Types of Clouds

Lab Brief #2

🎯 Your mission

Learn the rule. Then catch nature using it.

⚡ The twist

Today's mountain was yesterday's ocean floor.

What you'll learn

Clouds come in different types: fluffy cumulus, flat stratus, and wispy cirrus clouds.

Key words

Make a hypothesis first

Guess: where will the water go first?

Say your guess out loud — then find out if you were right.

Step 1 of 3 · Read

Look at the new words. Can you say each one?

Step 2 of 3 · Observe

Look for something that changed. What is it?

Step 3 of 3 · Record

Circle the correct answer on your worksheet.

Question 1 of 3

What are clouds made of?

How sure are you?😐 maybe

Question 2 of 3

What are the three types of rocks?

How sure are you?😐 maybe

Question 3 of 3

What makes rain?

How sure are you?😐 maybe

Mind = blown

🪨 Every grain of sand on every beach used to be a mountain.

Nice work!

You got 0 of 3 right.

🎯

We'll pick an experiment that matches exactly how you're thinking right now.

✨ More to explore

🌍 Where you see this in real life: This is shaping the ground you walk on, slowly, every single day.

🏆 Stretch challenge (try it this week): Find a rock outside and try to guess how old it is.

👨‍👩‍👧 For the dinner table: “What's the slowest change you can think of?”

Send it to a parent who's looking for a 10-minute kitchen science win.

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