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Lesson 79 of 84 ยท Simple Ecosystems

Simulationโญ 30 XP๐ŸŒฟ Wild Jungle

How Flowers Attract Bees (Part 3)

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Simple Ecosystems.

๐ŸŽฏ Your mission

Run the sim. Spot the pattern.

โšก The twist

Living things break the rules of non-living things โ€” find the rule they break.

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Mind = Blown

๐ŸŒณ 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

Flowers attract bees with their bright colors and sweet smell. Bees help flowers make seeds!

Key Words

  • roots
  • stem
  • pollination

Steps

Step 1 โ€” Read

Look at the picture and read the labels.

Step 2 โ€” Do

Plant two seeds: put one in sunlight and one in a dark closet. Water both the same amount each day.

Step 3 โ€” Observe

Draw a picture of what you observe.

Step 4 โ€” Record

Share your results with a partner.

Check Your Understanding

Question 1

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What happens to a tadpole?

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Where you see this in real life

Your own body is doing this thousands of times every second.

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Stretch Challenge

Try this in real life this week.

Find one thing about your body that's different from a friend's. Wonder why.

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For the dinner table

โ€œTell me something you noticed about your own body today.โ€

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