Lesson 46 of 84 · Life Cycles

Experiment⭐ 30 XP🌿 Wild Jungle

Forest Friends and Their Homes (Part 2)

🧪Lab Brief #46

Life Cycles.

🎯 Your mission

Run the experiment. Find out what really happens.

⚡ The twist

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

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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

Guess: how does the body solve this problem?

What You'll Learn

Baby animals need their parents to survive. Birds feed their chicks, and cats carry their kittens.

Key Words

food chain
shelter
roots

Materials Needed

tape
small pots
cotton balls
zip-lock bags
labels

Safety First

Wash hands after handling materials.
Be careful with scissors — ask an adult for help if needed.
Do not look directly at the sun or bright lights.

Steps

Step 1 — Read

Read about Life Cycles with a partner or grown-up.

Step 2 — Do

Observe a plant for one week. Measure it each day and write down how tall it is.

Step 3 — Observe

Watch carefully. What happens?

Step 4 — Record

Draw and write about what you learned.

Check Your Understanding

Question 1

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What do all living things need?

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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