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Grade 4 Science · World 5: Weather Station · Level 35
Clouds Tell a Story
Identify cirrus, stratus, and cumulus clouds and predict the weather they bring.
Warm-up, learn, try it together, practice, then a quick check. About 15 minutes.
What children learn in Level 35
- Look up! Clouds are clues. Each kind hints at the weather to come.
- Cirrus clouds are thin and wispy, very high up, and made of ice crystals. They mean fair weather now, though a change may be coming.
- Stratus clouds are low gray blankets that cover the sky. They bring overcast days, and sometimes drizzle.
- Cumulus clouds are puffy, with flat bottoms. Small ones mean fair weather.
- But watch out! When cumulus clouds grow very tall and dark at the bottom, they can bring thunderstorms.
Georgia Standards of Excellence in Science:
- S4E4.c — Ask questions and use observations of cloud types (cirrus, stratus, and cumulus) and data of weather conditions to predict weather events.