Lesson 8 of 15 · Earth Materials
Experiment⭐ 30 XP🌋 Rock RealmSplashing in Mud
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Earth Materials.
🎯 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
Mud is what you get when dirt gets very wet. Splashing in mud is fun!
Key Words
Tap a word to see its definition.
Materials Needed
- rocks
- sand
Safety First
- Have an adult check your set-up before you start, and tidy everything away afterwards.
Steps
Say the vocabulary words out loud. Can you repeat them?
Feel different types of dirt, sand, and rocks. Which is smoothest?
Did anything change? Point to what is different.
Point to the things you used in the activity.
Check Your Understanding
Question 1
1 of 1What makes soil more than just dirt?
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
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Share this experiment
Send it to a parent who's looking for a 10-minute kitchen science win.
Ready?
Splashing in Mud
Run the experiment. Find out what really happens.
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