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Use this link to access a cute freebie where kids can make their own cloud books. You will need cotton balls, glue sticks, and construction paper for this activity!

• link: https://traciclausen.com/2012/04/clouds-lots-and-lots-of-clouds.html

We see clouds all the time, but have you ever really thought about them? What makes clouds? Why don't they fall down? How are different types of clouds classified, and what weather do they signal? Learn all that and more in this educational and kid-friendly video!

• link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QAqeFSa60TE

Tomie dePaola—best-selling author of Strega Nona, Quiet, and many others—knows a lot about clouds. He also knows a lot about what people think of them.

Some people see animals and pictures in clouds. The ancient Greeks believed that Hermes, the messenger of the gods, once stole the sun's cattle, which were clouds.

In this unique picture book, Tomie introduces some of the most common types of clouds, as well as the myths and legends inspired by their shapes. Simple, whimsical illustrations show the variations in shape and color that herald changes in the weather.

This book will tell you many things about clouds we bet you didn't know. Filled with his signature humor and gentle illustrations, Tomie dePaola's approach to nonfiction is like no other.

• link: https://www.amazon.com/Cloud-Book-Tomie-dePaola/dp/0823405311/ref=sr_1_1?cr

Maybe you've noticed that clouds come in all shapes, sizes and colors. Did you know you can use clues from the clouds to help you figure out what the weather might be like where you live? Jessi and Squeaks have made up a game to help teach you how!

• link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qfA5nCVpSPM

This video covers what makes a cloud, how clouds are made, and the different types of clouds.

• link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DigBbR3FeP8

Activities 1, 2, 4, and 5 have been revised with clearer and easier-to-use activity pages. The following file contains a PDF of the revised Lesson 2 and all of its activity pages. (This update applies to hard-copy units with a print date prior to 2022.) -Moving Beyond the Page

• file: Revised L2.pdf

Great video on different clouds.

• link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B7dYgELzMW4

Nice animated video from Ted-ed

• link: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/how-did-clouds-get-their-names-richard-hamblyn

This website has great information, color pictures, and LOTS of experiments and activities relating to clouds. Enjoy!

• link: http://www.weatherwizkids.com/weather-clouds.htm

This site has a pdf file that can be downloaded and printed. It contains an introduction to clouds as well as a good diagram of the earth's water cylce.

At the bottom of the site is listed links to a few other cloud sites including a cloud quiz site.

• link: http://science-edu.larc.nasa.gov/cloud_chart/