Lesson 64 of 84 · Habitats
Simulation⭐ 30 XP🌿 Wild JungleHow Caterpillars Become Butterflies (Part 3)
How Caterpillars Become Butterflies (Part 3).
🎯 Your mission
Run the sim. Spot the pattern.
⚡ The twist
What the body does in one minute is wilder than any cartoon.
Mind = Blown
🐙 An octopus has 9 brains and 3 hearts.
Make a hypothesis first
Guess: how does the body solve this problem?
What You'll Learn
Insects have six legs, three body parts, and often have wings. Butterflies, ants, and beetles are all insects!
Key Words
- offspring
- survive
Steps
Look at the picture and read the labels.
Observe a plant for one week. Measure it each day and write down how tall it is.
Draw a picture of what you observe.
Share your results with a partner.
Check Your Understanding
Question 1
1 of 3What happens to a tadpole?
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.”
Next Smart Experiment
We'll pick an experiment that matches exactly how you're thinking right now.
Share this experiment
Send it to a parent who's looking for a 10-minute kitchen science win.
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