S'COOL Lesson: Visual Opacity
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In this lesson bridging art and science, students build understanding of the terms translucent, opaque, and transparent, as they apply to cloud descriptions, and create a collage using materials matching these characteristics, as well as a powerpoint of cloud images having a range of optical property. There are two activities in this lesson. The resource includes a scoring rubric, teaching notes, and a vocabulary list linked to a glossary. This activity is related to the NASA CERES Students Cloud Observations Online (S'COOL) project.
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Earth and space science:Earth structure:Atmosphere,Vocational/Professional Development Education,NSDL,Grade 4,Grade 5,NSDL_SetSpec_ncs-NSDL-COLLECTION-000-003-112-115,Terra,Aqua,Earth system science,Art project,oai:nsdl.org:2200/20140407123747176T,Atmospheric science,Geoscience,Elementary School,Earth and space science:Earth processes:Weather,Upper Elementary,Earth Science,Transparent,Translucent,Cloud opacityLanguage:
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In this lesson bridging art and science, students build understanding of the terms translucent, opaque, and transparent, as they apply to cloud descriptions, and create a collage using materials matching these characteristics, as well as a powerpoint of cloud images having a range of optical property. There are two activities in this lesson. The resource includes a scoring rubric, teaching notes, and a vocabulary list linked to a glossary. This activity is related to the NASA CERES Students Cloud Observations Online (S'COOL) project.
