Splashing in Mud

Lab Brief #16

🎯 Your mission

Run the experiment. Find out what really happens.

⚡ The twist

Today's mountain was yesterday's ocean floor.

What you'll learn

Mud is what you get when dirt gets very wet. Splashing in mud is fun!

Key words

dirt
Loose soil made of tiny bits of rock and dead plants.

Make a hypothesis first

Guess: where will the water go first?

Say your guess out loud — then find out if you were right.

Get ready

🧰 What you need

rocks
sand

⚠️ Safety first

Have an adult check your set-up before you start, and tidy everything away afterwards.

Step 1 of 4 · Read

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

Step 2 of 4 · Do

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

Step 3 of 4 · Observe

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

Step 4 of 4 · Record

Color a picture to show what happened.

Question 1 of 3

What makes mud?

Question 2 of 3

Is mud wet or dry?

Question 3 of 3

What happens to mud when the sun dries it?

Mind = blown

🪨 Every grain of sand on every beach used to be a mountain.

Nice work!

You got 0 of 3 right.

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