Lesson 30 of 84 · Spacetime
Simulation⭐ 30 XP🚀 StarbaseProducers, Consumers, and Decomposers
Spacetime.
🎯 Your mission
Run the sim. Spot the pattern.
⚡ The twist
The light you see now started its trip a long time ago.
Mind = Blown
🌌 If you could drive a car straight up at highway speed, you'd reach space in under an hour.
Make a hypothesis first
Guess: how big does that look from here vs. from there?
What You'll Learn
Wetlands like marshes and swamps filter water, prevent flooding, and provide habitat for many species. They are among the most productive ecosystems on Earth.
Key Words
- habitat
- population
- community
Steps
Study the diagram and label the parts you recognize.
Compare the skeletal structures of a bird wing, human arm, and whale flipper using diagrams. Identify homologous bones and write what this tells us about common ancestry.
Watch carefully for any changes and note the time.
Create a data table to organize your measurements.
Check Your Understanding
Question 1
1 of 3What happens to energy as it moves up a food chain?
Where you see this in real life
Every sunrise and every shadow is this idea in action.
Stretch Challenge
Try this in real life this week.
Look at the moon tonight. Notice its shape. Look again in 3 days.
For the dinner table
“If you could visit any planet, which would you pick and why?”
Next Smart Experiment
We'll pick an experiment that matches exactly how you're thinking right now.
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Send it to a parent who's looking for a 10-minute kitchen science win.
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