Lesson 7 of 84 · Earth Materials

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🧪Lab Brief #7

Earth Materials.

🎯 Your mission

Run the experiment. Find out what really happens.

⚡ The twist

Today's mountain was yesterday's ocean floor.

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Mind = Blown

🪨 Every grain of sand on every beach used to be a mountain.

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Make a hypothesis first

Guess: where will the water go first?

What You'll Learn

The Earth is covered with land and water. Most of the Earth is water!

Key Words

hot
cold

Materials Needed

newspaper
spray bottle
cups

Safety First

Do not mix unknown chemicals together.
Tie back long hair before starting the experiment.
Protect your work surface with newspaper or plastic.

Steps

Step 1 — Read

Talk about Earth Materials with a grown-up. What do you already know?

Step 2 — Do

Collect leaves, rocks, and sticks from outside. Sort them by size.

Step 3 — Observe

What happened? Tell a grown-up what you noticed.

Step 4 — Record

Tell a grown-up your favorite part of the activity.

Check Your Understanding

Question 1

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What do we wear when it rains?

How sure are you going to be?😐 maybe

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Where you see this in real life

Today's weather, tomorrow's beach, next century's coastline — all this.

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Stretch Challenge

Try this in real life this week.

Look at the sky for 5 minutes and try to predict tomorrow's weather.

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For the dinner table

“What's the slowest change you can think of?”

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