Lesson 44 of 84 · Earth Systems
Experiment⭐ 30 XP🌋 Rock RealmSand, Clay, and Soil (Part 2)
Earth Systems.
🎯 Your mission
Set it up. Test it. Be amazed.
⚡ The twist
The slowest changes are the biggest ones.
Mind = Blown
🪨 Every grain of sand on every beach used to be a mountain.
Make a hypothesis first
Predict: which will erode faster?
What You'll Learn
Sand at the beach was once big rocks that broke down over millions of years.
Key Words
- rock
- soil
Materials Needed
- sand
- clay
- water
- plastic tray
- magnifying glass
- newspaper
Safety First
- Dispose of materials properly after the experiment.
- Handle glass items carefully to avoid breakage.
- Do not mix unknown chemicals together.
Steps
Look at the picture and read the labels.
Pour water on a pile of sand and a pile of rocks. Watch how the water flows differently.
Draw a picture of what you observe.
Share your results with a partner.
Check Your Understanding
Question 1
1 of 3What is a volcano?
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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