Lesson 5 of 84 · Earth Materials

Lesson⭐ 30 XP🌋 Rock Realm

Rocks and Minerals

🧪Lab Brief #5

Earth Materials.

🎯 Your mission

Understand the idea. Then look for it everywhere.

⚡ The twist

The slowest changes are the biggest ones.

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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

Predict: which will erode faster?

What You'll Learn

Minerals are found in rocks. Some minerals are shiny, some are dull, some are colorful.

Key Words

cloud
rain

Steps

Step 1 — Read

Talk about what you already know about Earth Materials.

Step 2 — Do

Sort rocks by color, size, and texture. Record how many are in each group.

Step 3 — Observe

Compare what happened to what you predicted.

Step 4 — Record

Tell the class one thing you learned today.

Check Your Understanding

Question 1

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What is soil made of?

How sure are you going to be?😐 maybe

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Where you see this in real life

This is shaping the ground you walk on, slowly, every single day.

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Stretch Challenge

Try this in real life this week.

Find a rock outside and try to guess how old it is.

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For the dinner table

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

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