Lesson 2 of 5 · Life Cycles
Lesson⭐ 30 XP🌿 Wild JungleThe Food Chain
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Life Cycles.
🎯 Your mission
Understand the idea. Then look for it everywhere.
⚡ The twist
Every species solves the same problem differently.
Mind = Blown
🐙 An octopus has 9 brains and 3 hearts.
Make a hypothesis first
Before you watch: what do you think it'll do?
What You'll Learn
A food chain shows who eats what. Grass is eaten by rabbits, and rabbits are eaten by foxes.
Key Words
Tap a word to see its definition.
Steps
Look at the new words. Can you say each one?
Draw a food chain: start with the sun, then a plant, then an animal that eats it, then a predator.
Look for something that changed. What is it?
Circle the correct answer on your worksheet.
Check Your Understanding
Question 1
1 of 3What is a food chain?
Where you see this in real life
This is why plants grow toward windows and why scabs form.
Stretch Challenge
Try this in real life this week.
Watch a plant or pet for 5 minutes today and write down what you noticed.
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.
Ready?
The Food Chain
Understand the idea. Then look for it everywhere.
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