This term we are going to be observing and recording the weather in our weather journals. It is often cloudy in Scotland and today we looked at the most common types of clouds. Some are thin and wispy (cirrus), some are round and fluffy (cumulus) and some are like blankets that block out the sun (stratus).  We watched video clips of different clouds and used cotton wool to create cloud shapes. Although clouds look bouncy and fluffy, they are actually very heavy and made from water droplets. The form and appearance of a cloud depends on the conditions around it. We finished by using cloud viewers to look at the sky and we spotted some stratus and nimbus clouds.