Lesson 8 of 15 · Weather

Lesson⭐ 30 XP🌋 Rock Realm

Which Way the Wind Blows

🧪Lab Brief #8

Which Way the Wind Blows.

🎯 Your mission

Learn the rule. Then catch nature using it.

⚡ 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 weather vane shows which direction the wind is blowing. A windsock does too!

Key Words

Tap a word to see its definition.

Steps

Step 1 — Read

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

Step 2 — Do

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

Step 3 — Observe

Draw a picture of what you observe.

Step 4 — Record

Share your results with a partner.

Check Your Understanding

Question 1

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What causes wind?

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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