Lesson 33 of 84 · Life Cycles
Experiment⭐ 30 XP🌿 Wild JungleAnimal Homes and Habitats (Part 2)
Life Cycles.
🎯 Your mission
Run the experiment. Find out what really happens.
⚡ The twist
What the body does in one minute is wilder than any cartoon.
Mind = Blown
🦠 You have more bacterial cells in your body than human cells.
Make a hypothesis first
Guess: how does the body solve this problem?
What You'll Learn
Animals live in habitats that give them what they need: food, water, shelter, and space. A fish lives in water, a bird lives in trees.
Key Words
- life cycle
- offspring
- survive
Materials Needed
- small pots
- cotton balls
- zip-lock bags
- labels
- seeds
- soil
Safety First
- Be careful with scissors — ask an adult for help if needed.
Steps
Read the introduction. What is this lesson about?
Draw a food chain: start with the sun, then a plant, then an animal that eats it, then a predator.
Look for something that changed. What is it?
Circle the correct answer on your worksheet.
Check Your Understanding
Question 1
1 of 3What is a habitat?
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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