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Exploring Cloud Formation and the Water Cycle

In this lesson, students will dive into the concepts of cloud formation and the water cycle, focusing on the influence of temperature, pressure, and land topography. By discussing key terms like condensation, evaporation, precipitation, and different cloud types, learners will gain a comprehensive understanding of how environmental factors affect cloud development. The lesson includes interactive partner discussions about various cloud forms, such as cirrus, stratus, cumulus, and thunderheads, enhancing engagement and retention of knowledge.

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Exploring Cloud Formation and the Water Cycle

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  1. Today is Monday, December 10, 2012 Homework: Read Chapter 7, Lesson 4 Warm UP: With your face partner, discuss the definitions of the following terms: - Condensation, Evaporation, Precipitation, Sublimation, Sun, Clouds

  2. Goal for Today • SWBAT demonstrate the ability to understand that the water cycle is influenced by temperature, pressure and topography of land by describing the formation of different clouds.

  3. Cloud formation • Cloud formation is influenced by: • Air temperature • Amount of water in the air • Air pressure • Air moving upwards to low pressure often creates clouds • Low pressure allows air molecules to expand and cool down (which causes condensation)

  4. Types of Clouds • Cirrus = wispy, feathery, made of ice, high altitude • Stratus = dense, low altitude, water vapor (fog is stratus) • Cumulus = puffy, mid to high altitude, water vapor • Thunderhead (cumulonimbus) = powerful upward blasts of air, associated with storms and atmospheric instability • Fog = very low stratus cloud

  5. And now for a little bit of…. • Tim and Moby

  6. Let’s try to guess the cloud….

  7. Closing it up…. • Tell your shoulder partner about at least 2 different types of clouds that we discussed in class today.

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