Lesson 32 of 84 · Habitats
Simulation⭐ 30 XP🌿 Wild JungleAnimal Life Cycles (Part 2)
Animal Life Cycles (Part 2).
🎯 Your mission
Push the limits. See what changes.
⚡ The twist
Living things break the rules of non-living things — find the rule they break.
Mind = Blown
🦠 You have more bacterial cells in your body than human cells.
Make a hypothesis first
Predict: what will happen to the plant if you change the water?
What You'll Learn
All animals go through a life cycle: they are born, they grow, they have babies, and they eventually die. Different animals have different life cycles.
Key Words
Tap a word to see its definition.
Steps
Look at the new words. Can you say each one?
Go outside and collect 5 different leaves. Tape them to paper and write how each one is different.
Use your senses to describe what you notice.
Write 1-2 sentences about what happened.
Check Your Understanding
Question 1
1 of 3What is a life cycle?
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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