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Cloud Types with Cotton

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Look at these cloud photos.

Questions for you to think about:

  1. How are they the same?
  2. How are they different?
  3. WHY are they different?
  4. What makes the clouds change?

Stratus Clouds

How would you describe stratus clouds?

What words would you use?

Cumulus Clouds

How would you describe cumulus clouds?

What words would you use?

Cirrus Clouds

How would you describe cirrus clouds?

What words would you use?

Cumulonimbus Clouds

How would you describe cumulonimbus  clouds?

What words would you use?

Different Cloud Types

There are actually a lot more types of clouds!

But there names combine the ones we heard above.

Stratus = low or layered

Cumulus = puffy, heap, or pile

Cirrus = high, curl, or fringe

Nimbus = storm or rain

How to Make Clouds from Cotton

  1. Fold the paper in half
  2. Fold the paper in half again
  3. Open up the paper
  4. In the first box, write your name
  5. Write the cloud words in each of the other three boxes. 
  6. Stretch the cotton balls to make the shapes of the clouds.
  7. Use white glue to glue them on.

Stratus are low clouds and cover the sky.

Cumulus clouds are puffy

Cirrus clouds are high, thin, and stretched.

We are going to read this book. 

Remember the questions that we have above. 

  1. How are they the same?
  2. How are they different?
  3. WHY are they different?
  4. What makes the clouds change?

 

Kinder and 1st Grade – Weather and Clothing

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Your friend is coming to visit. What should they pack in their suitcase?

Your friend is coming to visit. They live in another place and they want to know what the weather is like. 

What should they pack in their suitcase so they are ready for San Diego winter weather?

What is it like in San Diego during the winter? 

How does our weather compare to a place like Alaska during the winter? 

The pictures on the left show winter in San Diego. 

What should your friend pack? 

See below.

These are the clothes you have on your paper. 

What should your friend pack?

What should they leave at home?

Are there any clothes that are maybes?

Your friend lives in a place called Fairbanks, Alaska. 

This is what their winters look like.  

What clothes would they need there? 

If you were going to visit your friend in Alaska, what would YOU need? 

How are the two places different?  

How are the clothes you wear different?

 

What to pack for San Diego in the winter?

YES - Pack these

No - Leave these at home

Cut out and glue clothes to bring to San Diego here in your notebook. 

Cut out and glue clothes to leave at home here in your notebook. 

2nd Grade Weather Lesson

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Today we are going to explore weather and weather charting. We will first fill in a KWL chart together as a class. A KWL chart helps us to check our understanding along the way. The K stands for KNOW – what we THINK we know. Sometimes we think we know something, but we find out that we were not correct. The W stands for what we WANT to know. This is the place for our questions or wonderings. The L stands for LEARN. This section will be filled in as we have learned something. To begin with, we will fill in the K and the W as a class. Last week, you did this in your science notebook. You can use your science notebook to help make the class chart. 

KWL Chart

K – What We Think We Know W – What We Want to Know L – What We Learned
   

Weather Underground

Click to visit the Weather Underground site for a weather calendar for January. You can also take a look at other months and other locations to see what the weather is like in different areas around the world.

Take a look at the calendar and share the things that you notice about it. What does it include? What do you have questions about?

January Weather Calendar

We will use this calendar to record the data that we have so far for January. First, we need to make sure we understand the symbols.

What is the difference between Partly Cloudy, Mostly Cloudy, and Cloudy?

They are all cloudy – so how do you know the difference?

To draw the symbols, use:

  • partly cloudy = 1 cloud and the sun
  • mostly cloudy = 2 clouds and a sun
  • cloudy = 1 cloud

Below is what the Weather Underground January calendar shows as of Monday, January 14th. Does it match with what the weather actually was at the beginning of the week? Did we get rain on Monday and Tuesday? Is it raining today? What do you think about the rest of the month? Why are January 28th-January 31st blank? (I copied this on Monday, January 14th at 6:00am)

Ever notice how all of the winter photos we see show snow? 

Is that true here in San Diego? What has been your experience with snow? 

What is typical winter weather in San Diego? 

Why do we not get snow?

What kind of clothes would you need for a typical San Diego winter?

 

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