Summary
A short Nature Cat clip (~4 min). The friends are surprised by hail on a summer day and learn how ice can fall from the sky even when it's warm. Free on the official PBS KIDS YouTube channel.
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Discussion questions
Discussion
Hail in summer? The gang finds out how chunks of ice can fall on a warm day.
- What is hail made of?
- Why is it surprising to get hail in summer?
- What other kinds of weather have you seen?
- How can you tell the weather is about to change?
Quick work-a-long
Vocabulary: hail, weather, ice, summer, storm.
Try it: Make a weather chart for three days. Each day, draw the sky and label the weather.