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Mission 5 of 16

Growth & Development

📋 What it is

Living things grow by cells dividing; humans develop through predictable stages.

🗣️ Coach says

You didn’t grow by cells getting bigger — you grew by cells COPYING and dividing (one becomes two, two become four). Growth follows stages: infancy, childhood, adolescence, adulthood. Each stage brings predictable changes driven by your body’s instructions.

🧠 Memory hook

Growth = cells dividing, not swelling. One cell → two → four → you.

😂 Giggle

Why did the plant go to the therapist?
It had too many deep-rooted issues!

😲 Whoa!

You started as a SINGLE cell. That one cell divided again and again to become the 37 trillion-cell you reading this.

✅ Quick check: How does a living thing get bigger — cells swelling up, or cells dividing?

Say your answer out loud first — then reveal.

🧪 Try it! (2 minutes)

Fold a paper in half, then half again, and again. Watch the layers double each time — that’s how fast cell division adds up.

⭐ Do the round to earn your star →
🤸 Brain break: Double-up: hold up 1 finger, then 2, then 4, then 8 — “that’s cells dividing!”