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Understanding rain, fog, and clouds helps students connect the water cycle, phase change, and weather forecasting to everyday life, making it a perfect fit for NGSS MS-ESS2 and HS-ESS2 goals. A two level set of reading passages with questions lets all learners connect to core ideas like condensation, evaporation, humidity, and cloud formation at the right depth. The higher level passage can assist students with exploring cloud families, vertical development, and how tiny droplets grow into raindrops, while the accessible passage could help students delve into why warm air holds more water vapor, what “100% humidity” means, and how fog forms near the ground. Each passage includes clear diagrams, a student friendly glossary, and scaffolded questions that move from recall to analysis and data use, so classes build real understanding they can apply to safety, visibility, storm alerts, and interpreting local forecasts.

This tiered approach - offering two sets of guiding reading and questions tailored to each text - builds foundational skills in reading, critical thinking, and scientific inquiry, so you can use the right one for you. Through such structured resources, students develop a deeper appreciation for the processes that create and preserve this incredible natural phenomenon, and gain the scientific literacy necessary to make informed decisions.

This 2 article set of what are rain, fog & clouds? reading passages with questions provides the perfect grab and go, print and provide resource that can help your students learn all about what are rain, fog & clouds? For digital, you can provide a Google doc copy for ease of submission or a Microsoft word version as well. In this what are rain, fog & clouds? article with questions to check comprehension and inspire scientific thinking.

THIS WHAT ARE RAIN, FOG & CLOUDS? ARTICLE CAN BE USED SO MANY WAYS:

• Useful for substitute (sub) teaching
• To extend students
• To increase scientific literacy in your class
• A weekly reading task
• Great as a lesson filler when class goes too fast
• To inspire students on a particular topic
• Give a selection of these articles for students to choose from

WHAT’S INCLUDED IN THIS WHAT ARE RAIN, FOG & CLOUDS? READING PASSAGE WITH QUESTIONS:

• 2 - 3 page Word doc image - textboxes teacher version with answers
• 2 - 2 page Word doc image - textboxes student version with room to fill in answers (text boxes)
• 2 - 3 page PDF teacher version with answers
• 2 - 2 page PDF student version without answers (but space left to do so)
• 2 - 3 page Google doc image - textboxes teacher version with answers
• 2 - 2 page Google doc image - textboxes student version with room to fill answers (text boxes)

Please note: That the Doc versions are images with editable text boxes overlayed on top and this is the most effective way to keep the article sleek and well-designed and also that students cannot change things significantly.