Lesson 33 of 84 · Life Cycles

Simulation⭐ 30 XP🌿 Wild Jungle

Animal Homes and Habitats (Part 2)

🧪Lab Brief #33

Life Cycles.

🎯 Your mission

Run the sim. Spot the pattern.

⚡ The twist

Living things break the rules of non-living things — find the rule they break.

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Mind = Blown

🌳 Trees can talk to each other through underground fungus networks.

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Make a hypothesis first

Predict: what will happen to the plant if you change the water?

What You'll Learn

Animals live in habitats that give them what they need: food, water, shelter, and space. A fish lives in water, a bird lives in trees.

Key Words

life cycle
offspring
survive

Steps

Step 1 — Read

Read the introduction. What is this lesson about?

Step 2 — Do

Draw a food chain: start with the sun, then a plant, then an animal that eats it, then a predator.

Step 3 — Observe

Look for something that changed. What is it?

Step 4 — Record

Circle the correct answer on your worksheet.

Check Your Understanding

Question 1

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What is a habitat?

How sure are you going to be?😐 maybe

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Where you see this in real life

This is why plants grow toward windows and why scabs form.

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Stretch Challenge

Try this in real life this week.

Watch a plant or pet for 5 minutes today and write down what you noticed.

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For the dinner table

“Tell me something you noticed about your own body today.”

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