Lesson 67 of 84 · Light and Sound

Lesson⭐ 30 XP⚡ Spark Lab

Predicting What Will Happen (Part 4)

🧪Lab Brief #67

Light and Sound.

🎯 Your mission

Master the concept. Use it tomorrow.

⚡ The twist

The opposite of what you expect is often what happens.

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Mind = Blown

🔥 A bolt of lightning is 5 times hotter than the surface of the sun.

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Make a hypothesis first

Predict: what happens if you double the force?

What You'll Learn

Plants need different amounts of water. Test this by watering plants different amounts and watching what happens!

Key Words

compare
record

Steps

Step 1 — Read

Look at the new words. Can you say each one?

Step 2 — Do

Design a boat from foil that can hold the most pennies without sinking.

Step 3 — Observe

Use your senses to describe what you notice.

Step 4 — Record

Write 1-2 sentences about what happened.

Check Your Understanding

Question 1

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What does 'predict' mean?

How sure are you going to be?😐 maybe

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Where you see this in real life

This is why airplanes can fly and why rockets reach space.

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Stretch Challenge

Try this in real life this week.

This week, find one thing in your house that turns one kind of energy into another.

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For the dinner table

“Show me something at home that uses this kind of energy.”

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Next Smart Experiment

We'll pick an experiment that matches exactly how you're thinking right now.

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