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Lesson⭐ 30 XP⚡ Spark LabPredicting What Will Happen (Part 4)
Predicting What Will Happen (Part 4).
🎯 Your mission
Understand the idea. Then look for it everywhere.
⚡ The twist
Speed isn't the same as force. Don't mix them up.
Mind = Blown
🔥 A bolt of lightning is 5 times hotter than the surface of the sun.
Make a hypothesis first
Guess: where does the energy go?
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
- predict
Steps
Look at the new words. Can you say each one?
Design a boat from foil that can hold the most pennies without sinking.
Use your senses to describe what you notice.
Write 1-2 sentences about what happened.
Check Your Understanding
Question 1
1 of 3What does 'predict' mean?
Where you see this in real life
This is why airplanes can fly and why rockets reach space.
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.
For the dinner table
“Show me something at home that uses this kind of energy.”
Next Smart Experiment
We'll pick an experiment that matches exactly how you're thinking right now.
Share this experiment
Send it to a parent who's looking for a 10-minute kitchen science win.
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