What are clouds and how are they formed?
• In advance for teacher • Have the teachers prepare name tags for the students. • Tell the teachers that the students will be working in groups of 5 or so. • Ask the teacher to have kids write their best answer to:What are clouds and how are they formed? • In advance for presenter • Hang wall charts: vocabulary, water cycle, Oregon climate • Set up materials for demonstrations: hot plate with Petri dish, magnifying glasses, toaster, paper spiral, candle, match. • Fill plastic bottles (one for each group) 1/3 full with very warm water and keep as warm as possible before use. • Introduction • Give your name(s) and say you are from COAS-OSU • tell kids that you are an oceanographer • ask for a definition of “oceanographer”, why do oceanographers study weather? • tell kids you are here to talk about weather and ocean science • tell kids to raise their hands to be called on for answering questions • Pass out worksheets • Lets learn some basic concepts • Begin the discussion by drawing the
