head in the clouds
virtual field trip
It’s time to get your Head in the Clouds, Dreamers! This virtual field trip is a 20-minute video that includes cloud observations and four activities. We recommend familiarizing yourself with the below tools and resources before viewing.
National Children’s Museum offers live virtual sessions with Museum Educators to extend virtual field trip learning. We are no longer accepting requests for the 2020-2021 school year but will be in touch when we resume booking if you express interest in the access form. If you are a summer camp interested in a virtual session, please email [email protected].
here’s what you need
- cloud observation tools
- weather journal activity materials
- cloud sketching activity materials
- cloud flash cards activity materials
- altitude cloud chart activity materials
- template k-2
- template 3-5
- scrap paper
- hole punch
- markers
- brass fasteners/stapler/string/pipe cleaners
- paper
- drawing tools
- cloud descriptions
- paper/lightweight cardboard
- cotton balls/pillow stuffing
- ribbon/yarn/rope
- markers/colored pencils/crayons/paint/paint brushes
- tissue paper
- fabric scraps
- glue
- scissors
head in the clouds virtual field trip video
learning standards
next generation science standards
K-ESS2-1
Use and share observations of local weather conditions to describe patterns over time.
3-ESS2-1
Scientists record patterns of the weather across different times and areas so that they can make predictions about what kind of weather might happen next.
3-ESS2-2
Climate describes a range of an area’s typical weather conditions and the extent to which those conditions vary over years.
5-ESS2-1
Develop a model using an example to describe ways the geosphere, biosphere, hydrosphere, and/or atmosphere interact.
common core state standards
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.3.8
Recall information from experiences or gather information from print and digital sources; take brief notes on sources and sort evidence into provided categories.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.K.2
Use a combination of drawing, dictating, and writing to compose informative/explanatory texts in which they name what they are writing about and supply some information about the topic
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.K.5
Add drawings or other visual displays to descriptions as desired to provide additional detail.
CCSS.Math.Content.K.MD.B.3
Classify objects into given categories.
ready for more? deeper learning recommendations
climate-heroes.org
- find your inner climate action hero
- explore the difference between weather and climate
- discover why the world needs Mighty Meteorologists
- Citizen Science projects – Community Collaborative Rain, Hail and Snow Network (CoCoRaHS) and Global Learning and Observations to Benefit the Environment (GLOBE)
