Cloud Project

Name: ______Cloud Type: ______

Due Date: ______

Have you ever wondered what clouds are? Or maybe you’ve wondered why clouds are in the sky in the first place. How are clouds made? Are clouds useful? And how do clouds influence and change the weather that humans experience here on Earth. In this WebQuest you will be able to find out what clouds are made of and why they are useful and how clouds affect our weather.

Part 1: Clouds 101

  1. Go to
  2. This is a little young for you, so I’m hoping it’s an easy Quest. Click on “Clouds Impact our Lives.”
  3. Follow and answer the questions as they continue. At the bottom of the first page click on How do Clouds Form.
  4. What is the correct answer to the first question? ______
  5. Do not ignore the other questions, all of this information will become important as this unit continues.

Part II: Research

  1. Start with the resources given and then find your own. You need to become an expert on your cloud type because YOU will be responsible for teaching it to the class.
  2. When researching your cloud type, keep these things in mind:
  3. What type of cloud do you have? What does its name mean?
  4. What makes it a cloud?
  5. Where is it located?
  6. How does it affect the weather?
  7. What type of weather does it signal?
  8. Is this cloud type more common during a certain season? In a certain geographical region?
  9. You then need to create a 5 slide PowerPoint presentation plus a resource slide. It needs to include all of the information you have located as well as good pictures of your cloud type.
  10. You will then present the information to the class. Each person will have approximately 5 minutes to teach the class about their type of cloud.

Part III:

  1. Provide your teacher with a copy of your resource slide.
  2. Create 3 multiple-choice questions about your cloud type that would be fair to find on the test. Be sure to include the answers and hand it in to your teacher.

Resources:

Multimedia Project : Power Point
CATEGORY / 4 / 3 / 2 / 1
Attractiveness / Makes excellent use of font, color, graphics, effects, etc. to enhance the presentation. / Makes good use of font, color, graphics, effects, etc. to enhance to presentation. / Makes use of font, color, graphics, effects, etc. but occasionally these detract from the presentation content. / Use of font, color, graphics, effects etc. but these often distract from the presentation content.
Information / Product shows a large information. Answers all questions and includes other important information / Product shows all necessary information. Answers all questions but does not include additional important information. / Product includes most of the necessary information. Some questions left unanswered. / Product missing a a good deal of important information.
Mechanics / No misspellings or grammatical errors. / Three or fewer misspellings and/or mechanical errors. / Four misspellings and/or grammatical errors. / More than 4 errors in spelling or grammar.
Organization / Content is well organized using headings or bulleted lists to group related material. / Uses headings or bulleted lists to organize, but the overall organization of topics appears flawed. / Content is logically organized for the most part. / There was no clear or logical organizational structure, just lots of facts.
Oral Presentation / Interesting, well-rehearsed with smooth delivery that holds audience attention. / Relatively interesting, rehearsed with a fairly smooth delivery that usually holds audience attention. / Delivery not smooth, but able to hold audience attention most of the time. / Delivery not smooth and audience attention lost.

Cirro-stratus

Cirrus

Cirro-cumulus

Cumulonimbus

Altostratus

Altocumulus

Stratocumulus

Stratus

Nimbostratus

Mammatus

Lenticular

Contrail

Cumulus congestus

Cumulus mediocrus

Cumulus humilus

Cap Clouds

Fog

Kelvin-Helmholtz

Noctilucent

Nacreous

Ice Clouds

Wall cloud

Wave cloud