Lesson 22 of 84 · Life Cycles

Experiment⭐ 30 XP🌿 Wild Jungle

Life in a Tide Pool

🧪Lab Brief #22

Life Cycles.

🎯 Your mission

Run the experiment. Find out what really happens.

⚡ The twist

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

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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

Guess: how does the body solve this problem?

What You'll Learn

Reptiles have scales and are cold-blooded. Snakes, lizards, and turtles are reptiles.

Key Words

pollination
insect
mammal

Materials Needed

water
plastic wrap
ruler
magnifying glass
paper towels
markers

Safety First

Dispose of materials properly after the experiment.
Handle glass items carefully to avoid breakage.
Do not mix unknown chemicals together.

Steps

Step 1 — Read

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

Step 2 — Do

Observe a plant for one week. Measure it each day and write down how tall it is.

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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