Lesson 73 of 84 · Animals

Experiment⭐ 30 XP🌿 Wild Jungle

How Plants Get Water (Part 3)

🧪Lab Brief #73

How Plants Get Water (Part 3).

🎯 Your mission

Predict it first. Then prove yourself right (or wrong).

⚡ The twist

Living things break the rules of non-living things — find the rule they break.

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Mind = Blown

🌳 Trees can talk to each other through underground fungus networks.

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Make a hypothesis first

Predict: what will happen to the plant if you change the water?

What You'll Learn

Plants need sunlight, water, air, and soil to grow. Each part of the plant has a job: roots drink water, stems hold the plant up, and leaves catch sunlight.

Key Words

migrate
adapt

Materials Needed

markers
tape
small pots
cotton balls

Safety First

Do not taste any materials.
Wear safety goggles when mixing liquids.
Wash hands after handling materials.

Steps

Step 1 — Read

Read the introduction. What is this lesson about?

Step 2 — Do

Plant two seeds: put one in sunlight and one in a dark closet. Water both the same amount each day.

Step 3 — Observe

Look for something that changed. What is it?

Step 4 — Record

Circle the correct answer on your worksheet.

Check Your Understanding

Question 1

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What do worms do for the soil?

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Where you see this in real life

This is why plants grow toward windows and why scabs form.

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Stretch Challenge

Try this in real life this week.

Watch a plant or pet for 5 minutes today and write down what you noticed.

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For the dinner table

“Tell me something you noticed about your own body today.”

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