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Lesson 8 of 8 · How Things Grow

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Hungry Caterpillar

Hungry Caterpillar
🧪Lab Brief #8

How Things Grow.

🎯 Your mission

Master the concept. Use it tomorrow.

⚡ The twist

Nature loves to surprise the careful watcher.

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Mind = Blown

🔬 The more you look, the more nature shows you.

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Make a hypothesis first

Before you start: write down what you think will happen, and why.

What You'll Learn

A caterpillar eats lots of leaves to grow big before becoming a butterfly.

Key Words

Tap a word to see its definition.

Steps

Step 1Read

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

Step 2Do

Go outside and find a plant. Touch its leaves gently. Are they soft or rough?

Step 3Observe

Look closely! What do you see?

Step 4Record

Draw a picture of what you learned today.

Check Your Understanding

Question 1

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What do caterpillars become?

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Where you see this in real life

This shows up in your everyday life more than you'd think.

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Stretch Challenge

Try this in real life this week.

Try one experiment in real life this week — even a tiny one.

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For the dinner table

What's the most surprising thing you learned today?

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Hungry Caterpillar

Master the concept. Use it tomorrow.

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