Lesson 64 of 84 ยท Animals
Experimentโญ 30 XP๐ฟ Wild JungleWhat Do Plants Need? (Part 3)
What Do Plants Need? (Part 3).
๐ฏ Your mission
Predict it first. Then prove yourself right (or wrong).
โก The twist
Living things break the rules of non-living things โ find the rule they break.
Mind = Blown
๐ณ 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
Plants need water and sunlight to grow. Watch what happens when you water a seed every day!
Key Words
- animal
- plant
- seed
Materials Needed
- paper towels
- markers
- tape
- small pots
Safety First
- Protect your work surface with newspaper or plastic.
- Adult supervision recommended.
Steps
Listen carefully and repeat the new words about Animals.
Look at a flower and smell it. What colors do you see? Count the petals.
Did anything change? Point to what is different.
Point to the things you used in the activity.
Check Your Understanding
Question 1
1 of 3What comes out of a seed?
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
โTell me something you noticed about your own body today.โ
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