Lesson 6 of 15 · Weather
Experiment⭐ 30 XP🌋 Rock RealmLeaves Fall and Grow
Leaves Fall and Grow.
🎯 Your mission
Run the experiment. Find out what really happens.
⚡ The twist
Weather isn't random — it's just complicated.
Mind = Blown
🌊 The deepest part of the ocean is deeper than Mount Everest is tall.
Make a hypothesis first
Before you observe: what shape will it leave?
What You'll Learn
Trees lose their leaves in fall and grow new ones in spring.
Key Words
Tap a word to see its definition.
Materials Needed
- rocks
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?
Collect leaves, rocks, and sticks from outside. Sort them by size.
Look closely! What do you see?
Draw a picture of what you learned today.
Check Your Understanding
Question 1
1 of 3Do trees lose leaves in fall?
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?”
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Leaves Fall and Grow
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