Lesson 31 of 84 · Habitats
Experiment⭐ 30 XP🌿 Wild JungleWhat Living Things Need (Part 2)
What Living Things Need (Part 2).
🎯 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
Living things need food, water, air, and space to survive. Without these, they cannot live.
Key Words
Tap a word to see its definition.
Materials Needed
- small pots
- cotton balls
- zip-lock bags
- labels
Safety First
- Adult supervision recommended.
- Do not taste any materials.
Steps
Read about Habitats with a partner or grown-up.
Plant two seeds: put one in sunlight and one in a dark closet. Water both the same amount each day.
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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