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Jandals are the typical Kiwi summer footwear. Don't forget them when you're going to the beach and walking on that hot sand!
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Face to Face with a Tuatara
The Bat that walks on the Ground
Antarctic Seals
Unwanted Visitors
Good Spotting!
Week 5
Walt:
Instructions
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Unwanted Visitors
Walt: Read and understand facts about Wasps in New Zealand
How did these wasps come to New Zealand?
What does it mean if wasps “compete for food?”
Write one interesting fact about an Asian wasp
Create a fact file about the Asian wasp
Include information about its habitat, description, diet, characteristics and any other interesting facts
Useful links: Wasps DoC, Wasps Wikipedia, Wasps Science
Antarctic Seals
Walt: Read and understand facts about Antarctic Seals
Complete all parts of your activity carefully
Each followup activity is part of one blog post
Followup 1
Activity One: Complete the Venn diagram of the differences between a True Seal and an Eared Seal
Activity Two: Find the meanings for these words - mammals, haul, graceful, clumsy, moult
Followup 2
Activity One: Match the word with the meanings
Activity Two: Show a basic diagram of a food chain
In your blog post write a paragraph to explain what a food chain is using the words: consumer, predator
The Bat that walks on the Ground
Walt: Use clues from the text to accurately answer questions
Read and understand facts about the Lesser Short Tailed Bat
Complete all parts of your activity carefully
Each activity is part of one blog post
Activity One: Match the meaning to the word. These are all words from the text. If you're unsure use the book to help you and look at the context
Activity Two: Create a Fact File about a Short Tailed Bat
Habitat, Characteristics, Description, Diet, Interesting Facts
Face to Face with a Tuatara
Walt: read and understand new facts about a Tuatara
Complete each part of your activity carefully.
You're going to create a Fact File about a Tuatara.
You need to explain a Tuatara's habitat
Describe what it looks like
Describe how it behaves
List what it eats
And any other interesting facts that you discover about this native animal.
This article can be found in School Journal Part 1 Number 3 1998. It is written and photographed by Jan Maguiness.
