Lesson 63 of 84 · Weather
Lesson⭐ 30 XP🌋 Rock RealmTypes of Clouds (Part 3)
Types of Clouds (Part 3).
🎯 Your mission
Master the concept. Use it tomorrow.
⚡ The twist
Today's mountain was yesterday's ocean floor.
Mind = Blown
🌋 There are 1,500 active volcanoes on Earth right now.
Make a hypothesis first
Guess: where will the water go first?
What You'll Learn
Clouds come in different types: fluffy cumulus, flat stratus, and wispy cirrus clouds.
Key Words
- temperature
- cloud
- rain
Steps
Read the introduction. What is this lesson about?
Make a mini water cycle: put warm water in a bowl, cover it with plastic wrap, and place an ice cube on top. Watch what happens.
Look for something that changed. What is it?
Circle the correct answer on your worksheet.
Check Your Understanding
Question 1
1 of 3What are clouds made of?
Where you see this in real life
This is shaping the ground you walk on, slowly, every single day.
Stretch Challenge
Try this in real life 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?”
Next Smart Experiment
We'll pick an experiment that matches exactly how you're thinking right now.
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Send it to a parent who's looking for a 10-minute kitchen science win.
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