Lesson 42 of 84 ยท Weather
Experimentโญ 30 XP๐ Rock RealmSpring Flowers Bloom (Part 2)
Spring Flowers Bloom (Part 2).
๐ฏ Your mission
Set it up. Test it. Be amazed.
โก The twist
The slowest changes are the biggest ones.
Mind = Blown
๐ชจ Every grain of sand on every beach used to be a mountain.
Make a hypothesis first
Predict: which will erode faster?
What You'll Learn
Trees lose their leaves in fall and grow new ones in spring.
Key Words
- mud
- rock
- dirt
Materials Needed
- sand
- clay
- water
- plastic tray
- magnifying glass
Safety First
- Protect your work surface with newspaper or plastic.
- Adult supervision recommended.
Steps
Talk about Weather with a grown-up. What do you already know?
Collect leaves, rocks, and sticks from outside. Sort them by size.
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 3What comes before summer?
Where you see this in real life
Today's weather, tomorrow's beach, next century's coastline โ 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
โWhat's the slowest change you can think of?โ
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