Lesson 6 of 7 · What Living Things Need

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Living Things Change the Place They Live

🧪Lab Brief #6

What Living Things Need.

🎯 Your mission

Master the concept. Use it tomorrow.

⚡ The twist

Nature loves to surprise the careful watcher.

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Mind = Blown

🔬 The more you look, the more nature shows you.

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Make a hypothesis first

Before you start: write down what you think will happen, and why.

What You'll Learn

A beaver dams a stream and makes a pond. Worms tunnel and let air into soil. Tree roots crack rock. Living things do not just fit their habitat — they change it, sometimes a great deal.

Key Words

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Steps

Step 1 — Read

Read the explanation above and note the two key terms before you start.

Step 2 — Do

Look outside for three signs that a living thing has changed its surroundings — a molehill, a nibbled leaf, a root lifting a paving slab. Photograph or sketch each one.

Step 3 — Observe

Record what actually happened, including anything that did not match what you expected.

Step 4 — Record

Write a conclusion that answers the question this lesson opened with, and state your uncertainty.

Check Your Understanding

Question 1

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When a beaver builds a dam it makes a:

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Where you see this in real life

This shows up in your everyday life more than you'd think.

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Stretch Challenge

Try this in real life this week.

Try one experiment in real life this week — even a tiny one.

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For the dinner table

“What's the most surprising thing you learned today?”

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