What Is an Ecosystem?

Lab Brief #3

🎯 Your mission

Learn the rule. Then catch nature using it.

⚡ The twist

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

What you'll learn

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

Key words

Make a hypothesis first

Guess: how does the body solve this problem?

Say your guess out loud — then find out if you were right.

Step 1 of 3 · Read

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

Step 2 of 3 · Observe

Draw a picture of what you observe.

Step 3 of 3 · Record

Share your results with a partner.

Question 1 of 3

An ecosystem is made of:

How sure are you?😐 maybe

Question 2 of 3

Which is a non-living part of a pond ecosystem?

How sure are you?😐 maybe

Question 3 of 3

Which is an example of an ecosystem?

How sure are you?😐 maybe

Mind = blown

🦠 You have more bacterial cells in your body than human cells.

Nice work!

You got 0 of 3 right.

🎯

We'll pick an experiment that matches exactly how you're thinking right now.

✨ More to explore

🌍 Where you see this in real life: This is why plants grow toward windows and why scabs form.

🏆 Stretch challenge (try it 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.”

Send it to a parent who's looking for a 10-minute kitchen science win.

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