Lesson 51 of 84 · Weather

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Observing the Weather (Part 2)

🧪Lab Brief #51

Observing the Weather (Part 2).

🎯 Your mission

Run the experiment. Find out what really happens.

⚡ The twist

Today's mountain was yesterday's ocean floor.

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Mind = Blown

🪨 Every grain of sand on every beach used to be a mountain.

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Make a hypothesis first

Guess: where will the water go first?

What You'll Learn

A tornado is a powerful spinning wind that comes down from a thunderstorm cloud.

Key Words

landform
mountain
river

Materials Needed

water
plastic tray
magnifying glass
newspaper

Safety First

Do not look directly at the sun or bright lights.

Steps

Step 1 — Read

Read about Weather with a partner or grown-up.

Step 2 — Do

Keep a weather journal for 5 days. Each day draw the sky and write the temperature.

Step 3 — Observe

Watch carefully. What happens?

Step 4 — Record

Draw and write about what you learned.

Check Your Understanding

Question 1

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What is erosion?

How sure are you going to be?😐 maybe

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Where you see this in real life

Today's weather, tomorrow's beach, next century's coastline — all this.

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Stretch Challenge

Try this in real life this week.

Look at the sky for 5 minutes and try to predict tomorrow's weather.

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For the dinner table

“What's the slowest change you can think of?”

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