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Lesson 40 of 84 · Life Cycles

Lesson30 XP🌿 Wild Jungle

What Animals Eat (Part 2)

🧪Lab Brief #40

Life Cycles.

🎯 Your mission

Understand the idea. Then look for it everywhere.

⚡ The twist

Every species solves the same problem differently.

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Mind = Blown

🐙 An octopus has 9 brains and 3 hearts.

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Make a hypothesis first

Before you watch: what do you think it'll do?

What You'll Learn

Some animals eat only plants (herbivores), some eat only meat (carnivores), and some eat both (omnivores). What do you like to eat?

Key Words

Tap a word to see its definition.

Steps

Step 1Read

Talk about what you already know about Life Cycles.

Step 2Do

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

Step 3Observe

Compare what happened to what you predicted.

Step 4Record

Tell the class one thing you learned today.

Check Your Understanding

Question 1

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What animal group has feathers?

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Where you see this in real life

Your own body is doing this thousands of times every second.

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Stretch Challenge

Try this in real life this week.

Find one thing about your body that's different from a friend's. Wonder why.

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For the dinner table

Tell me something you noticed about your own body today.

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