Lesson 40 of 84 · Plants and Animals
Experiment⭐ 30 XP🌿 Wild JungleWhat Do Animals Eat? (Part 2)
Plants and Animals.
🎯 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
Some animals eat only plants (herbivores), some eat only meat (carnivores), and some eat both (omnivores). What do you like to eat?
Key Words
- camouflage
- hibernate
Materials Needed
- magnifying glass
- paper towels
- markers
- tape
- small pots
- cotton balls
Safety First
- Wash hands after handling materials.
- Be careful with scissors — ask an adult for help if needed.
Steps
Talk about what you already know about Plants and Animals.
Observe a plant for one week. Measure it each day and write down how tall it is.
Compare what happened to what you predicted.
Tell the class one thing you learned today.
Check Your Understanding
Question 1
1 of 3What animal group has feathers?
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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