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:

1. Make sure ALL supplies are put at each table
   
2. 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.
   
3. Read
   
   It Looks like Spilled Milk
   
   by Gerald G. Shaw.
   
4. Make a T-chart about stormy and fluffy clouds.
   
5. Make a compare and contrast chart about the different types of clouds.
   
6. Have students walk back to their tables and create their “Cloud 9″ cloud.
   
7. The saying for the glue is “
   
   one drop will make it stick
   
   .”
   
8. Once all the students are finished with their clouds, have them leave them on the table to dry.
   
9. Have all students return to the carpet and discuss what kind of cloud they made and why they chose that type.
   
10. 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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