Lesson 44 of 84 · Plants

Experiment⭐ 30 XP🌿 Wild Jungle

Food Chains: Who Eats What? (Part 2)

🧪Lab Brief #44

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

🎯 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

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

Key Words

migrate
adapt
food chain

Materials Needed

tape
small pots
cotton balls
zip-lock bags
labels
seeds

Safety First

Clean up spills immediately to prevent slipping.

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

This is why plants grow toward windows and why scabs form.

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Stretch Challenge

Try this in real life this week.

Watch a plant or pet for 5 minutes today and write down what you noticed.

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For the dinner table

“Tell me something you noticed about your own body today.”

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