Lesson 29 of 84 · Simple Ecosystems
Lesson⭐ 30 XP🌿 Wild JungleA Butterfly's Life Cycle
Simple Ecosystems.
🎯 Your mission
Learn the rule. Then catch nature using it.
⚡ The twist
What the body does in one minute is wilder than any cartoon.
Mind = Blown
🦠 You have more bacterial cells in your body than human cells.
Make a hypothesis first
Guess: how does the body solve this problem?
What You'll Learn
A butterfly goes through four stages: egg, caterpillar, chrysalis, and adult butterfly.
Key Words
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Steps
Look at the picture and read the labels.
Sort animal picture cards into groups: animals with fur, feathers, or scales.
Draw a picture of what you observe.
Share your results with a partner.
Check Your Understanding
Question 1
1 of 3What is camouflage?
Where you see this in real life
Your own body is doing this thousands of times every second.
Stretch Challenge
Try this in real life this week.
Find one thing about your body that's different from a friend's. Wonder why.
For the dinner table
“Tell me something you noticed about your own body today.”
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