Lesson 34 of 84 · Life Cycles

Experiment⭐ 30 XP🌿 Wild Jungle

How Caterpillars Become Butterflies (Part 2)

🧪Lab Brief #34

Life Cycles.

🎯 Your mission

Run the experiment. Find out what really happens.

⚡ The twist

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

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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

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

paper towels
markers
tape
small pots
cotton balls

Safety First

Do not taste any materials.

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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