Lesson 3 of 7 · What Living Things Need

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What Is an Ecosystem?

🧪Lab Brief #3

What Living Things Need.

🎯 Your mission

Master the concept. Use it tomorrow.

⚡ The twist

Nature loves to surprise the careful watcher.

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Mind = Blown

🔬 The more you look, the more nature shows you.

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Make a hypothesis first

Before you start: write down what you think will happen, and why.

What You'll Learn

An ecosystem is all the living and non-living things in an area working together.

Key Words

Tap a word to see its definition.

Steps

Step 1 — Read

Look at the new words. Can you say each one?

Step 2 — Observe

Compare what happened to what you predicted.

Step 3 — Record

Tell the class one thing you learned today.

Check Your Understanding

Question 1

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What do all living things need?

How sure are you going to be?😐 maybe

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Where you see this in real life

This shows up in your everyday life more than you'd think.

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Stretch Challenge

Try this in real life this week.

Try one experiment in real life this week — even a tiny one.

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For the dinner table

“What's the most surprising thing you learned today?”

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