Our World: Cool Clouds

Learn how clouds are formed and watch an experiment to make a cloud using liquid nitrogen. Find out how scientists classify clouds according to their altitude and how clouds reflect and absorb light, giving them different colors.

Background Information

Grades K through 5

• NASA Space Place Unscramble the Clouds

Activities

Grades K through 5

• GLOBE Cloud Teller
• GLOBE Earth as a System - Water Cycle Protocol
• GLOBE Hands On Cloud Activities
• GLOBE (Elementary) Clouds Module
• Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES) Clouds and the Earth's Radiant Energy System
• My NASA Data Cloud Sort Activity
• NASA JPL Make a Cloud in a Bottle
• NASA JPL The Types of Clouds and What They Mean
• NASA Space Place Make a Cloud Mobile
• NISE Exploring Earth: Investigating Clouds
• UCAR Web Weather for Kids

Grades K through 12

• GLOBE Atmosphere