Lesson 16 of 84 · What Living Things Need

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Forest Friends and Their Homes

🧪Lab Brief #16

What Living Things Need.

🎯 Your mission

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

⚡ 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

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

Key Words

food chain
shelter

Materials Needed

magnifying glass
paper towels
markers
tape
small pots

Safety First

Do not taste any materials.

Steps

Step 1 — Read

Read about What Living Things Need 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 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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