Lesson 34 of 84 · Animals

Experiment⭐ 30 XP🌿 Wild Jungle

How Caterpillars Become Butterflies (Part 2)

🧪Lab Brief #34

How Caterpillars Become Butterflies (Part 2).

🎯 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.

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Mind = Blown

🌳 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

Insects have six legs, three body parts, and often have wings. Butterflies, ants, and beetles are all insects!

Key Words

offspring
survive

Materials Needed

cotton balls
zip-lock bags
labels

Safety First

Dispose of materials properly after the experiment.

Steps

Step 1 — Read

Look at the picture and read the labels.

Step 2 — Do

Observe a plant for one week. Measure it each day and write down how tall it is.

Step 3 — Observe

Draw a picture of what you observe.

Step 4 — Record

Share your results with a partner.

Check Your Understanding

Question 1

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What happens to a tadpole?

How sure are you going to be?😐 maybe

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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

“Tell me something you noticed about your own body today.”

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