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What Is This Video?

Plum sends Cooper, Gabi and Oliver on a mission to observe a small piece of the Earth. What will they find?

Conversation Starters

Ask:
  • If Plum sent you on this mission, where would you like to go? What do you think you might find?
  • Do you think you might see different things if you repeated this mission at different times of day? Why or why not?

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In the video, Plum sent the Earthlings on a mission to observe a small piece of Earth and record what they found. Now it's your turn! Take your field notebook and head outside. Bring a camera if you have one. Find a place you'd like to explore in depth, sit down, and spend a minute simply listening and looking. Then, choose something to observe closely, such as a spider web, the bark of a tree, or a squirrel. Take notes in your notebook or make drawings showing what you're observing. What does it look like? If it's an animal, what is it doing? If it's a plant, where is it growing? Are any animals walking or crawling on it, eating parts of it, or using it in some other way?

Curriculum Topic

habitats

Activity Type

indoor and outdoor

Standards

Next Generation Science Standards

Disciplinary Core Ideas

Science and Engineering Practices

Crosscutting Concepts