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Lesson 51 of 84 ยท Earth Systems

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Observing the Weather (Part 2)

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Earth Systems.

๐ŸŽฏ Your mission

Play with the model. Break it. Understand it.

โšก The twist

Weather isn't random โ€” it's just complicated.

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Mind = Blown

๐ŸŒŠ The deepest part of the ocean is deeper than Mount Everest is tall.

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Make a hypothesis first

Before you observe: what shape will it leave?

What You'll Learn

A tornado is a powerful spinning wind that comes down from a thunderstorm cloud.

Key Words

  • landform
  • mountain
  • river

Steps

Step 1 โ€” Read

Read about Earth Systems with a partner or grown-up.

Step 2 โ€” Do

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

Step 3 โ€” Observe

Watch carefully. What happens?

Step 4 โ€” Record

Draw and write about what you learned.

Check Your Understanding

Question 1

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What is erosion?

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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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