CLOUDS
GALOREBy
Cindy Dobbs
Introduction
You
have been assigned to be the curator of the Clouds Art Galleryto
be opened in six months. Your job description tells you to provide a collection
of art that displays the different kinds of clouds. You accept the job
and begin photographing, collecting, identifying, and displaying as many
types of clouds as you can.
The
Task
For
this assignment you will research various websites that show weather reports
with the amount of cloud cover. You will incorporate the information from
these sites to make and record daily observations of the cloud cover and
types.You will complete a data
table covering a five-day period of time.You
will also use these websites and your textbook to gather information and
do a worksheet about cloud types. A cloud chart using cotton balls and
poster board to model and identify four of those types will be made. Lastly,
you will take pictures of actual clouds using a digital camera or collect
pictures of clouds from various websites and display that collection in
a scrapbook of clouds or a PowerPoint presentation.
RESOURCES
Choose
one of the following local websites to identify the amount of cloud cover.
Use
these websites to find pictures and research information for your poster
and scrapbook.
The
Process
The
Evaluation
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POSSIBLE
POINTS
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POINTS
MADE
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WORKSHEET
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20
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DATA
TABLE
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20
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CLOUD
CHART
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4
TYPES LABELED
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4
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CORRECT
ALTITUDES
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4
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ALTITUDE
MARKS
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4
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CLOUDS
CORRECTLY REPRESENTED
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4
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NEATLY
DONE
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4
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SUBTOTAL
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20
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POWERPOINT/
SCRAPBOOK
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CUMULUS
PICTURES/LABELS
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10
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STRATUS
PICTURES/LABELS
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10
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CIRRUS
PICTURES/LABELS
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10
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NIMBUS
PICTURES/LABELS
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10
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SUBTOTAL
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40
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GRAND
TOTAL
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100
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CLOUD
DATA TABLE|
DATE
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Amount
of cloud cover
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Cloud
Type
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Your
prediction
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Actual
Forecast
__________(web
address)
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1.What are the 3 main types of clouds?
_______________________
_______________________
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2.How are clouds classified? ________________________________________________________________________
3.Describe cumulus clouds.
________________________________________________________________________
4.What type of weather is associated with cumulus clouds? ________________________________________________________________________
5.Describe stratus clouds.
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6.What type of weather is associated with stratus clouds?
________________________________________________________________________
7.Describe cirrus clouds.
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8.What prefixes are used to describe the height of cloud bases and what do they mean?
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9.What type of cloud is associated with precipitation? ___________________________
10.What clouds are commonly called a “thunderstorms”? ________________________
11.What clouds
are low, dark, gray clouds that bring steady rain? __________________
MATERIALS:12
X 18 SHEET OF MANILLA TAGBOARD; COTTON BALLS; MARKERS
PROCEDURE:
1.Fold
the tag board into quarters and draw lines where the fold marks are.
2.Make
½ inch marks up the left side of each of the four quarters. Each
mark
will
represent 5,000 feet.
3.Label
the marks from 5,000 feet to 55,000 feet.
3.In
each upper right corner of each quarter, put the name of
the following clouds:cirrus,
Cumulus,
stratus,
and nimbostratus.
5.Write
a description of the typical weather associated with each kind of
cloud.
Put
your description in the upper right corner of the box where you wrote the
name.
6.Use
the pictures found on the websites to shape the cotton balls correctly
for
each
kind of cloud.You can color the
cotton with a black felt-tipped marker to
give
the nimbostratus a gray color.Use
markers to draw sunshine for fair
weather
days.
7.Glue
the clouds in place at their proper altitude. Use the following links to
find the correct altitudes.