Lesson 14 of 84 · Life Cycles
Experiment⭐ 30 XP🌿 Wild JungleThe Food Chain
Life Cycles.
🎯 Your mission
Predict it first. Then prove yourself right (or wrong).
⚡ 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
A food chain shows who eats what. Grass is eaten by rabbits, and rabbits are eaten by foxes.
Key Words
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Materials Needed
- water
- plastic wrap
- ruler
- magnifying glass
Safety First
- Keep small objects away from young children.
Steps
Look at the picture and read the labels.
Go outside and collect 5 different leaves. Tape them to paper and write how each one is different.
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
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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