Lesson 16 of 84 · Habitats
Experiment⭐ 30 XP🌿 Wild JungleForest Friends and Their Homes
Forest Friends and Their Homes.
🎯 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
Baby animals need their parents to survive. Birds feed their chicks, and cats carry their kittens.
Key Words
- food chain
- shelter
Materials Needed
- cotton balls
- zip-lock bags
- labels
- seeds
- soil
- cups
Safety First
- Use materials only as directed in the experiment.
- Keep small objects away from young children.
- Work in a well-ventilated area when using vinegar or other strong-smelling substances.
Steps
Read about Habitats with a partner or grown-up.
Observe a plant for one week. Measure it each day and write down how tall it is.
Watch carefully. What happens?
Draw and write about what you learned.
Check Your Understanding
Question 1
1 of 3What do all living things need?
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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