Lesson 40 of 84 · Plants and Animals

Experiment⭐ 30 XP🌿 Wild Jungle

My Pet and Me (Part 2)

🧪Lab Brief #40

Plants and Animals.

🎯 Your mission

Predict it first. Then prove yourself right (or wrong).

⚡ The twist

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

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Mind = Blown

🐙 An octopus has 9 brains and 3 hearts.

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Make a hypothesis first

Guess: how does the body solve this problem?

What You'll Learn

Birds build nests to keep their eggs safe and warm.

Key Words

root
baby
egg

Materials Needed

zip-lock bags
labels
seeds
soil
cups
water

Safety First

Do not mix unknown chemicals together.

Steps

Step 1 — Read

Ask a grown-up to explain today's topic: Plants and Animals.

Step 2 — Do

Use playdough to make your favorite animal. What shape is its body?

Step 3 — Observe

Draw a picture of what you see.

Step 4 — Record

Share what you learned with someone!

Check Your Understanding

Question 1

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Do flowers need water?

How sure are you going to be?😐 maybe

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Where you see this in real life

Your own body is doing this thousands of times every second.

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Stretch Challenge

Try this in real life this week.

Find one thing about your body that's different from a friend's. Wonder why.

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For the dinner table

“Tell me something you noticed about your own body today.”

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