Lesson 69 of 84 · Life Cycles
Experiment⭐ 30 XP🌿 Wild JungleAnimals in Winter (Part 3)
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
Seasons affect animals and plants. In winter, some animals hibernate, some migrate to warmer places, and some stay and find food in the cold.
Key Words
- prey
- camouflage
- hibernate
Materials Needed
- cups
- water
- plastic wrap
Safety First
- Use materials only as directed in the experiment.
- Keep small objects away from young children.
Steps
Look at the picture and read the labels.
Draw a food chain: start with the sun, then a plant, then an animal that eats it, then a predator.
Draw a picture of what you observe.
Share your results with a partner.
Check Your Understanding
Question 1
1 of 3Which part of a plant takes in water?
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.”
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