Lesson 7 of 84 · Simple Ecosystems
Experiment⭐ 30 XP🌿 Wild JungleBaby Animals Grow and Change
Simple Ecosystems.
🎯 Your mission
Predict it first. Then prove yourself right (or wrong).
⚡ The twist
Living things break the rules of non-living things — find the rule they break.
Mind = Blown
🌳 Trees can talk to each other through underground fungus networks.
Make a hypothesis first
Predict: what will happen to the plant if you change the water?
What You'll Learn
Animals grow and change over time. A tadpole grows legs and becomes a frog!
Key Words
- predator
- prey
Materials Needed
- soil
- cups
- water
- plastic wrap
- ruler
- magnifying glass
Safety First
- Protect your work surface with newspaper or plastic.
- Adult supervision recommended.
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.
Use your senses to describe what you notice.
Write 1-2 sentences about what happened.
Check Your Understanding
Question 1
1 of 3Which animals hibernate?
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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