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What Makes Thunder and Lightning

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What Makes Thunder and Lightning
1 min2nd3rd4th5thScience
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Summary

A short FreeSchool explainer on what makes thunder and lightning. FreeSchool's clear, calm narration makes it an easy clip to drop into a 2/3-grade lesson.

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Discussion

What Makes Thunder and Lightning is a short FreeSchool explainer you can drop into a lesson.

  1. What process is shaping the land, water, or weather here?
  2. Is this change fast or slow?
  3. Where might you see evidence of it near where you live?

Quick work-a-long

Vocabulary: earth, weather, change.

Try it: Draw before-and-after pictures that show the change in this video.

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