Lesson 49 of 84 · Animals

Experiment⭐ 30 XP🌿 Wild Jungle

How Flowers Attract Bees (Part 2)

🧪Lab Brief #49

How Flowers Attract Bees (Part 2).

🎯 Your mission

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

⚡ The twist

Living things break the rules of non-living things — find the rule they break.

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Mind = Blown

🌳 Trees can talk to each other through underground fungus networks.

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Make a hypothesis first

Predict: what will happen to the plant if you change the water?

What You'll Learn

Flowers attract bees with their bright colors and sweet smell. Bees help flowers make seeds!

Key Words

roots
stem
pollination

Materials Needed

seeds
soil
cups

Safety First

Tie back long hair before starting the experiment.

Steps

Step 1 — Read

Look at the picture and read the labels.

Step 2 — Do

Plant two seeds: put one in sunlight and one in a dark closet. Water both the same amount each day.

Step 3 — Observe

Draw a picture of what you observe.

Step 4 — Record

Share your results with a partner.

Check Your Understanding

Question 1

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What happens to a tadpole?

How sure are you going to be?😐 maybe

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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

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

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