Lesson 7 of 15 · Weather
Experiment⭐ 30 XP🌋 Rock RealmFeel the Wind
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Feel the Wind.
🎯 Your mission
Predict it first. Then prove yourself right (or wrong).
⚡ The twist
Today's mountain was yesterday's ocean floor.
Mind = Blown
🌋 There are 1,500 active volcanoes on Earth right now.
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
Tap a word to see its definition.
Materials Needed
- rocks
- sand
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?
Feel different types of dirt, sand, and rocks. Which is smoothest?
What happened? Tell a grown-up what you noticed.
Tell a grown-up your favorite part of the activity.
Check Your Understanding
Question 1
1 of 3Can you see the wind?
Where you see this in real life
This is shaping the ground you walk on, slowly, every single day.
Stretch Challenge
Try this in real life this week.
Find a rock outside and try to guess how old it is.
For the dinner table
“What's the slowest change you can think of?”
Next Smart Experiment
We'll pick an experiment that matches exactly how you're thinking right now.
Share this experiment
Send it to a parent who's looking for a 10-minute kitchen science win.
Ready?
Feel the Wind
Predict it first. Then prove yourself right (or wrong).
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