Lesson 68 of 84 · Weather and Seasons

Experiment⭐ 30 XP🌋 Rock Realm

Rocks Are Everywhere! (Part 3)

🧪Lab Brief #68

Weather and Seasons.

🎯 Your mission

Run the experiment. Find out what really happens.

⚡ The twist

Today's mountain was yesterday's ocean floor.

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Mind = Blown

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

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Make a hypothesis first

Guess: where will the water go first?

What You'll Learn

Rocks come in many shapes, sizes, and colors. Go outside and find some!

Key Words

hot
cold
rainbow

Materials Needed

newspaper
spray bottle
cups
thermometer

Safety First

Handle glass items carefully to avoid breakage.
Do not mix unknown chemicals together.
Tie back long hair before starting the experiment.

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

Today's weather, tomorrow's beach, next century's coastline — all this.

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Stretch Challenge

Try this in real life this week.

Look at the sky for 5 minutes and try to predict tomorrow's weather.

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For the dinner table

“What's the slowest change you can think of?”

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