Lesson 4 of 7 · Life Cycles
Lesson⭐ 30 XP🌿 Wild JungleSurviving Winter by Hibernating
Life Cycles.
🎯 Your mission
Learn the rule. Then catch nature using it.
⚡ The twist
What the body does in one minute is wilder than any cartoon.
Mind = Blown
🦠 You have more bacterial cells in your body than human cells.
Make a hypothesis first
Guess: how does the body solve this problem?
What You'll Learn
Hibernation is a deep sleep that helps animals survive winter when food is scarce. During hibernation, an animal's heart rate and breathing slow down to save energy.
Key Words
Tap a word to see its definition.
Steps
Look at the vocabulary words and write a definition for each in your own words.
Create a detailed food web for a local ecosystem. Include at least 8 organisms and use arrows to show energy flow from producers to top predators.
Look for patterns in your observations.
Make a graph or chart showing your results.
Check Your Understanding
Question 1
1 of 3What do hibernating animals do?
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.”
Next Smart Experiment
We'll pick an experiment that matches exactly how you're thinking right now.
Share this experiment
Send it to a parent who's looking for a 10-minute kitchen science win.
Ready?
Surviving Winter by Hibernating
Learn the rule. Then catch nature using it.
Full screen — no distractions
Checkout complete lesson on Life Cycles for 3rd Grade
Get the full Life Cycles track as a printable PDF — all lessons, worksheets, and answer keys.