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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

What the body does in one minute is wilder than any cartoon.

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Mind = Blown

🐙 An octopus has 9 brains and 3 hearts.

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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
predator

Materials Needed

tape
small pots
cotton balls
zip-lock bags
labels
seeds

Safety First

Be careful with scissors — ask an adult for help if needed.

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

This is why plants grow toward windows and why scabs form.

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Stretch Challenge

Try this in real life this week.

Watch a plant or pet for 5 minutes today and write down what you noticed.

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For the dinner table

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

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