Lesson 55 of 84 · Plants and Animals

Experiment⭐ 30 XP🌿 Wild Jungle

Ants at Work (Part 2)

🧪Lab Brief #55

Plants and Animals.

🎯 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

Some plants grow fruit that we can eat! Apples, oranges, and bananas grow on trees and plants.

Key Words

wing
tail
paw

Materials Needed

markers
tape
small pots

Safety First

Adult supervision recommended.

Steps

Step 1 — Read

Ask a grown-up to explain today's topic: Plants and Animals.

Step 2 — Do

Use playdough to make your favorite animal. What shape is its body?

Step 3 — Observe

Draw a picture of what you see.

Step 4 — Record

Share what you learned with someone!

Check Your Understanding

Question 1

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Do flowers need water?

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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