Lesson 35 of 84 ยท Plants
Simulationโญ 30 XP๐ฟ Wild JunglePlants and Their Parts (Part 2)
Plants and Their Parts (Part 2).
๐ฏ Your mission
Play with the model. Break it. Understand it.
โก The twist
What the body does in one minute is wilder than any cartoon.
Mind = Blown
๐ฆ 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 make their own food using sunlight. This is called photosynthesis. Animals cannot make their own food.
Key Words
- offspring
- survive
- predator
Steps
Talk about what you already know about Plants.
Sort animal picture cards into groups: animals with fur, feathers, or scales.
Compare what happened to what you predicted.
Tell the class one thing you learned today.
Check Your Understanding
Question 1
1 of 3What do plants make from sunlight?
Where you see this in real life
This is why plants grow toward windows and why scabs form.
Stretch Challenge
Try this in real life this week.
Watch a plant or pet for 5 minutes today and write down what you noticed.
For the dinner table
โTell me something you noticed about your own body today.โ
Next Smart Experiment
We'll pick an experiment that matches exactly how you're thinking right now.
Share this experiment
Send it to a parent who's looking for a 10-minute kitchen science win.
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