label flaps with type of cloud. Glue into science journal

Cloud Reporter ___________________

Yesterday we saw _____________ clouds Today we see _____________ clouds Tomorrow we will see _____________ clouds

Read and enjoy, discuss, predict, etc. It Looked Like Spilt Milk by

Charles Shaw.

Mix equal parts of white glue and shaving cream. Plop a spoonful

onto blue paper. Have kids create a shape from the mixture. Allow to dry overnight. The mixture will stay puffy and soft like a cloud!

Have kids write about what they created using the predictable text

from the book. “Sometimes it looked like a ________, but it wasn’t a _________ .It was

just a cloud in the sky!” See pics on following page.

Rain Clouds in a Jar Materials Shaving cream Water Clear cups or jars Blue food coloring droppers Instructions Fill the jars 3/4 of the way with water and then top with shaving cream. Allow a few minutes for the shaving cream to fully settle on top of the water In a bowl mix several drops of blue food coloring with a little bit of water. Have kids fill a dropper with blue water and squeeze it onto their cloud counting the drops as they fall. Have them squeeze more and more blue water into the cloud. As the cloud fills with water it will begin to “rain”


Name ________ Think Outside the Box This is not a Cloud! What can you create?

c l o u d s k y h i

w a t e r o o o i c

o o s t o r m o g h

l s h a p e o o h a

c i r r u s r a i n

s t r a t u s o o g

o o b l a n k e t e

c u m u l u s n o w clouds sky drops water cirrus

cumulus stratus high shape low blanket change rain snow storm

***Now write about your favorite kind of cloud on the back.

Name ______________ Find the cloud words in the puzzle.

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20

21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30

31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40

41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50

51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60

61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70

71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80

81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90

91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100

Name ____ Place Value Mystery Picture

Solve the clues. Color the boxes blue. Line out the clues as you complete them!

1 one, 2 ones, 3 ones, 4 ones, 5 ones, 6 ones, 7 ones, 8 ones, 9 ones, 1 ten, 1 ten and 1 one, 1 ten and 2 ones,1 ten and 4 ones, 1 ten and 8 ones, 1 ten and 9 ones, 2 tens, 2 tens and 1 one, 2 tens and 8 ones, 3 tens, 3 tens and 1 one, 6 tens and 1 one, 7 tens, 7 tens and 1 one, 7 tens and 2 ones, 7 tens and 4 ones, 7 tens and 8 ones, 8 tens, 8 tens and 1 one, 8 tens and 2ones, 8 tens and 3 ones, 8 tens and 4 ones, 8 tens and 7 ones, 8 tens and 8 ones, 8 tens and 9 ones, 9 tens, 9 tens and 1 one, 9 tens and 2 ones, 9 tens and 3 ones, 9 tens and 4 ones, 9 tens and 5 ones, 9 tens and 6 ones, 9 tens and 7 ones, 9 tens and 8 ones, 9 tens and 9 ones, 1 hundred

I made a _________________________

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