Lesson 82 of 84 ยท Life Cycles
Experimentโญ 30 XP๐ฟ Wild JungleBig Trees and Tiny Seeds (Part 3)
Life Cycles.
๐ฏ Your mission
Set it up. Test it. Be amazed.
โก The twist
Living things break the rules of non-living things โ find the rule they break.
Mind = Blown
๐ฆ 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
Trees give us shade, fruit, and clean air. Hug a tree today!
Key Words
- fish
- fur
Materials Needed
- paper towels
- markers
- tape
Safety First
- Tie back long hair before starting the experiment.
- Protect your work surface with newspaper or plastic.
Steps
Talk about Life Cycles with a grown-up. What do you already know?
Sort pictures of living and non-living things into two piles.
What happened? Tell a grown-up what you noticed.
Tell a grown-up your favorite part of the activity.
Check Your Understanding
Question 1
1 of 3What do caterpillars become?
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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