Lesson 4 of 10 · Plants
Experiment⭐ 30 XP🌿 Wild JungleParts of a Plant
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Parts of a Plant.
🎯 Your mission
Run the experiment. Find out what really happens.
⚡ The twist
What the body does in one minute is wilder than any cartoon.
Mind = Blown
🦠 You have more bacterial cells in your body than human cells.
Make a hypothesis first
Guess: how does the body solve this problem?
What You'll Learn
Plants need sunlight, water, air, and soil to grow. Each part of the plant has a job: roots drink water, stems hold the plant up, and leaves catch sunlight.
Key Words
Tap a word to see its definition.
Materials Needed
- seeds
- water
Safety First
- Never look directly at the Sun or into a laser, even briefly.
- Mop up spills straight away so nobody slips, and keep liquids away from sockets.
Steps
Look at the new words. Can you say each one?
Plant two seeds: put one in sunlight and one in a dark closet. Water both the same amount each day.
Compare what happened to what you predicted.
Tell the class one thing you learned today.
Check Your Understanding
Question 1
1 of 3Which part of a plant takes in water?
Where you see this in real life
Your own body is doing this thousands of times every second.
Stretch Challenge
Try this in real life this week.
Find one thing about your body that's different from a friend's. Wonder why.
For the dinner table
“Tell me something you noticed about your own body today.”
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Parts of a Plant
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