Lesson 28 of 84 · Plants and Animals
Simulation⭐ 30 XP🌿 Wild JungleHow Animals Communicate
Plants and Animals.
🎯 Your mission
Run the sim. Spot the pattern.
⚡ The twist
Living things break the rules of non-living things — find the rule they break.
Mind = Blown
🌳 Trees can talk to each other through underground fungus networks.
Make a hypothesis first
Predict: what will happen to the plant if you change the water?
What You'll Learn
Migration is when animals travel long distances to find food or warmer weather. Birds often migrate south in winter.
Key Words
- amphibian
- bird
Steps
Read the introduction. What is this lesson about?
Observe a plant for one week. Measure it each day and write down how tall it is.
Look for something that changed. What is it?
Circle the correct answer on your worksheet.
Check Your Understanding
Question 1
1 of 3What do worms do for the soil?
Where you see this in real life
Your own body is doing this thousands of times every second.
Stretch Challenge
Try this in real life this week.
Find one thing about your body that's different from a friend's. Wonder why.
For the dinner table
“Tell me something you noticed about your own body today.”
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