Lesson 50 of 84 · Habitats
Lesson⭐ 30 XP🌿 Wild JungleTaking Care of Our Environment (Part 2)
Taking Care of Our Environment (Part 2).
🎯 Your mission
Understand the idea. Then look for it everywhere.
⚡ 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
Amphibians like frogs live in water when young and on land when grown up.
Key Words
- roots
- stem
Steps
Talk about what you already know about Habitats.
Go outside and collect 5 different leaves. Tape them to paper and write how each one is different.
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
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.”
Next Smart Experiment
We'll pick an experiment that matches exactly how you're thinking right now.
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