Scaly Reptiles

Lab Brief #3

🎯 Your mission

Master the concept. Use it tomorrow.

⚡ The twist

What the body does in one minute is wilder than any cartoon.

What you'll learn

Reptiles have scales and are cold-blooded. Snakes, lizards, and turtles are reptiles.

Key words

mammal
A warm-blooded animal with hair that feeds its babies milk.
reptile
A cold-blooded animal with scaly skin, like a snake or lizard.

Make a hypothesis first

Guess: how does the body solve this problem?

Say your guess out loud — then find out if you were right.

Step 1 of 4 · Read

Look at the new words. Can you say each one?

Step 2 of 4 · Do

Sort animal picture cards into groups: animals with fur, feathers, or scales.

Step 3 of 4 · Observe

Look for something that changed. What is it?

Step 4 of 4 · Record

Circle the correct answer on your worksheet.

Question 1 of 3

What covers a reptile's skin?

How sure are you?😐 maybe

Question 2 of 3

Which animal is a reptile?

How sure are you?😐 maybe

Question 3 of 3

Reptiles are cold-blooded. That means their body warmth comes mostly from:

How sure are you?😐 maybe

Mind = blown

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Nice work!

You got 0 of 3 right.

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🏆 Stretch challenge (try it this week): Find one thing about your body that's different from a friend's. Wonder why.

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