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¿Por qué hay arena en la playa?
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¿Por qué hay arena en la playa?

Work of Water Unit | Lesson 2 of 5
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CONVERSEMOS (1 de 2): ¿Por qué crees que la arena es morada?

CONVERSEMOS (2 de 2): Imagínate que estás en la Playa Pfeiffer. ¿En dónde te fijarías para encontrar pistas que te ayuden a averiguar de dónde viene la arena morada?

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CONVERSEMOS:

¿Se te ocurre alguna manera que los pedacitos de las piedras podrías moverse de las montañas hasta la playa?

Pista...

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CONVERSEMOS: ¿Qué crees que sucede cuando piedras en el río chocan unas contra otras? ¿Podría esto explicar por qué hay arena en la playa?

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Si estás en una clase, forma un grupo de cuatro. Juntos, serán un río.
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Obtén tus materiales.
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Fíjate en el número en la parte de arriba de cada página.
Pon las páginas en orden del uno al cinco.
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Pon todas tus rocas en la parte de arriba de la montaña.
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Cuando comience el cronómetro, todos agarrarán una roca,
la romperán a la mitad y mandarán las mitades río abajo.
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Agarra los pedazos de piedra, rómpelos a la mitad, y deja que
se los lleve la corriente.
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Rompe esas piedras a la mitad y mándalas río abajo.
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Rompe cada piedra a la mitad y manda las piedras a la playa.
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En la playa, las olas chocan y rompen las piedras aún más.
Si puedes hacerlas más pequeñas, ahora es el momento de hacerlo.
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Agarra una hoja que dice «Dibuja las piedras en el río» y
dibuja las piedras.
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Conversemos:
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océano


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un área grande de agua salada en la Tierra
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playa


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área de tierra cerca de una masa de agua grande, por lo regular cubierta de arena
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microscopio


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una herramienta usada para ver cosas muy pequeñas de cerca
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arena


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pedacitos muy pequeños de roca, por ejemplo, los que se ven en la playa
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piedrita


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una roca pequeña, por lo regular con orillas lisas
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roca (o piedra)


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un material natural y sólido que se encuentra en la superficie de la Tierra
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roca


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una piedra grande
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montaña


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un área de tierra elevada con lados empinados
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pendiente


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cuando una parte está más elevada que otra
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empinado


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algo que está muy alto en un lado y muy bajo en el otro
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río


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un área larga y delgada de agua corriente
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fluir


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cuando algo se mueve fácilmente de un lugar a otro
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erosión


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el movimiento de pedacitos de piedra de un lugar a otro
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río abajo


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hacia la dirección en la que fluye el agua de un río o riachuelo
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modelo


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una versión de mentiras de algo que los científicos usan cuando la cosa de verdad es algo demasiado grande, pequeño, o complicado para poder usarlo en sus estudios
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Exploration
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Lepidolite (purple rock) by Spirit Rock Shop
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rock crashing down mountain by Joraj Dason
beach flooding by Muhammad Moolla
fast flowing river by Hayk Arakelyan
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sand texture by Image used under license from Shutterstock.com: Ursa Major
Rainbow Beach by Cassarazzi
green rock by Image used under license from Shutterstock.com: Helen Cingisiz
hornocal by Lahi
close up of rainbow beach by cordyceps
stream on the beach by Humphrey Bolton
Activity
rushing river in Smoky Mountains by GreatSmokyMountains (© GSMA 2010. All rights reserved.)
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Lesson narration:
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Grade 2

Erosion & Earth’s Surface

Rocks, Sand, & Erosion

2-ESS2-2

Activity Prep

Print Prep

In this lesson, students investigate the effects of rocks tumbling in a river. Based on their observations, they construct an explanation for why there is sand at a beach. In the activity, Rocking the River, students pretend to be a river and tear up pieces of construction paper to model what happens to rocks as they travel along the river.

Preview activity
Number of students:

I have a Mystery Pack

Draw the River Rocks worksheet 30 copies
River (5 sheets) printout Print 8 copies
Colored Construction Paper
24 sheets
Prep Instructions

We suggest students work in groups of four. Homeschool students can work alone.

Prepare “Paper Boulders”

Cut or tear each sheet of construction paper into about 12 pieces. We used a paper cutter to cut many sheets at the same time, making irregularly shaped pieces, but tearing or cutting with scissors will also work.

randomly cut paper

Each group (or single homeschool student) should start with 3 sheets worth of boulders (about 36). We recommend providing plenty of boulders at the beginning so that the students will still have large boulders at the end of the activity. That way, students will be able to see how the sizes of the rocks change as they move downstream.

Exploration

22 mins

Hands-On Activity

30 mins

Wrap-Up

3 mins

Grade 2

Erosion & Earth’s Surface

Rocks, Sand, & Erosion

2-ESS2-2

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