Lesson 28 of 84 · Simple Ecosystems
Lesson⭐ 30 XP🌿 Wild JungleAnimal Migration
Simple Ecosystems.
🎯 Your mission
Master the concept. Use it tomorrow.
⚡ The twist
Living things break the rules of non-living things — find the rule they break.
Mind = Blown
🌳 Trees can talk to each other through underground fungus networks.
Make a hypothesis first
Predict: what will happen to the plant if you change the water?
What You'll Learn
Migration is when animals travel long distances to find food or warmer weather. Birds often migrate south in winter.
Key Words
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Steps
Read the introduction. What is this lesson about?
Observe a plant for one week. Measure it each day and write down how tall it is.
Look for something that changed. What is it?
Circle the correct answer on your worksheet.
Check Your Understanding
Question 1
1 of 3What do worms do for the soil?
Where you see this in real life
This is why plants grow toward windows and why scabs form.
Stretch Challenge
Try this in real life 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.”
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