Lesson 21 of 84 · Solutions
Experiment⭐ 30 XP🧪 Potion KitchenCamouflage in the Animal Kingdom
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🎯 Your mission
Set it up. Test it. Be amazed.
⚡ The twist
If it bubbles, something invisible is escaping.
Mind = Blown
🧪 If you could remove all the empty space from atoms, the entire human race would fit in a sugar cube.
Make a hypothesis first
Guess: will the fizz be loud, soft, or none at all?
What You'll Learn
Animal behaviors can be innate (born with) or learned. A spider spinning a web is innate behavior, while a dog learning to sit on command is learned behavior.
Key Words
- photosynthesis
- vertebrate
- invertebrate
Materials Needed
- water
- plastic wrap
- ruler
Safety First
- Dispose of materials properly after the experiment.
Steps
Read about Solutions and write down three key facts.
Build a model ecosystem in a jar using soil, small plants, and water. Seal it and observe how the water cycle works inside it for one week.
Note any unexpected results and think about why they happened.
Share your findings with the class or a partner and discuss what you learned.
Check Your Understanding
Question 1
1 of 3What is a biome?
Where you see this in real life
This is happening in your kitchen right now — every time food cooks.
Stretch Challenge
Try this in real life this week.
Find one ingredient in a snack and look up what it does.
For the dinner table
“What's something we cook that mixes things together this way?”
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