What Animals Need

Lab Brief #2

🎯 Your mission

Learn the rule. Then catch nature using it.

⚡ The twist

Every species solves the same problem differently.

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

Before you watch: what do you think it'll do?

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

Draw a picture of what you see.

Step 4 of 4 · Record

Share what you learned with someone!

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.

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You got 0 of 3 right.

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🌍 Where you see this in real life: Your own body is doing this thousands of times every second.

🏆 Stretch challenge (try it this week): Find one thing about your body that's different from a friend's. Wonder why.

👨‍👩‍👧 For the dinner table: “Tell me something you noticed about your own body today.”

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