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Standards:

7.E.1 Understand how the cycling of matter (water and gases) in and out of the atmosphere
relates to Earth’s atmosphere, weather and climate and the effects of the atmosphere on
humans.
7.E.1.4 Predict weather conditions and patterns based on information obtained from:
• Weather data collected from direct observations and measurement (wind speed and direction,
air temperature, humidity and air pressure)
• Weather maps, satellites and radar
• Cloud shapes and types and associated elevation

Questions (from cirrus cloud segment- starts at 0:48)

1) (Knowledge) How high in the air are cirrus clouds? (about 20-40000 feet)
2) (Knowledge) What are cirrus clouds made up of? (ice crystals)
3) HOTS (Synthesis): Think about the fact that cirrus clouds are high in the air and what
they are formed from- hypothesize how these might be connected. (answers vary-
sample answer: They are formed from ice crystals because they are high in the
atmosphere, and the water droplets would likely freeze. This is what would create
the ice crystals the clouds are formed from. )

Questions (from cumulus cloud segment)

1. (Knowledge) How high in the sky are cumulus clouds? (About 3,300 feet)
2. (Knowledge) What are the three things that cumulonimbus clouds can do? (Make
thunder, lightning, and tornadoes)
3. HOTS (Analysis): Compare and Contrast the difference between a cumulus cloud and a
cumulonimbus cloud. (answers will vary- sample answer: Same-shape Different-
what they do, color, their height above the ground)

Questions: (Riley)

1.) (Knowledge) How are the stratus clouds and cirrus clouds similar? (stratus clouds are
also made up of ice sickles sometimes)
2.) (Knowledge) Why does clouds sometimes appear a different color rather than white?
(when the rain droplets and ice crystals stack up together the cloud gets thicker
which causes a different color)
3.) HOTS (Synthesis): Invent a type of storm that stratus clouds would not be involved with,
will this storm have white clouds or will they be darker?

(The ending of the video)


1) (Analysis) Compare and contrast the three types of clouds that were learned in the
video.

Cumulus Stratus
-fluffy -big
-3,300 ft above -grey
ground Form -snow cloud
precipitat
-related cloud: ion -rain cloud
cumulonimbus
Main
clouds
Indicators of Thin
future weather looking

-warm
weather cloud
-cover’s 30%
of the earth's
atmosphere

Cirrus
2) (Comprehension) Summarize the overall message of this video.
(The overall message is explaining the three main cloud types in an attention-
grabbing way. The video wants it’s audience to understand the three cloud types
as if they were real people that you are meeting.)
3) (Knowledge) Relate to these clouds and if they were actually real people, who would you
want to be friends with and why?
(Personal opinion: I would want to be friends with Cirrus because she brings nice
and warm weather.)
Overview
This video is about the weather system, specifically clouds. The three main types of
clouds are cirrus, stratus, and cumulus. We also discussed cumulonimbus, as relating to cumulus
clouds. This video teaches kids about weather. We use humour and visual illustrations to show
the different types of clouds. The clouds outside were shown, and the actors wore name tags that
had images of the different clouds on them.
Using what they see and learn in the video, they will be able to recognize different
clouds outside. They will also know facts about the clouds, such as what part of the atmosphere
they are in. The cirrus clouds talked about how they are formed from ice crystals, and are about
20,000-40,000 feet in the sky. The stratus cloud also mentioned this, and how they are close to
the earth and often mean rain or snow. The cumulus cloud talked about cumulonimbus, and how
those clouds are “grumpy” and often mean storms. These are fun and easy facts for kids to learn
and try to recognize in everyday weather.

SOURCES
Met Office (2018). Cirrus Clouds. Retrieved from
https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/learning/clouds/high-clouds/cirrus
Main, Douglas (2013). How Cirrus Clouds Form and Why it Matters. Retrieved from
https://www.livescience.com/29472-how-cirrus-clouds-form.html
“Cumulus Clouds.” The National Center for Atmospheric Research | UCAR | UOP,
eo.ucar.edu/webweather/cumulus.html.
Carr. “Stratus Clouds - A Blanket of Cloud - Weather Science.” Quatr.us Study Guides,
Retrieved From quatr.us/physics/stratus-clouds-blanket-cloud-weather-science.htm.

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