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Experiment⭐ 30 XP🌿 Wild Jungle

Baby Animals Grow and Change (Part 2)

🧪Lab Brief #37

Baby Animals Grow and Change (Part 2).

🎯 Your mission

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

⚡ The twist

What the body does in one minute is wilder than any cartoon.

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Mind = Blown

🐙 An octopus has 9 brains and 3 hearts.

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Make a hypothesis first

Guess: how does the body solve this problem?

What You'll Learn

Animals grow and change over time. A tadpole grows legs and becomes a frog!

Key Words

predator
prey

Materials Needed

cotton balls
zip-lock bags
labels
seeds
soil
cups

Safety First

Do not taste any materials.
Wear safety goggles when mixing liquids.

Steps

Step 1 — Read

Look at the new words. Can you say each one?

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

Use your senses to describe what you notice.

Step 4 — Record

Write 1-2 sentences about what happened.

Check Your Understanding

Question 1

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Which animals hibernate?

How sure are you going to be?😐 maybe

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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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