Science Action Club - Cloud Quest Kit - Bilingual English/Spanish
Science Action Club - Cloud Quest Kit - Bilingual English/Spanish
Science Action Club kits make it easy and fun to lead hands-on STEM in afterschool and summer programs—no experience necessary. Through games, projects, and exciting investigations, youth explore nature, contribute to authentic science research, and design creative strategies to protect the planet.
With content from a world-class museum and scientific institution, each kit includes easy-to-follow activity plans, a complete set of STEM supplies, and a two-hour online, self-paced, professional development training for staff. The training provides step-by-step guidance for all 12 activities in each unit, as well as important science concepts and helpful strategies for teaching STEM in an informal learning environment.
Cloud Quest explores the impact of clouds on weather and climate. Using the GLOBE Observer citizen science platform, youth identify sky conditions and report their discoveries to NASA. Researchers map these observations against satellite image data to study how clouds influence the flow of energy through Earth’s atmosphere.
Learn more at www.calacademy.org/sac
Recommended Settings:
- Summer camps
- Afterschool programs
- Homeschool environments
Activity Topics:
- Get to Know a Cloud/Conoce una nube
- Build a Satellite/Construye un satélite
- Ground Truthing/Verificatión en el terreno
- A Closer Look at the Sky/El cielo más de cerca
- Connect to NASA/Conecta con la NASA
- Rocket Science/Ciencia de los cohetes
- Drain to Rain/Aqua del suelo al cielo
- Measure the Wind/Mide el viento
- Erupt a Volcano/Haz que erupcione un volcán
- Fly a Kite/Vuela un Papalote
- Green Design/Diseño ecológico
- Cloud Conclusions/Resumen de tu nube
Additional bonus activities and recommended resources are included in the online training.
