Lesson 30 of 84 · Climate
Experiment⭐ 30 XP🌋 Rock RealmLandforms: Mountains, Valleys, Plains
Landforms: Mountains, Valleys, Plains.
🎯 Your mission
Predict it first. Then prove yourself right (or wrong).
⚡ The twist
Today's mountain was yesterday's ocean floor.
Mind = Blown
🌋 There are 1,500 active volcanoes on Earth right now.
Make a hypothesis first
Guess: where will the water go first?
What You'll Learn
Landslides occur when slopes become unstable due to heavy rain, earthquakes, or human activity. Gravity pulls loose rock and soil downhill, sometimes with devastating speed.
Key Words
- water cycle
- climate
Materials Needed
- rocks
- sand
- clay
- water
- plastic tray
Safety First
- Tie back long hair before starting the experiment.
- Protect your work surface with newspaper or plastic.
Steps
Study the diagram and label the parts you recognize.
Model plate tectonics using graham crackers on frosting. Push them together, pull them apart, and slide them past each other to show convergent, divergent, and transform boundaries.
Watch carefully for any changes and note the time.
Create a data table to organize your measurements.
Check Your Understanding
Question 1
1 of 3What is the ozone layer?
Where you see this in real life
This is shaping the ground you walk on, slowly, every single day.
Stretch Challenge
Try this in real life this week.
Find a rock outside and try to guess how old it is.
For the dinner table
“What's the slowest change you can think of?”
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