Kids are always curious to know what's what in the world, and learning the clouds is a great way to get them interested in natural sciences, photography, weather, etc.
Cloud spotting can be tricky occasionally, clouds and formations can sometimes be hard to identify, and not everyone has the answers their kids are looking for when identifying clouds. A good way to cloud spot would be to take pictures of any interesting looking cloud formations while out and about, then once home download the pictures and try to identify the clouds using the internet. The more clouds you compare and see, the more you will begin to be able to identify the clouds by yourself and so will the kids.
*All of the basic cloud formations are pretty identifiable.
I've started making a cloud identification key from my cloud spotting photos, starting with low level clouds, as that's the most interesting to photograph IMO.
Here's my cloud infographic for low level cloud. I will add more cloud identification pictures soon. For more details on the clouds in this infographic (what weather they signify etc) click here.
A Cloud Spotting Treasure Hunt
I've covered a general nature treasure hunt for kids here, and this idea leads on from that. Basically give kids a list of cloud types to spot and photograph. This could be over the course of a day, or better still over a week or so. (for example it's a good way to fill those odd spare moments during family holidays when the kids have nothing to do.)
If the kids know the cloud names give them a list of clouds to find, if they don't give them descriptions of cloud types to look for, or just a number of different looking clouds that they have to spot.
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