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Lesson 49 of 84 ยท Simple Ecosystems

Lessonโญ 30 XP๐ŸŒฟ Wild Jungle

How Flowers Attract Bees (Part 2)

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Simple Ecosystems.

๐ŸŽฏ Your mission

Master the concept. Use it tomorrow.

โšก The twist

Living things break the rules of non-living things โ€” find the rule they break.

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Mind = Blown

๐ŸŒณ Trees can talk to each other through underground fungus networks.

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Make a hypothesis first

Predict: what will happen to the plant if you change the water?

What You'll Learn

Flowers attract bees with their bright colors and sweet smell. Bees help flowers make seeds!

Key Words

  • roots
  • stem

Steps

Step 1 โ€” Read

Look at the picture and read the labels.

Step 2 โ€” Do

Plant two seeds: put one in sunlight and one in a dark closet. Water both the same amount each day.

Step 3 โ€” Observe

Draw a picture of what you observe.

Step 4 โ€” Record

Share your results with a partner.

Check Your Understanding

Question 1

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What happens to a tadpole?

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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

โ€œTell me something you noticed about your own body today.โ€

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