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Lesson 24 of 84 · Plants and Animals

Lesson30 XP🌿 Wild Jungle

What Roots Do

🧪Lab Brief #24

Plants and Animals.

🎯 Your mission

Understand the idea. Then look for it everywhere.

⚡ The twist

Every species solves the same problem differently.

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Mind = Blown

🐙 An octopus has 9 brains and 3 hearts.

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Make a hypothesis first

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

What You'll Learn

Roots hold the plant in the ground and soak up water and nutrients from the soil.

Key Words

Tap a word to see its definition.

Steps

Step 1Read

Look at the picture and read the labels.

Step 2Do

Draw the life cycle of a butterfly: egg, caterpillar, chrysalis, butterfly. Label each stage.

Step 3Observe

Draw a picture of what you observe.

Step 4Record

Share your results with a partner.

Check Your Understanding

Question 1

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Which part of a plant takes in water?

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Where you see this in real life

Your own body is doing this thousands of times every second.

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Stretch Challenge

Try this in real life this week.

Find one thing about your body that's different from a friend's. Wonder why.

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For the dinner table

Tell me something you noticed about your own body today.

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