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Lesson 41 of 84 ยท Plants and Animals

Simulationโญ 30 XP๐ŸŒฟ Wild Jungle

Insect or Spider? (Part 2)

๐ŸงชLab Brief #41

Plants and Animals.

๐ŸŽฏ Your mission

Play with the model. Break it. Understand it.

โšก The twist

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

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Mind = Blown

๐Ÿฆ  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

Trees provide homes for many animals: birds nest in branches, squirrels live in trunks, and insects live under bark.

Key Words

  • camouflage
  • hibernate

Steps

Step 1 โ€” Read

Read about Plants and Animals with a partner or grown-up.

Step 2 โ€” Do

Sort animal picture cards into groups: animals with fur, feathers, or scales.

Step 3 โ€” Observe

Watch carefully. What happens?

Step 4 โ€” Record

Draw and write about what you learned.

Check Your Understanding

Question 1

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Which is an insect?

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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

โ€œTell me something you noticed about your own body today.โ€

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