Lesson 6 of 84 · Habitats

Experiment⭐ 30 XP🌿 Wild Jungle

Let's Go on a Nature Walk

🧪Lab Brief #6

Let's Go on a Nature Walk.

🎯 Your mission

Predict it first. Then prove yourself right (or wrong).

⚡ The twist

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

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Mind = Blown

🌳 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 animals have fur, some have feathers, and some have scales. What covers your pet?

Key Words

seed
flower
leaf

Materials Needed

cotton balls
zip-lock bags
labels
seeds
soil

Safety First

Tie back long hair before starting the experiment.

Steps

Step 1 — Read

Have a grown-up read about Habitats to you.

Step 2 — Do

Go outside and find a plant. Touch its leaves gently. Are they soft or rough?

Step 3 — Observe

Look closely! What do you see?

Step 4 — Record

Draw a picture of what you learned today.

Check Your Understanding

Question 1

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Is a rock a living thing?

How sure are you going to be?😐 maybe

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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

“Tell me something you noticed about your own body today.”

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