Lesson 6 of 84 · Plants and Animals
Experiment⭐ 30 XP🌿 Wild JungleWhat Is an Ecosystem?
Plants and Animals.
🎯 Your mission
Set it up. Test it. Be amazed.
⚡ The twist
Every species solves the same problem differently.
Mind = Blown
🐙 An octopus has 9 brains and 3 hearts.
Make a hypothesis first
Before you watch: what do you think it'll do?
What You'll Learn
An ecosystem is all the living and non-living things in an area working together.
Key Words
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Materials Needed
- soil
- cups
- water
- plastic wrap
- ruler
Safety First
- Dispose of materials properly after the experiment.
- Handle glass items carefully to avoid breakage.
Steps
Read about Plants and Animals with a partner or grown-up.
Draw the life cycle of a butterfly: egg, caterpillar, chrysalis, butterfly. Label each stage.
Watch carefully. What happens?
Draw and write about what you learned.
Check Your Understanding
Question 1
1 of 3What is a food chain?
Where you see this in real life
Your own body is doing this thousands of times every second.
Stretch Challenge
Try this in real life this week.
Find one thing about your body that's different from a friend's. Wonder why.
For the dinner table
“Tell me something you noticed about your own body today.”
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