Lesson 68 of 84 · Plants

Lesson⭐ 30 XP🌿 Wild Jungle

Butterflies Are Beautiful! (Part 3)

🧪Lab Brief #68

Butterflies Are Beautiful! (Part 3).

🎯 Your mission

Learn the rule. Then catch nature using it.

⚡ The twist

Every species solves the same problem differently.

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Mind = Blown

🌳 Trees can talk to each other through underground fungus networks.

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Make a hypothesis first

Before you watch: what do you think it'll do?

What You'll Learn

Caterpillars turn into butterflies! They wrap up in a cocoon first.

Key Words

flower
leaf
root

Steps

Step 1 — Read

Say the vocabulary words out loud. Can you repeat them?

Step 2 — Do

Plant a seed in a cup of soil and give it water. Put it by a sunny window.

Step 3 — Observe

Use your eyes, ears, and hands to explore. What do you notice?

Step 4 — Record

Color a picture to show what happened.

Check Your Understanding

Question 1

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Do birds have feathers?

How sure are you going to be?😐 maybe

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Where you see this in real life

Your own body is doing this thousands of times every second.

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Stretch Challenge

Try this in real life this week.

Find one thing about your body that's different from a friend's. Wonder why.

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For the dinner table

“Tell me something you noticed about your own body today.”

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