Lesson 9 of 84 · Life Cycles

Simulation⭐ 30 XP🌿 Wild Jungle

Animals in Winter

🧪Lab Brief #9

Life Cycles.

🎯 Your mission

Run the sim. Spot the pattern.

⚡ 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

Seasons affect animals and plants. In winter, some animals hibernate, some migrate to warmer places, and some stay and find food in the cold.

Key Words

prey
camouflage

Steps

Step 1 — Read

Look at the picture and read the labels.

Step 2 — Do

Draw a food chain: start with the sun, then a plant, then an animal that eats it, then a predator.

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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Which part of a plant takes in water?

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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