What Is a Mammal?

Lab Brief #2

🎯 Your mission

Understand the idea. Then look for it everywhere.

⚡ The twist

Every species solves the same problem differently.

What you'll learn

Mammals have fur and feed milk to their babies. Dogs, cats, and humans are mammals!

Key words

mammal
A warm-blooded animal with hair that feeds its babies milk.

Make a hypothesis first

Before you watch: what do you think it'll do?

Say your guess out loud — then find out if you were right.

Step 1 of 4 · Read

Look at the new words. Can you say each one?

Step 2 of 4 · Do

Sort animal picture cards into groups: animals with fur, feathers, or scales.

Step 3 of 4 · Observe

Watch carefully. What happens?

Step 4 of 4 · Record

Draw and write about what you learned.

Question 1 of 3

Which animal is a mammal?

How sure are you?😐 maybe

Question 2 of 3

Mammal mothers feed their babies:

How sure are you?😐 maybe

Question 3 of 3

What covers the bodies of most mammals?

How sure are you?😐 maybe

Mind = blown

🐙 An octopus has 9 brains and 3 hearts.

Nice work!

You got 0 of 3 right.

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