Lesson 10 | Lesson 13
Have You Seen Sand or Clay Today?
Choose the correct word from each drop down menu! Scroll down for a button to check your answers. This lesson accompanies STC Soils Lesson 5
Have you ever played with sand? Have you made [1] shapes curious soil house bricks with clay? Human beings have always been [2] shapes curious soil house bricks about soil. A long time ago, people thought about soil and got an idea. Maybe they could turn [3] shapes curious soil house bricks into something pretty or strong. So, they experimented. They found many ways to use sand and clay.Have you ever seen a brick house? That [4] shapes curious soil house bricks is made of clay. [5] shapes curious soil house bricks are made by shaping wet clay. In the United States, most bricks are baked in a special [6] oven clay adobe straw sun strong . As the bricks are baking, the clay gets hard. Some American Indians make a different kind of brick. It is called [7] oven clay adobe straw sun strong . Indians have used adobe for a very long time. To make adobe, the Indians mix clay with [8] oven clay adobe straw sun strong . Then, they let the adobe bricks dry in the sun. The heat from the [9] oven clay adobe straw sun strong bakes the adobe and makes it very hard. People like brick because it is [10] oven clay adobe straw sun strong . It can last a long time. Once a Chinese emperor wanted to protect his land. So he put a big [11] wall clay beaches sand around his country. His wall was made of stones and bricks. Some of his bricks were baked in an oven. Some were baked in the sun.What else can you do with clay? Lots and lots of things. You can roll clay. You can press it flat. You can shape it any way you want. Artists love clay. They can turn [12] wall clay beaches sand into a mask or a plate or a vase. Has anyone ever let you hold a fine china cup? That cup used to be mushy white clay.Clay is important in our lives. Sand is important, too. What if our world did not have sand? There would be no [13] wall clay beaches sand . No concrete sidewalks or concrete bridges. And think of a world with no windows. We would have to say goodbye to glass, because glass is made from [14] wall clay beaches sand .Have you seen sand or clay today? Look around your room. How many things can you find that are made from sand or clay? Type your name here:
Have you ever played with sand? Have you made [1] shapes curious soil house bricks with clay? Human beings have always been [2] shapes curious soil house bricks about soil. A long time ago, people thought about soil and got an idea. Maybe they could turn [3] shapes curious soil house bricks into something pretty or strong. So, they experimented. They found many ways to use sand and clay.
Have you ever seen a brick house? That [4] shapes curious soil house bricks is made of clay. [5] shapes curious soil house bricks are made by shaping wet clay. In the United States, most bricks are baked in a special [6] oven clay adobe straw sun strong . As the bricks are baking, the clay gets hard.
Some American Indians make a different kind of brick. It is called [7] oven clay adobe straw sun strong . Indians have used adobe for a very long time. To make adobe, the Indians mix clay with [8] oven clay adobe straw sun strong . Then, they let the adobe bricks dry in the sun. The heat from the [9] oven clay adobe straw sun strong bakes the adobe and makes it very hard.
People like brick because it is [10] oven clay adobe straw sun strong . It can last a long time. Once a Chinese emperor wanted to protect his land. So he put a big [11] wall clay beaches sand around his country. His wall was made of stones and bricks. Some of his bricks were baked in an oven. Some were baked in the sun.
What else can you do with clay? Lots and lots of things. You can roll clay. You can press it flat. You can shape it any way you want. Artists love clay. They can turn [12] wall clay beaches sand into a mask or a plate or a vase. Has anyone ever let you hold a fine china cup? That cup used to be mushy white clay.
Clay is important in our lives. Sand is important, too. What if our world did not have sand? There would be no [13] wall clay beaches sand . No concrete sidewalks or concrete bridges. And think of a world with no windows. We would have to say goodbye to glass, because glass is made from [14] wall clay beaches sand .
Have you seen sand or clay today? Look around your room. How many things can you find that are made from sand or clay?
Type your name here: