Lesson 79 of 84 · Simple Ecosystems
Simulation⭐ 30 XP🌿 Wild JungleFlowers and Bees (Part 3)
Simple Ecosystems.
🎯 Your mission
Run the sim. Spot the pattern.
⚡ 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
Flowers attract bees with their bright colors and sweet smell. Bees help flowers make seeds!
Key Words
Tap a word to see its definition.
Steps
Look at the picture and read the labels.
Plant two seeds: put one in sunlight and one in a dark closet. Water both the same amount each day.
Draw a picture of what you observe.
Share your results with a partner.
Check Your Understanding
Question 1
1 of 3What happens to a tadpole?
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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