Lesson 36 of 84 · Weather
Experiment⭐ 30 XP🌋 Rock RealmWhat Is Soil? (Part 2)
What Is Soil? (Part 2).
🎯 Your mission
Predict it first. Then prove yourself right (or wrong).
⚡ The twist
Today's mountain was yesterday's ocean floor.
Mind = Blown
🌋 There are 1,500 active volcanoes on Earth right now.
Make a hypothesis first
Guess: where will the water go first?
What You'll Learn
Soil is made of tiny rocks, dead plants, water, and air. Plants grow in soil.
Key Words
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Materials Needed
- thermometer
- rain gauge
- cotton balls
Safety First
- Clean up spills immediately to prevent slipping.
- Use materials only as directed in the experiment.
Steps
Read about Weather with a partner or grown-up.
Keep a weather journal for 5 days. Each day draw the sky and write the temperature.
Watch carefully. What happens?
Draw and write about what you learned.
Check Your Understanding
Question 1
1 of 3What is erosion?
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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