Lesson 43 of 84 · Earth Materials

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🧪Lab Brief #43

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

Wind is moving air. You can feel wind blow on your face!

Key Words

rock
dirt

Materials Needed

sand
clay
water
plastic tray
magnifying glass
newspaper

Safety First

Use materials only as directed in the experiment.

Steps

Step 1 — Read

Say the vocabulary words out loud. Can you repeat them?

Step 2 — Do

Feel different types of dirt, sand, and rocks. Which is smoothest?

Step 3 — Observe

Use your eyes, ears, and hands to explore. What do you notice?

Step 4 — Record

Color a picture to show what happened.

Check Your Understanding

Question 1

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Does wind make things move?

How sure are you going to be?😐 maybe

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Where you see this in real life

This is shaping the ground you walk on, slowly, every single day.

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Stretch Challenge

Try this in real life this week.

Find a rock outside and try to guess how old it is.

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For the dinner table

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

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