1G13 – Clouds – Treeway Canopy

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Class Summary

This lesson teaches about clouds. Students should leave the class understanding what clouds are, that there are different types of clouds, and that clouds are blown around by wind.

Lesson Slide

1G13 – Clouds

Main Teaching Points

Explain: Clouds drift around the earth and move from one place to another. Clouds are made of teeny tiny water droplets. When the droplets get together in a group, they make a cloud. Heat from the sun warms the water and pulls it up from the earth. The water floats up into the air and makes clouds.
Explain: The rain clouds are gray and they make the sky dark. Some clouds are high in the sky. Some clouds are low on the ground. Low clouds are called fog.
Explain: Clouds make rain, snow, hail and sleet!

Discussion Questions

What objects are in the sky?
Which one is bigger – the sun, Earth, or moon?
When do you see the moon?
Why do you see the moon?
How does the moon move?
What does the moon do that repeats?
What predictable pattern does the moon have in the sky?
What happens when the moon is not in the sky?
Why do stars do?
Who count the stars?

In-Class Activities

Make a model : Make a model of the sun, moon and stars.
Moon observation: Plan an indoor or outdoor observations about the visibility of the moon as it come up in the sky. Record or draw pictures showing your results.
Find a constellation: Plan an indoor or outdoor observations about the visibility of the stars and constellations Record or draw pictures showing your results.