Lesson 42 of 84 · Simple Ecosystems
Lesson⭐ 30 XP🌿 Wild JungleA Pond Habitat (Part 2)
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
A habitat is an animal's home. Deserts, forests, oceans, and ponds are all habitats.
Key Words
- hibernate
- migrate
Steps
Look at the new words. Can you say each one?
Draw the life cycle of a butterfly: egg, caterpillar, chrysalis, butterfly. Label each stage.
Use your senses to describe what you notice.
Write 1-2 sentences about what happened.
Check Your Understanding
Question 1
1 of 3Where do polar bears live?
Where you see this in real life
Your own body is doing this thousands of times every second.
Stretch Challenge
Try this in real life this week.
Find one thing about your body that's different from a friend's. Wonder why.
For the dinner table
“Tell me something you noticed about your own body today.”
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