Lesson 5 of 84 · Habitats
Simulation⭐ 30 XP🌿 Wild JunglePlants and Their Parts
Plants and Their Parts.
🎯 Your mission
Push the limits. See what changes.
⚡ The twist
Living things break the rules of non-living things — find the rule they break.
Mind = Blown
🦠 You have more bacterial cells in your body than human cells.
Make a hypothesis first
Predict: what will happen to the plant if you change the water?
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 Habitats.
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
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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