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Week 09 · Copy Nature

Thursday

Nature has ideas
// Solve problems like plants and animals do
⏱ about 15 min

Thursday: Nature has ideas

Rabbits keep nibbling Raven’s garden.

Rocket thinks fast. "A fence! Any fence!"

Nova asks, "Which plant keeps animals away?" Raven smiles.

Match the problem to nature

Thorns help keep animals from eating plants.

Quills help keep a porcupine safe.

Roots hold plants up.

Shells protect soft bodies.

Engineers can copy each idea.

ProblemNature idea
Keep animals out of a gardenThorns or quills
Keep a tower standingRoots
Keep a head safeA shell
COPY WHICH PART?
  • Read the question.
  • Tap your answer.
Raven wants to keep rabbits out. What could she copy?
You want a tall sign to stay up. What could you copy?
You want to protect your head. What could you copy?
SOLVE IT LIKE AN ENGINEER
  • Tap a card.
  • Then tap its spot.
1First
2Next
3Then
4Last
PROBLEM AND IDEA
  • Read the question.
  • Tap your answer.
What kept nibbling Raven’s garden?
What do quills do for a porcupine?
What is the first engineer step?
What is the last engineer step?
SentenceTrue or false?
Roots hold plants up.?
Shells protect soft bodies.?
Thorns help animals eat plants.?
Engineers can copy nature ideas.?
WHY THIS EXERCISEEach nature part can solve a people problem.
Draw a garden fence that copies thorns.

Word Spot: spell, air

Here are new sight words.

Look at each word. Say it. Spell it.

Spell: S-P-E-L-L.

Air: A-I-R.

FIND THE WORD
  • Listen to the word.
  • Tap it.
Find the word you hear.
Find the word you hear.
Find the word you hear.
Find the word you hear.
FILL THE GAP
  • Listen to the sentence.
  • Tap the missing word.
Can you ___ cat?
We breathe ___.

You thought like a nature engineer!

Tomorrow you will look for nature ideas around you.

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