This is an activity to reinforce the knowledge of clouds with students in middle and high school. This is designed to be used with Google Classroom easily or on paper. This activity will focus on helping students develop their observational skills, experimental process, and documentation. Students will take notes, create a foldable, perform an experiment, and keep a cloud log. This sections in this can be done individually as well.  This was remixed from Cloud Inquiry Investigation & I.D. by Suzanne Bot provided by Science Education Resource Center (SERC) at Carleton College using the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-SharkAlike 3.0 license.US Department of Commerce, & Noaa. (2019, August 12). Ten Basic Clouds. Retrieved November 25, 2019, from https://www.weather.gov/jetstream/basicten.

Video Description:  In this close-up video, Marile Colon Robles, Project Scientist at NASA's Langley Research Center, shares her love for studying clouds and working with people from around the world to collect data about clouds.  Video Length:   1:56.NASA eClipsTM is a suite of online student-centered, standards-based resources that support instruction by increasing STEM literacy in formal and nonformal settings.  These free digital and downloadable resources inform and engage students through NASA-inspired, real-world connections.NASA eClips Ask SME: Close-up with a NASA Subject Matter Expert videos are professionally developed to capture a glimpse of NASA SME's personal interests and career journeys. Each can be used to spark student interest and broaden their ideas of the STEM workforce. Additional videos in this series can be found by searching GoOpenVA using "NASA eClips Ask SME".

Video Description:  Balancing Earth's incoming and outgoing energy is like balancing an equation. When both are equal, Earth's energy is in balance. Learn more about how changes in this balance may impact Earth.  Video Length:  2:56.NASA eClipsTM is a suite of online student-centered, standards-based resources that support instruction by increasing STEM literacy in formal and nonformal settings.  These free digital and downloadable resources inform and engage students through NASA-inspired, real-world connections.NASA eClips Real World segments (grades 6-8) connect classroom mathematics to 21st Century careers and innovations.  They are designed for students to develop an appreciation for mathematics through real-world problem solving.

How does energy flow in and out of our atmosphere? Explore how solar and infrared radiation enters and exits the atmosphere with an interactive model. Control the amounts of carbon dioxide and clouds present in the model and learn how these factors can influence global temperature. Record results using snapshots of the model in the virtual lab notebook where you can annotate your observations.

This is an activity designed to help reinforce the characteristics of different clouds. This is available through a Google Doc. This activity will require scissors, glue or tape, and notes on clouds.