Lesson 10 of 84 · Simple Ecosystems
Lesson⭐ 30 XP🌿 Wild JungleWhat Do Animals Eat?
Simple Ecosystems.
🎯 Your mission
Master the concept. Use it tomorrow.
⚡ The twist
Living things break the rules of non-living things — find the rule they break.
Mind = Blown
🌳 Trees can talk to each other through underground fungus networks.
Make a hypothesis first
Predict: what will happen to the plant if you change the water?
What You'll Learn
Some animals eat only plants (herbivores), some eat only meat (carnivores), and some eat both (omnivores). What do you like to eat?
Key Words
- camouflage
- hibernate
Steps
Talk about what you already know about Simple Ecosystems.
Observe a plant for one week. Measure it each day and write down how tall it is.
Compare what happened to what you predicted.
Tell the class one thing you learned today.
Check Your Understanding
Question 1
1 of 3What animal group has feathers?
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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