Lesson 79 of 84 · Ecosystems
Experiment⭐ 30 XP🌿 Wild JungleBacteria and Viruses (Part 2)
Ecosystems.
🎯 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
Bacteria are tiny single-celled organisms that live almost everywhere, and while some cause disease, many are helpful, like those that break down food in our intestines. Viruses are even smaller and can only reproduce by invading the living cells of another organism.
Key Words
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Materials Needed
- magnifying glass
- paper towels
- markers
Safety First
- Do not taste any materials.
- Wear safety goggles when mixing liquids.
- Wash hands after handling materials.
Steps
Read the introduction and identify the main idea of this lesson.
Compare the skeletal structures of a bird wing, human arm, and whale flipper using diagrams. Identify homologous bones and write what this tells us about common ancestry.
Use your senses (except taste) to describe what you notice.
Write a summary of your findings in 3-5 sentences.
Check Your Understanding
Question 1
1 of 3Which animals go through metamorphosis?
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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