Lesson 39 of 84 · Life Cycles

Experiment⭐ 30 XP🌿 Wild Jungle

Who Lives in a Pond? (Part 2)

🧪Lab Brief #39

Life Cycles.

🎯 Your mission

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

⚡ The twist

What the body does in one minute is wilder than any cartoon.

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Mind = Blown

🐙 An octopus has 9 brains and 3 hearts.

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Make a hypothesis first

Guess: how does the body solve this problem?

What You'll Learn

Ducks swim in ponds and go 'quack quack!' They have waterproof feathers.

Key Words

leaf
root

Materials Needed

cups
water
plastic wrap
ruler
magnifying glass
paper towels

Safety First

Clean up spills immediately to prevent slipping.
Use materials only as directed in the experiment.

Steps

Step 1 — Read

Listen carefully and repeat the new words about Life Cycles.

Step 2 — Do

Look at a flower and smell it. What colors do you see? Count the petals.

Step 3 — Observe

Did anything change? Point to what is different.

Step 4 — Record

Point to the things you used in the activity.

Check Your Understanding

Question 1

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Where do fish live?

How sure are you going to be?😐 maybe

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Where you see this in real life

This is why plants grow toward windows and why scabs form.

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Stretch Challenge

Try this in real life this week.

Watch a plant or pet for 5 minutes today and write down what you noticed.

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For the dinner table

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

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