Lesson 51 of 84 · What Living Things Need

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Mammals, Birds, and Reptiles (Part 2)

🧪Lab Brief #51

What Living Things Need.

🎯 Your mission

Run the experiment. Find out what really happens.

⚡ The twist

Nature loves to surprise the careful watcher.

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Mind = Blown

🔬 The more you look, the more nature shows you.

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Make a hypothesis first

Before you start: write down what you think will happen, and why.

What You'll Learn

Mammals have fur and feed milk to their babies. Dogs, cats, and humans are mammals!

Key Words

stem
pollination

Materials Needed

small pots
cotton balls
zip-lock bags

Safety First

Be careful with scissors — ask an adult for help if needed.
Do not look directly at the sun or bright lights.

Steps

Step 1 — Read

Read about What Living Things Need with a partner or grown-up.

Step 2 — Do

Draw a food chain: start with the sun, then a plant, then an animal that eats it, then a predator.

Step 3 — Observe

Watch carefully. What happens?

Step 4 — Record

Draw and write about what you learned.

Check Your Understanding

Question 1

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What is a food chain?

How sure are you going to be?😐 maybe

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Where you see this in real life

This shows up in your everyday life more than you'd think.

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Stretch Challenge

Try this in real life this week.

Try one experiment in real life this week — even a tiny one.

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For the dinner table

“What's the most surprising thing you learned today?”

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