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Lesson 70 of 84 ยท Earth Materials

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๐ŸงชLab Brief #70

Earth Materials.

๐ŸŽฏ Your mission

Run the experiment. Find out what really happens.

โšก The twist

Today's mountain was yesterday's ocean floor.

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Mind = Blown

๐Ÿชจ 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

On a windy day, you can fly a kite! Wind pushes the kite up into the sky.

Key Words

  • rainbow
  • puddle

Materials Needed

  • newspaper
  • spray bottle
  • cups
  • thermometer
  • rain gauge

Safety First

  • Do not mix unknown chemicals together.
  • Tie back long hair before starting the experiment.

Steps

Step 1 โ€” Read

Ask a grown-up to explain today's topic: Earth Materials.

Step 2 โ€” Do

Put a cup of water outside. Check it tomorrowโ€”did it change?

Step 3 โ€” Observe

Draw a picture of what you see.

Step 4 โ€” Record

Share what you learned with someone!

Check Your Understanding

Question 1

1 of 3

Do trees lose leaves in fall?

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Where you see this in real life

Today's weather, tomorrow's beach, next century's coastline โ€” 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

โ€œWhat's the slowest change you can think of?โ€

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