Cloud Types
Identify the three main cloud types — cumulus (fluffy, fair weather), stratus (flat layers, overcast or drizzle), and cirrus (thin wisps, high up) — and understand that clouds form when water vapour in the air cools and condenses into tiny droplets
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If your child looked up at the sky, could they identify whether the clouds are fluffy cumulus, flat stratus, or wispy cirrus, and explain that clouds are made of tiny water droplets?
Identify the three main cloud types — cumulus (fluffy, fair weather), stratus (flat layers, overcast or drizzle), and cirrus (thin wisps, high up) — and understand that clouds form when water vapour in the air cools and condenses into tiny droplets
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Check understanding
- Name and describe the three main cloud types: cumulus, stratus, cirrus
- Explain that clouds form when water vapour cools and condenses
- Use cloud type to make a simple prediction about the weather
“If your child looked up at the sky, could they identify whether the clouds are fluffy cumulus, flat stratus, or wispy cirrus, and explain that clouds are made of tiny water droplets?”
Curriculum record
- Type
- Conceptual
- Subject
- Science
- Domain
- Weather & Climate
- Age range
- Ages 7–9