One of the most remarkable images of our planet has always been how dynamic the atmosphere is a photo of the Earth taken from space usually shows swirling masses of white wispy clouds, circling and moving constantly. So what are these graceful puffs that can both frustrate astronomers and excite photographers simultaneously?


Clouds are frozen ice crystals or white liquid water that you can see with your eyes. Scientists who study clouds go into a field of science called nephology, which is a specialized area of meteorology. Clouds don’t have to be made up of water – they can be any visible puff and can have all three states of matter (solid, liquid, and gas) existing within the cloud formation. For example, Jupiter has two cloud decks: the upper are water clouds, and the lower deck are ammonia clouds.


We’re going to learn how to build a weather instrument that will record whether (weather?) the day was sunny or cloudy using a very sensitive piece of paper. Are you ready?


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6 Responses to “Cloud Tracker Weather Instrument”

  1. Hi Lizanne,

    I am not sure about the question you are asking. Can you please try again?

  2. Lizanne Coetser says:

    Hi Aurora, why when you blow a bubble in your water dose it first lift before there is a bubble? Please make a video about it.
    Bye

  3. Yes, but this one was the least expensive. 🙂

  4. Michelle Stevens says:

    Is there another kind of paper that is sensitive to sunlight?

  5. I’ll h ave my team connect with you right away!

  6. Dan Archer says:

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