What Animals Need

Lab Brief #1

🎯 Your mission

Master the concept. Use it tomorrow.

⚡ The twist

Living things break the rules of non-living things — find the rule they break.

What you'll learn

Animals need food, water, and a safe place to live. Just like you!

Key words · 1 of 2

animal
A living thing that moves, eats food, and breathes.
food
What living things eat to get energy and grow.

Key words · 2 of 2

water
A clear liquid made of hydrogen and oxygen that living things need.

Make a hypothesis first

Predict: what will happen to the plant if you change the water?

Say your guess out loud — then find out if you were right.

Step 1 of 4 · Read

Say the vocabulary words out loud. Can you repeat them?

Step 2 of 4 · Do

Use playdough to make your favorite animal. What shape is its body?

Step 3 of 4 · Observe

Did anything change? Point to what is different.

Step 4 of 4 · Record

Point to the things you used in the activity.

Question 1 of 3

Which animal says 'moo'?

Question 2 of 3

Do all animals have legs?

Question 3 of 3

Which animal has a shell?

Mind = blown

🌳 Trees can talk to each other through underground fungus networks.

Nice work!

You got 0 of 3 right.

Next: Babies Look Like Parents All lessons

🎯

Next Smart Experiment

We'll pick an experiment that matches exactly how you're thinking right now.

✨ More to explore

🌍 Where you see this in real life: This is why plants grow toward windows and why scabs form.

🏆 Stretch challenge (try it 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.”

🐘Share card

Share this experiment

Send it to a parent who's looking for a 10-minute kitchen science win.

What Animals Need

Next Smart Experiment

Share this experiment

What Animals Need

Done with science? Try something else

Your Cart (0)