Roots Drink Water

Lab Brief #9

🎯 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.

What you'll learn

Plants have roots underground. Roots drink up water from the soil.

Key words · 1 of 2

plant
A living thing that makes its own food using sunlight.
root
The part of a plant that grows underground and soaks up water.

Key words · 2 of 2

water
A clear liquid made of hydrogen and oxygen that living things need.

Make a hypothesis first

Guess: how does the body solve this problem?

Say your guess out loud — then find out if you were right.

Get ready

🧰 What you need

seeds
soil
water

⚠️ Safety first

Wash your hands thoroughly afterwards and keep the material away from your face.
Mop up spills straight away so nobody slips, and keep liquids away from sockets.

Step 1 of 4 · Read

Say the vocabulary words out loud. Can you repeat them?

Step 2 of 4 · Do

Plant a seed in a cup of soil and give it water. Put it by a sunny window.

Step 3 of 4 · Observe

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

Step 4 of 4 · Record

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

Question 1 of 3

What do plants need to grow?

Question 2 of 3

Do all animals have legs?

Question 3 of 3

Do birds have feathers?

Mind = blown

🐙 An octopus has 9 brains and 3 hearts.

Nice work!

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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