Lesson 7 of 84 · Weather
Lesson⭐ 30 XP🌋 Rock RealmThe Four Seasons
The Four Seasons.
🎯 Your mission
Understand the idea. Then look for it everywhere.
⚡ 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
The four seasons—spring, summer, fall, and winter—happen because Earth tilts as it goes around the sun.
Key Words
- snow
- wind
Steps
Look at the new words. Can you say each one?
Collect soil from two different places. Compare the color, texture, and what you find in each.
Use your senses to describe what you notice.
Write 1-2 sentences about what happened.
Check Your Understanding
Question 1
1 of 3How many seasons are there?
Where you see this in real life
Today's weather, tomorrow's beach, next century's coastline — all this.
Stretch Challenge
Try this in real life this week.
Look at the sky for 5 minutes and try to predict tomorrow's weather.
For the dinner table
“What's the slowest change you can think of?”
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