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Lesson 25 of 84 ยท Animals

Simulationโญ 30 XP๐ŸŒฟ Wild Jungle

Ants at Work

Ants at Work
๐ŸงชLab Brief #25

Ants at Work.

๐ŸŽฏ Your mission

Run the sim. Spot the pattern.

โšก The twist

Living things break the rules of non-living things โ€” find the rule they break.

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Mind = Blown

๐ŸŒณ Trees can talk to each other through underground fungus networks.

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Make a hypothesis first

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

What You'll Learn

Some plants grow fruit that we can eat! Apples, oranges, and bananas grow on trees and plants.

Key Words

  • wing
  • tail
  • paw

Steps

Step 1 โ€” Read

Ask a grown-up to explain today's topic: Animals.

Step 2 โ€” Do

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

Step 3 โ€” Observe

Draw a picture of what you see.

Step 4 โ€” Record

Share what you learned with someone!

Check Your Understanding

Question 1

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Do flowers need water?

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Where you see this in real life

Your own body is doing this thousands of times every second.

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Stretch Challenge

Try this in real life this week.

Find one thing about your body that's different from a friend's. Wonder why.

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For the dinner table

โ€œTell me something you noticed about your own body today.โ€

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Next Smart Experiment

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

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