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Experiment⭐ 30 XP🌿 Wild Jungle

Food Chains: Who Eats What? (Part 2)

🧪Lab Brief #44

Food Chains: Who Eats What? (Part 2).

🎯 Your mission

Set it up. Test it. Be amazed.

⚡ The twist

Living things break the rules of non-living things — find the rule they break.

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Mind = Blown

🦠 You have more bacterial cells in your body than human cells.

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Make a hypothesis first

Predict: what will happen to the plant if you change the water?

What You'll Learn

A food chain shows who eats what. Grass is eaten by rabbits, and rabbits are eaten by foxes.

Key Words

migrate
adapt

Materials Needed

small pots
cotton balls
zip-lock bags
labels
seeds

Safety First

Clean up spills immediately to prevent slipping.
Use materials only as directed in the experiment.
Keep small objects away from young children.

Steps

Step 1 — Read

Look at the picture and read the labels.

Step 2 — Do

Go outside and collect 5 different leaves. Tape them to paper and write how each one is different.

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 is camouflage?

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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