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Lesson 4 of 84 ยท Habitats

Simulationโญ 30 XP๐ŸŒฟ Wild Jungle

How Caterpillars Become Butterflies

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How Caterpillars Become Butterflies.

๐ŸŽฏ Your mission

Run the sim. Spot the pattern.

โšก The twist

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

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Mind = Blown

๐Ÿ™ An octopus has 9 brains and 3 hearts.

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Make a hypothesis first

Guess: how does the body solve this problem?

What You'll Learn

Insects have six legs, three body parts, and often have wings. Butterflies, ants, and beetles are all insects!

Key Words

  • offspring
  • survive

Steps

Step 1 โ€” Read

Look at the picture and read the labels.

Step 2 โ€” Do

Observe a plant for one week. Measure it each day and write down how tall it is.

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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