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Lesson 29 of 84 · Life Cycles

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A Butterfly's Life Cycle

🧪Lab Brief #29

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

A butterfly goes through four stages: egg, caterpillar, chrysalis, and adult butterfly.

Key Words

Tap a word to see its definition.

Steps

Step 1Read

Look at the picture and read the labels.

Step 2Do

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

Step 3Observe

Draw a picture of what you observe.

Step 4Record

Share your results with a partner.

Check Your Understanding

Question 1

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What is camouflage?

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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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Next Smart Experiment

We'll pick an experiment that matches exactly how you're thinking right now.

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