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Lesson 23 of 84 · Life Cycles

Lesson30 XP🌿 Wild Jungle

Earthworms Help the Soil

🧪Lab Brief #23

Life Cycles.

🎯 Your mission

Master the concept. Use it tomorrow.

⚡ The twist

Living things break the rules of non-living things — find the rule they break.

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Mind = Blown

🌳 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

Earthworms help soil by digging tunnels that let air and water reach plant roots.

Key Words

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Steps

Step 1Read

Read the introduction. What is this lesson about?

Step 2Do

Sort animal picture cards into groups: animals with fur, feathers, or scales.

Step 3Observe

Look for something that changed. What is it?

Step 4Record

Circle the correct answer on your worksheet.

Check Your Understanding

Question 1

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What does a caterpillar turn into?

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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

Tell me something you noticed about your own body today.

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