Lesson 84 of 84 · Human Impacts on Earth
Experiment⭐ 30 XP🌿 Wild JungleTechnology and Innovation (Part 4)
Human Impacts on Earth.
🎯 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
Technology is the application of scientific knowledge to solve practical problems. From simple tools to complex computers, technology shapes how humans interact with the world.
Key Words
- constraint
- criteria
- iteration
Materials Needed
- rubber bands
- string
- cups
- aluminum foil
- ruler
- markers
Safety First
- Wear safety goggles when mixing liquids.
Steps
Read the introduction and identify the main idea of this lesson.
Build a water filter using a bottle, sand, gravel, cotton, and charcoal. Pour muddy water through and measure how clear the output is.
Look for patterns in your observations.
Make a graph or chart showing your results.
Check Your Understanding
Question 1
1 of 3What happens when light hits a mirror?
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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