Lesson 10 of 84 · Habitats
Experiment⭐ 30 XP🌿 Wild JungleWhat Do Animals Eat?
What Do Animals Eat?.
🎯 Your mission
Predict it first. Then prove yourself right (or wrong).
⚡ The twist
What the body does in one minute is wilder than any cartoon.
Mind = Blown
🐙 An octopus has 9 brains and 3 hearts.
Make a hypothesis first
Guess: how does the body solve this problem?
What You'll Learn
Some animals eat only plants (herbivores), some eat only meat (carnivores), and some eat both (omnivores). What do you like to eat?
Key Words
- camouflage
- hibernate
Materials Needed
- cotton balls
- zip-lock bags
- labels
- seeds
- soil
- cups
Safety First
- Protect your work surface with newspaper or plastic.
Steps
Talk about what you already know about Habitats.
Observe a plant for one week. Measure it each day and write down how tall it is.
Compare what happened to what you predicted.
Tell the class one thing you learned today.
Check Your Understanding
Question 1
1 of 3What animal group has feathers?
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
“Tell me something you noticed about your own body today.”
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