Lesson 42 of 84 · Earth's History
Experiment⭐ 30 XP🌋 Rock RealmTypes of Rocks: Metamorphic (Part 2)
Earth's History.
🎯 Your mission
Run the experiment. Find out what really happens.
⚡ The twist
Today's mountain was yesterday's ocean floor.
Mind = Blown
🪨 Every grain of sand on every beach used to be a mountain.
Make a hypothesis first
Guess: where will the water go first?
What You'll Learn
The carbon cycle describes how carbon moves through atmosphere, biosphere, oceans, and rocks. Human activities like burning fossil fuels add extra carbon to the atmosphere.
Key Words
- atmosphere
- humidity
- barometer
Materials Needed
- cups
- thermometer
- rain gauge
- cotton balls
- food coloring
Safety First
- Clean up spills immediately to prevent slipping.
Steps
Look at the vocabulary words and write a definition for each in your own words.
Create a timeline of Earth's history on a 5-meter strip of paper. Place major events (first life, dinosaurs, ice ages, humans) at the correct scale.
Note any unexpected results and think about why they happened.
Share your findings with the class or a partner and discuss what you learned.
Check Your Understanding
Question 1
1 of 3How do fossils form?
Where you see this in real life
This is shaping the ground you walk on, slowly, every single day.
Stretch Challenge
Try this in real life this week.
Find a rock outside and try to guess how old it is.
For the dinner table
“What's the slowest change you can think of?”
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