Clouds!

Well, one of my good friends is getting her Masters in Atmospheric Sciences (So meteorology), and she mainly works with/studies clouds!! So, she was sweet enough to come in and present some information about the clouds and help explain the different kinds of clouds to the kids! She read a book to the kids first (It Looked Like Spilt Milk) and then we showed a clip of a tornado to get the kids excited! Then she showed us different kinds of clouds and we taught the kids the altitude of the clouds by comparing it to our bodies. We imagined we were giants and the cirrus clouds are by our heads, the cumulus clouds are by our chest and tummies, and stratus clouds are by our feet. Then we watched a video about tornado safety and the kids were intrigued and learned so much! As a culminating activity, we made cotton ball clouds and one of the other teachers made a rain cloud with the steps of a thundercloud. Here are some pictures!