From the article: Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs
Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs is a new movie for kids presented in IMAX 3-D. The main story plot is the invention of a machine that is able to cause some strange precipitation. Included in the story are spaghetti tornadoes, meatball rain, and banana storms.
Teachers and students will find this movie and the book especially useful in the classroom. Using a cross-curricular approach to reading and science, teachers can focus on the weather events portrayed and develop accompanying lessons to teach the science of weather. Share your tips for using this movie and book in the classroom now.
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- I loved cloudy with a chance of meatballs I watched it with a friend and we couldn't stop laughing about the people gasping
- —Guest tenaya
I read it as a kid
- I read this book as a kid and it actually made me interested in learning more about why it rains. I went to the library and looked up weather pictures of strange phenomenon and still love weather to this day.
- —Guest Alex
Clips
- I would not show the entire movie to kids because it would eat up too much classroom time, but I would definitely show clips and ask students to interpret what they see. If they can relate the information to real weather events, they could learn to explain exactly why it rains or why tornadoes occur. The book would also make a great book report assignment.
- —Guest weatherteacher