Lesson 12 of 84 · Habitats

Experiment⭐ 30 XP🌿 Wild Jungle

From Egg to Chick

🧪Lab Brief #12

From Egg to Chick.

🎯 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

Baby chicks hatch from eggs. They are fluffy and yellow!

Key Words

egg
nest
pet

Materials Needed

ruler
magnifying glass
paper towels

Safety First

Do not taste any materials.

Steps

Step 1 — Read

Talk about Habitats with a grown-up. What do you already know?

Step 2 — Do

Sort pictures of living and non-living things into two piles.

Step 3 — Observe

What happened? Tell a grown-up what you noticed.

Step 4 — Record

Tell a grown-up your favorite part of the activity.

Check Your Understanding

Question 1

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Which is bigger: an elephant or a mouse?

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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