Lesson 56 of 84 · Life Cycles
Lesson⭐ 30 XP🌿 Wild JungleDay and Night Animals (Part 2)
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.
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
Some animals come out at night (nocturnal) and some are active during the day (diurnal).
Key Words
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Steps
Read about Life Cycles with a partner or grown-up.
Go outside and collect 5 different leaves. Tape them to paper and write how each one is different.
Watch carefully. What happens?
Draw and write about what you learned.
Check Your Understanding
Question 1
1 of 3Which is an insect?
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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