Lesson 51 of 84 · Weather
Simulation⭐ 30 XP🌋 Rock RealmObserving the Weather (Part 2)
Observing the Weather (Part 2).
🎯 Your mission
Run the sim. Spot the pattern.
⚡ 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
A tornado is a powerful spinning wind that comes down from a thunderstorm cloud.
Key Words
- landform
- mountain
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?”
Next Smart Experiment
We'll pick an experiment that matches exactly how you're thinking right now.
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