Clouds, Wind & Weather Packet
Learn about Clouds, Weather Symbols, Winds, Weather Fronts and More!
Today I wanted to share our new 70-page Clouds, Winds and Weather Packet with you!
In this packet, students will learn about:
- The Types of Clouds,
- Weather Map Symbols,
- High & Low Pressure Systems,
- Global Winds, the Jet Stream, Local Winds,
- Monsoons, el Niño and la Niña conditions,
- Air masses (and how they are named), and
- Cold fronts, warm fronts, occluded fronts
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When we started this unit, I thought we would just review the types of clouds. We then went into much more depth about weather in general! This packet ballooned from 25 to almost 70 pages!
We went on to talk about weather map symbols, the major types of winds, and finally wrapped things up with a study of the weather fronts.
We talked about global winds, the jet stream, land and sea breezes. We also talked about monsoons, el Niño and la Niña conditions. We went into depth about cold fronts, warm fronts and occluded fronts. And then touched on weather conditions caused by low-pressure systems.
This packet includes student pages (fill-in-the-blanks) with full teacher notes (that you can give as hand outs instead if you prefer).
This Weather Packet includes a cloud booklet, activities and worksheets.
Do I need any other books/materials? No, but you may want to get some basic books out of the library on clouds, weather, wind, etc. We often read other sources and watch documentaries when we do our units. I have some suggestions of things we watched on youtube, but if you hunt around you’ll find dozens of great resources!
For example, we watched this video about the Jet Stream:
BONUS! With this download, you will also receive our Natural Disasters Packet:
Our Natural Disasters Packet has notebook pages and worksheets as well as some hands-on activity ideas covering the following events:
- Flooding
- Mudslides
- Tsunami
- Tornado
- Hurricane, cyclone, typhoon
- Blizzard
- Heat Wave
- Drought
- Wildfire
- Sinkholes
By the way, my kids all loved Raging Planet episodes (affiliate link) They watched the entire series when we did the natural disasters unit! Here’s the description on Amazon: revealing the speed of a twister, the power of a hurricane, the lethal force of a lightning bolt, the instant devastation of a flood, or the explosive punch of a volcano. Feel what it’s like to be inside a house when a storm rips the roof off, when a cloud of volcanic ash overtakes you, or what a street sign picked up by a tornado would do to your car window. This is Nature at its wildest and most furious.
This packet is included in the Earth Science BUNDLE OPTIONS (see below or visit the Earth Science Page).
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Feel free to email me if you have questions or problems! ~Liesl
$5.99 Clouds, Winds & Weather Packet AND the Natural Disasters Packet
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$54.99 Earth Science & Physical Science BUNDLE of 10 (Save over $10 with this Bundle) 1) Earth Science Unit, 2) Layers of the Atmosphere Unit, 3) Magnetism & the Magnetosphere, 4) Weather & Natural Disasters Unit, 5) Rocks and Minerals Unit 6) Water Cycle Unit, 7) Where I Live Activity Packet – My galaxy, solar system, planet, continent, country, state, town, and home! 8) Environmental Studies: Trash and Recycling Unit; 9) Energy Packet: Kinetic vs. Potential Energy, Types and Sources of Energy, Renewable and Non-renewable Resources, Fossil Fuels, the Carbon Cycle 10) Simple Machines
$34.99 Earth Science BUNDLE of 5 (Earth Science Unit, Layers of the Atmosphere Unit, Magnetism & the Magnetosphere, Weather Unit and new 100-page Rocks and Minerals Unit) – After we studied the Layers of the Atmosphere and the Magnetosphere, we did a big unit on the weather talking about where weather occurs, weather fronts, global and local winds, jet streams, monsoons, natural disasters etc.
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Be sure to check out our NEW Five Senses Packet too! You will find it here: Five Senses Unit
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Over the years, we have studied various units relating to weather.
For example, last year we did a fairly in-depth unit on the Water Cycle
We also did a unit on the Layers of the Atmosphere, which we referred to as we talked about the various types of clouds, the jet stream and things like that.
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~Liesl
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Happy Homeschooling! ~Liesl
