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Kiwifruit are a New Zealand favourite since ages ago. Also known as a Chinese gooseberry, or in other parts of the world shortened to just "kiwi".
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Snail meets Worm
Meet the Kakapo
Antarctic Penguins
Killer Plants/ Cockroaches
Good Spotting!
Week 5
Walt:
Instructions
Links
Killer Plants/ Cockroaches
Walt: Read and learn interesting facts about Cockroaches
Answer the following questions:
How long can a cockroach survive without food?
What helps it to survive this long?
Cockroaches are nocturnal, explain what this means
What is an ‘Entomologist?’
Create a Digital Learning Object to share 8-10 interesting facts about cockroaches.
Walt: Read and understand interesting facts about Killer Plants
You are going to create a fact file using a google app or a short movie using an ipad about one of the carnivorous plants you have read about.
Things to research and find:
Where does it grow/ live?
What does it eat?
How big can it grow?
How does it behave?
What does it do to attract its prey?
And any other interesting facts that you may have found
Helpful links:
Antarctic Penguins
Walt: Read and understand facts about Antarctic Penguins
Followup 1:
Activity One: Venn Diagram that shows the differences and similarities between Emperor and Adelie Penguins
Activity Two: Choose one of the penguins (Emperor or Adelie) to create a fact file about
Followup 2:
Activity One: Match the word to it's meaning
Activity Two: Create a fact file about penguins. Describe and explain it's habitat, characteristics and adaptations, description and diet.
Meet the Kakapo
Walt: read and understand facts about the Kakapo
Complete all of your activity carefully
Activity One: find the meanings for the vocabulary from the article
Activity Two: create a fact file about the Kakapo
Use google presentation to share facts about the kakapo
Habitat, Characteristics, Description, Diet and any other interesting facts
Also include what the DoC is and how they help the kakapo
Snail Meets Worm
Walt: use clues in the text to help us understand new words about our topic
Complete each part of your activity carefully. Both activities are part of one blog post. Remember to include the Walt and any other interesting facts about the Hochstetter Land Snail.
Activity One: Match the meanings to the words, discuss this with a buddy
Activity Two: Fact File about the Hochstetter Land Snail
This article was written by Andrew Crowe and can be found in School Journal Part 3 Number 3 1996.
