Lesson 29 of 84 · Earth Materials

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Digging in the Dirt

🧪Lab Brief #29

Earth Materials.

🎯 Your mission

Push the limits. See what changes.

⚡ The twist

Weather isn't random — it's just complicated.

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Mind = Blown

🌋 There are 1,500 active volcanoes on Earth right now.

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Make a hypothesis first

Before you observe: what shape will it leave?

What You'll Learn

Thunderstorms have lightning, thunder, and lots of rain. Count the seconds between lightning and thunder!

Key Words

windy
cloudy
rain

Steps

Step 1 — Read

Listen carefully and repeat the new words about Earth Materials.

Step 2 — Do

Watch the clouds. Do they look like animals? Draw their shapes.

Step 3 — Observe

Did anything change? Point to what is different.

Step 4 — Record

Point to the things you used in the activity.

Check Your Understanding

Question 1

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Is dirt the same as soil?

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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