Lesson 26 of 84 · Life Cycles
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Life Cycles.
🎯 Your mission
Play with the model. Break it. Understand 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
Seeds contain a tiny plant embryo and a food supply. When conditions are right—enough water, warmth, and oxygen—the seed germinates and a new plant begins to grow.
Key Words
- species
- organism
- habitat
Steps
Read about Life Cycles and write down three key facts.
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.
Draw a detailed diagram of what you observe.
Write a conclusion: what did your results show? Did they match your prediction?
Check Your Understanding
Question 1
1 of 3What is an adaptation?
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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