Lesson 20 of 84 · Life Cycles
Experiment⭐ 30 XP🌿 Wild JungleTaking Care of Our Environment
Life Cycles.
🎯 Your mission
Predict it first. Then prove yourself right (or wrong).
⚡ The twist
Living things break the rules of non-living things — find the rule they break.
Mind = Blown
🌳 Trees can talk to each other through underground fungus networks.
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
- pollination
Materials Needed
- markers
- tape
- small pots
Safety First
- Keep small objects away from young children.
Steps
Talk about what you already know about Life Cycles.
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
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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