Lesson 53 of 84 · Earth Materials

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Where Does Rain Come From? (Part 2)

🧪Lab Brief #53

Earth Materials.

🎯 Your mission

Understand the idea. Then look for it everywhere.

⚡ 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

Volcanoes are mountains that can erupt with hot lava from deep underground.

Key Words

summer
winter
fall

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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Can you find rocks outside?

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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