Lesson 4 of 84 · Plants and Animals
Experiment⭐ 30 XP🌿 Wild JungleHow Caterpillars Become Butterflies
Plants and Animals.
🎯 Your mission
Predict it first. Then prove yourself right (or wrong).
⚡ 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
Insects have six legs, three body parts, and often have wings. Butterflies, ants, and beetles are all insects!
Key Words
- offspring
- survive
Materials Needed
- seeds
- soil
- cups
Safety First
- Adult supervision recommended.
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.”
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