Lesson 3 of 84 · Simple Ecosystems
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Simple Ecosystems.
🎯 Your mission
Understand the idea. Then look for it everywhere.
⚡ The twist
Every species solves the same problem differently.
Mind = Blown
🐙 An octopus has 9 brains and 3 hearts.
Make a hypothesis first
Before you watch: what do you think it'll do?
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
Read the introduction. What is this lesson about?
Draw a food chain: start with the sun, then a plant, then an animal that eats it, then a predator.
Look for something that changed. What is it?
Circle the correct answer on your worksheet.
Check Your Understanding
Question 1
1 of 3What is a habitat?
Where you see this in real life
This is why plants grow toward windows and why scabs form.
Stretch Challenge
Try this in real life this week.
Watch a plant or pet for 5 minutes today and write down what you noticed.
For the dinner table
“Tell me something you noticed about your own body today.”
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