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Title - Clouds
By - Julie Gatz
Primary Subject - Science
Secondary Subjects - Art
Grade Level - K
Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills Science Standards:
112.2.b.K2: The student devlopes abilities necessary to do scientific inquiry in the field and the classroom.
Learning Objectives:
- The students will be able to determine the difference between a stormy cloud and a fluffy cloud.
- The students will be able to describe a stormy cloud or fluffy cloud without error.
- The students will have fun in their Cloud 9 activity.
List of Materials:
- 22 sheets of paper
- Glue (liquid)
- Cotton Balls (400)
- Pencil
- Crayons
Pre-Activity:- An example should be shown, but is not completely necessary.
- Make sure that you have supplies ready at their tables, so that they can begin as soon as you are done giving instructions.
Transition:- Students can do this activity individually.
- They can share with their neighbors what they are doing, but must create on their own.
Establishing Set/Motovation/Introduction: "Does anyone remember what clouds are?"
Procedure:
- Make sure ALL supplies are put at each table
- There should be two liquid glues at each table, either three or four pieces of paper, and a hand full of cotton balls for each student.
- Read It Looks like Spilled Milk by Gerald G. Shaw.
- Make a T-chart about stormy and fluffy clouds.
- Make a compare and contrast chart about the different types of clouds.
- Have students walk back to their tables and create their "Cloud 9" cloud.
- The saying for the glue is "one drop will make it stick."
- Once all the students are finished with their clouds, have them leave them on the table to dry.
- Have all students return to the carpet and discuss what kind of cloud they made and why they chose that type.
- After discussing the different types of clouds, have the students put the clouds in their cubbies.
Closure:- Ask about difference between stormy and fluffy clouds.
- "Is a cloud that is white going to rain?"
- "What does a stormy cloud look like?"
- "What is the difference in size between stormy and white clouds?"
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