Elementary Resources That Work: October 2015

Monday, October 26, 2015

Name: ______________________ Date: ______________________

Mystery Box Questions

Direction: Respond to each question in a complete sentence based on the clues.

1. Why did you draw and label the picture that you drew to identify the living thing under the mystery box?

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2. What are some of the clues that led you to think the living thing in the box was a plant?

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3. What is the function of the roots, stem, leaves, and flowers on the plant?

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4. How would you compare and contrast two of the plant parts?

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5. What is your personal experiences with plants?

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6. How many plants do you have in your home or school?

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7. Why do you think plants are important to people?

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8. What do you think would happen to people if we did not have oxygen to breathe?

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9. What do you think will happen to people if plants become extinct like the dinosaurs?

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Name: ______________________ Date: _____________________

Mystery Box

Directions: Look at the mystery box. Listen to the clues about what is under the mystery box. Draw and label what you think is under the mystery box.

Clue: The living thing under this box is unable to walk or talk like people, but it needs water and the sun to survive just like people.

Clue: The livings thing does not have a mouth to drink water like people, but it needs water in order to survive.

Clue: The living thing is unique because it makes its own food.

Do humans make our own food in our bodies? ________________________________________

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Clue: This living thing lives in many different environments all over the world.

Clue: This living thing is like humans in many ways because it adapts to its environment in order to survive.

Directions: Draw and label what you think is under the mystery box.

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