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Lesson 4 of 10 · Light and Sound

Lesson30 XP Spark Lab

Testing How Plants Grow

Testing How Plants Grow
🧪Lab Brief #4

Light and Sound.

🎯 Your mission

Understand the idea. Then look for it everywhere.

⚡ The twist

Energy never disappears — it just hides somewhere else.

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Mind = Blown

🎢 You feel weightless on a roller coaster because you and the seat are falling at the same speed.

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Make a hypothesis first

Before you start: which will move faster, and why?

What You'll Learn

Plants need different amounts of water. Test this by watering plants different amounts and watching what happens!

Key Words

Tap a word to see its definition.

Steps

Step 1Read

Look at the new words. Can you say each one?

Step 2Observe

Watch carefully. What happens?

Step 3Record

Draw and write about what you learned.

Check Your Understanding

Question 1

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Why do we record what happens in experiments?

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Where you see this in real life

This is why airplanes can fly and why rockets reach space.

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Stretch Challenge

Try this in real life this week.

This week, find one thing in your house that turns one kind of energy into another.

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For the dinner table

Show me something at home that uses this kind of energy.

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Testing How Plants Grow

Understand the idea. Then look for it everywhere.

Full screen — no distractions

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