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What Is It?
Process
Assign each person to a number 1-3 (or 1-4, if you have 4 people in your group).
You will then have...
- Investigator 1
- Investigator 2
- Investigator 3
- and (if you have a 4th person in your group) Investigator 4.
Investigator 1:
- Click on the link below and look thoroughly over the page.
- http://www.sciencekids.co.nz/sciencefacts/weather/clouds.html
Find the answers to the following questions, then write them down and prepare to collaborate with the other investigators...
- What is a cloud?
- How is a cloud formed?
- What does a stratus cloud look like?
- What does a cumulus cloud look like?
- What does a cirrus cloud look like?
Investigator 2:
- Click on the link below and look thoroughly over the page.
- http://www.weatherwizkids.com/weather-clouds.htm
Find the answers to the following questions, then write them down and prepare to collaborate with the other investigators...
- How do clouds move?
- What is a Cirrostratus cloud?
- What is a Stratocumulus cloud?
- What is a Cumulonimbus cloud?
- [Look at the cloud chart] If a cloud shows vertical growth, what possible types of clouds could it be?
Investigator 3 (and 4):
- Click on the link below and look thoroughly over the page.
- http://www.weatherwizkids.com/weather-wind.htm
Find the answers to the following questions, then write them down and prepare to collaborate with the other investigators...
- What is a derecho?
- If the wind speed is 41 miles per hour, what would the description be, according to the Buford Scale?
- What causes the wind to blow?
- What is a Jet Stream?
- How is wind helpful to Earth?
All Investigators:
Combine your answers to your questions, and try to determine what weather is headed our way before it's too late!
Clues:
- A cumulonimbus cloud has formed.
- The skies are getting dark, and the wind is getting fast.
- The weatherman says the wind is blowing at 39 miles per hour.
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