Lesson 37 of 84 · Spacetime
Lesson⭐ 30 XP🚀 StarbaseThe Human Circulatory System
Spacetime.
🎯 Your mission
Understand the idea. Then look for it everywhere.
⚡ The twist
Up there, the rules of down here stop working.
Mind = Blown
🪐 A day on Venus is longer than a year on Venus.
Make a hypothesis first
Predict: what would happen on the moon vs. on Earth?
What You'll Learn
The circulatory system moves blood throughout the body to deliver oxygen and nutrients and to carry away waste. The heart works as a pump, pushing blood through a network of arteries, veins, and tiny capillaries.
Key Words
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Steps
Look at the vocabulary words and write a definition for each in your own words.
Build a model ecosystem in a jar using soil, small plants, and water. Seal it and observe how the water cycle works inside it for one week.
Watch carefully for any changes and note the time.
Create a data table to organize your measurements.
Check Your Understanding
Question 1
1 of 3Which stage comes after a caterpillar in metamorphosis?
Where you see this in real life
GPS, weather forecasts, and the seasons all rely on this.
Stretch Challenge
Try this in real life this week.
Find a constellation in the sky. Look it up. Tell someone its story.
For the dinner table
“If you could visit any planet, which would you pick and why?”
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