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Happy 2024 and welcome back!

We thought we would start our first 2024 newsletter with some cirrus cloud puns that will bring a smile (or an eye roll) to your face.

Why shouldn't you fight with a cloud?

Because it'll storm out on you!

What happens when it rains cats and dogs?

You have to be careful not to step in a poodle!

I tried to catch some fog

But I mist!

I was going to tell another cloud joke...

But it just drifted away!

Using the resources below, you can help your students observe and identify cloud types and explore how clouds influence the Earth’s climate, weather, and energy balance. Whether or not you include a few cloud puns along the way is up to you!

Do you know that clouds have names book cover

DID YOU KNOW THAT CLOUDS HAVE NAMES?

Learn the names of the different cloud types with Elementary GLOBE’s Did You Know That Clouds Have Names storybook!

drawing of a glove in a jar with water at the bottom

CREATE A PORTABLE CLOUD

In Create a Portable Cloud, students experiment to discover how moisture, pressure, temperature, and condensation nuclei play a role in cloud formation.

A storm cloud over a field of green grass

CLOUDS, WEATHER, AND CLIMATE TEACHING BOX

For high school students, we have our Clouds, Weather, and Climate digital teaching box, which combines activities, data analysis, and discussion to help students consider how weather can affect clouds and how clouds can affect climate.

LEARN MORE ABOUT CLOUDS

NAME THAT CLOUD

How well can you identify cloud types? Try our recently added game, Name That Cloud, to test your skills!

clouds drawn to look like various animals

MAKING CLOUDS

Clouds are made of water or ice crystals, but how do they form? In this Animated Atmosphere Video, you can learn more about cloud formation and when it’s likely to happen.

Free Opportunities for students: Future engineers

FUTURE ENGINEERS STEM CHALLENGES

NASA’s Power to Explore Challenge is calling on K-12 students to research Radioisotope Power Systems (RPS) and dream up a new RPS-powered space mission to a destination with limited access to light. Grand prize winners will receive a trip for two to NASA’s Glenn Research Center!
The Battelle Climate Challenge asks students to research climate-related hazards and develop a proposed action to help build a more resilient community, with opportunities for monetary prizes. The grand prize winner will present their poster at the Innovations in Climate Resilience Conference in Washington, D.C., and receive a $5,000 STEM grant!

NEW RESOURCES!

We're currently creating fun, new educational materials! This spring and summer, we'll have some virtual and in-person workshops for K-12 educators looking to teach climate science to their students.Click the button below to be the first to hear when registration goes live!

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Happy 2024 and welcome back!

Why shouldn't you fight with a cloud? Because it'll storm out on you!

What happens when it rains cats and dogs? ​You have to be careful not to step in a poodle!

I tried to catch some fog ​​But I mist!

I was going to tell another cloud joke... ​But it just drifted away!