Lesson 39 of 84 · Human Impacts on Earth
Lesson⭐ 30 XP🌿 Wild JunglePeer Review in Science (Part 2)
Human Impacts on Earth.
🎯 Your mission
Master the concept. Use it tomorrow.
⚡ The twist
What the body does in one minute is wilder than any cartoon.
Mind = Blown
🐙 An octopus has 9 brains and 3 hearts.
Make a hypothesis first
Guess: how does the body solve this problem?
What You'll Learn
Peer review is how scientists check each other's work. Before research is published, other experts evaluate the methods, data, and conclusions to ensure they are valid.
Key Words
- iteration
- wavelength
- frequency
Steps
Look at the vocabulary words and write a definition for each in your own words.
Design and build a bridge from newspaper and tape that can hold a textbook. Test it and redesign to make it stronger.
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 3What is a prototype?
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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