Lesson 20 of 84 · Habitats

Experiment⭐ 30 XP🌿 Wild Jungle

Taking Care of Our Environment

🧪Lab Brief #20

Taking Care of Our Environment.

🎯 Your mission

Set it up. Test it. Be amazed.

⚡ The twist

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

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Mind = Blown

🦠 You have more bacterial cells in your body than human cells.

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Make a hypothesis first

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

What You'll Learn

Amphibians like frogs live in water when young and on land when grown up.

Key Words

roots
stem

Materials Needed

ruler
magnifying glass
paper towels

Safety First

Do not taste any materials.

Steps

Step 1 — Read

Talk about what you already know about Habitats.

Step 2 — Do

Go outside and collect 5 different leaves. Tape them to paper and write how each one is different.

Step 3 — Observe

Compare what happened to what you predicted.

Step 4 — Record

Tell the class one thing you learned today.

Check Your Understanding

Question 1

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What do plants make from sunlight?

How sure are you going to be?😐 maybe

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Where you see this in real life

Your own body is doing this thousands of times every second.

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Stretch Challenge

Try this in real life this week.

Find one thing about your body that's different from a friend's. Wonder why.

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For the dinner table

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

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