Does Rain Come From Clouds?

To overcome young children’s misconnections about clouds and rain water students first try to make the connection through the reading of various trade books about clouds and rain. This arti... See More

To overcome young children’s misconnections about clouds and rain water students first try to make the connection through the reading of various trade books about clouds and rain. This article provides a small pool of books to use. From this they then make observations about clouds in the sky that will later lead to the ability to make some simple predictions. The article suggests using the activity called “cloud in a jar” as well. The best part of this activity helps you understand if these children have learned anything when they make certain statements.

Great Cross-Curricular Cloud lesson

In this article, the author details an exercise that enables students to explore clouds in a cross-curricular environment. Using a combination of picture books about cloud, observations and... See More

In this article, the author details an exercise that enables students to explore clouds in a cross-curricular environment. Using a combination of picture books about cloud, observations and nature, and teacher lead demonstrations students will engage in an exciting fact finding lesson about clouds. This is an excellent lesson that effectively ties literature and science.