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The Human Body.
🎯 Your mission
Understand the idea. Then look for it everywhere.
⚡ The twist
Living things break the rules of non-living things — find the rule they break.
Mind = Blown
🦠 You have more bacterial cells in your body than human cells.
Make a hypothesis first
Predict: what will happen to the plant if you change the water?
What You'll Learn
Eyes detect light using the retina, which contains rod cells (for dim light) and cone cells (for color). The lens focuses light onto the retina, creating an image the brain interprets.
Key Words
- circulatory system
- respiratory system
- organ system
Steps
Review the background information on The Human Body before starting.
Test your peripheral vision: stare straight ahead while a partner slowly moves a colored card from behind your head to the front. Record when you first see the color.
Draw a detailed diagram of what you observe.
Write a conclusion: what did your results show? Did they match your prediction?
Check Your Understanding
Question 1
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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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