Grade 7 Science : Weather Lesson #3
LEARNING ABOUT CLOUD TYPES
LOGIN to your computer and go to the “desktop.”
---Choose: My
Computer…Stdntshr Simpson …folder marked “Putman”…“Weather
Websites”
---Choose: “Website
with Cloud Guide”… CHOOSE reddish-pink lettering, “links
for identifying
cloud types.”
---Find
: Online Sources for Cloud Identification, and CHOOSE: “Cloud Types: Common Cloud
Classifications.”
Fill in
the Names For the 4 Common Cloud Types:
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2) High level
clouds form above _____________ feet.
These clouds are made of
_________ _________________. They
look __________ and ____________
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3) Mid-level clouds are found between __________ and 20,000
feet high in the
sky. They are made of water _____________, but if
cold enough, they can
also
be made of ______________ crystals.
4) Low level clouds are found below _____________ feet. They are composed
(made) of _________________ droplets. When temperatures are cold, these
clouds
can contain _________________ particles and ________________ .
---Now, at the bottom of
the web-page you are on, Find :
“Classifications.”
---Below that Find:
“Other Cloud Types” and Choose :
“contrails.”
5) What makes contrails?_____________________
. How are they formed?
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Last Name______________________ Cloud Lesson , Page 2
---Now, go BACK one
screen (arrow at top left) to page titled “Internet Weather Links” at
the top..
---Look under “Online
Sources for Cloud Identification” and CHOOSE: “S’COOL: On-Line Cloud
Chart.”
Open
at least ONE CLOUD from each “LEVEL CATEGORY” and examine the collection of
cloud pictures that opens each time you do this.
---Go back to
page, “S’COOL : ONLINE CLOUD CHART.” Scan
to the bottom.
---Choose : “Cloud Gallery.”
6) Who took these could photos?_____________________________________
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---Click on NEXT to view the cloud
photos taken by students.
7) Sketch one cloud shape from the photos and write its name
in the box below:
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Now, go back to Mrs. Putman’s sheet of weather
websites.
To do this, click on the “X” in the upper right
corner of the window in order to close the Internet.
Maximize (click on) Mrs. Putman’s folder of “Weather
Websites” at the bottom of your screen.
---Choose
: “Lessons for Weather Predictions.”…..“Weather” (the
boxed-in word at the top)…..
---Scan to
mid-page to the red print, Choose: “Updated :
Predicting the Weather.”
Read the weather proverb in large print, on the left and the
explanation with it.
Scan down to the weather chart and from the text next to
the chart, Choose : “Weather
Folktales.”
---After choosing, “Weather
Folktales,” Read; “Some Common Lines of Weather Lore.”
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---Go to the top of the page
and Choose
: “Weather
Proverbs-Folklore Lesson”.
---Scan down the page
a little to the list of proverbs based on an item in nature.
9) Pick 2 proverbs from this list and explain what kind of
weather is being
predicted:
___________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________
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---Now, CHOOSE;
“Hints to the validity (truth) of the proverbs.
---Read what it says about
the 2 proverbs you picked in
# 9.
10) Make up a proverb of your own
and write it here:________________________
11) Explain the meaning of your proverb. _________________________________
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You are now done! You may surf the weather websites from the pages
you used today….OR….go back to Mrs. Putman’s list of websites
and CHOOSE : “Weather Education”. From this page (with the
dancing chili peppers) pick any of the links to weather games & activities.