Lesson 53 of 84 · Plants and Animals
Experiment⭐ 30 XP🌿 Wild JungleEarthworms Help the Soil (Part 2)
Plants and Animals.
🎯 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
Earthworms help soil by digging tunnels that let air and water reach plant roots.
Key Words
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Materials Needed
- small pots
- cotton balls
- zip-lock bags
- labels
- seeds
Safety First
- Do not taste any materials.
Steps
Read the introduction. What is this lesson about?
Sort animal picture cards into groups: animals with fur, feathers, or scales.
Look for something that changed. What is it?
Circle the correct answer on your worksheet.
Check Your Understanding
Question 1
1 of 3What does a caterpillar turn into?
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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