Lesson 8 of 84 · Habitats

Experiment⭐ 30 XP🌿 Wild Jungle

How Seeds Travel

🧪Lab Brief #8

How Seeds Travel.

🎯 Your mission

Set it up. Test it. Be amazed.

⚡ The twist

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

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Mind = Blown

🦠 You have more bacterial cells in your body than human cells.

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Make a hypothesis first

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

What You'll Learn

Seeds travel in different ways: wind blows dandelion seeds, birds carry berries, and burrs stick to animal fur!

Key Words

predator
prey

Materials Needed

paper towels
markers
tape
small pots
cotton balls
zip-lock bags

Safety First

Do not mix unknown chemicals together.
Tie back long hair before starting the experiment.
Protect your work surface with newspaper or plastic.

Steps

Step 1 — Read

Read the introduction. What is this lesson about?

Step 2 — Do

Go outside and collect 5 different leaves. Tape them to paper and write how each one is different.

Step 3 — Observe

Look for something that changed. What is it?

Step 4 — Record

Circle the correct answer on your worksheet.

Check Your Understanding

Question 1

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What does a caterpillar turn into?

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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