Conversemos:
Imagínate que quisieras hacer los experimentos en la VIDA REAL.
¿Qué retos u obstáculos encontrarías si quisieras hacer estos experimentos en la vida real?
In this lesson, students investigate how different plants grow best under very different conditions, ranging from deserts to tropical rainforests. In the activity, Puzzling Plants, students plan and conduct virtual experiments in order to determine how much water and sunlight a set of mystery plants need to grow and stay healthy.
Preview activityBuild-Your-Own Experiment printout | 1 per student |
Sunlight Experiment worksheet | 1 per student |
Water Experiment worksheet | 1 per student |
Crayons
We suggest providing green, yellow, blue, red, and brown.
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Details
4 crayons per student
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Glue Sticks
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1 glue stick per student |
Scissors
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1 pair per student |
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Experiment Ideas worksheet
Experiment Ideas will be shown on-screen for the activity, but you can print them out for students if helpful. |
1 per pair |
We suggest students work in pairs to share ideas. Homeschool students can work on their own.
This activity walks students through virtual experiments to help reinforce the concept that an experiment should only change one part (variable), but keep all the other parts the same (controls).
We think it’s best to follow-up these learnings with a hands-on experiment that uses real plants! If you have radish plants leftover from the lesson “Could a plant survive without light?”, you can guide your students to plan and conduct a few classroom experiments.
Student slideshow: English | Spanish
Teacher printout: English & Spanish
In this reading, students learn how an old tree falling over can help new trees growing.
Continue learning about plant needs and habitats with additional Mystery Science lessons!
You can elaborate student learning and engagement with Mystery Science mini-lessons.
If you are in an NGSS state, this mini-lesson supports the DCI LS2.A: Interdependent Relationships in Ecosystems
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