Month: November 2019

This week we worked on biomes. I chose Rain Forests. The reason I chose Rain Forests is because they have THICK lily pads. My favorite part of the entire project was making my shoe box that had both of our animals and our plants. We also had to make a website with a home page, a page about human interference, a page about our two plants and a page for our two animals.

We all chose our biomes depending on nothing but preference, meaning Shane, who if you didn’t know, is our Science teacher, did not interfere in our decision. I think this is an important lesson because it shows us what is going on in our biomes, and teaches us about one specific place that we like, its also important because it teaches us about all the different types of places in the world.

QUESTIONS:

1. How many species live in the Amazon?

2. How tall can the trees in the Amazon grow?

3. How many fires have been started in the Amazon?

This week we did a “play” in Science and we presented it to the 8- and 9-year-olds. These were the roles:

Me: Widow Sycamore
Aidan: Narrator
Alisha: Woody Woodpecker
Audrey: Vera Violet
Lizzie: Judge
Gus: Freddie (FOOT) Fungus

The play was basically a trial for Freddy (FOOT) Fungus. My husband Mr. Sycamore died two years after Freddy (FOOT) Fungus landed on him as a spore. We are debating if he killed Mr. Sycamore, or if he died because of old age. We all had connections to Freddy (FOOT) Fungus except for the Narrator and The Judge. I learned that Fungus is important because it help woodpeckers and flowers.

We all spoke about our connections to Mr. Sycamore and explained our relationships with him and how he effected each of us. We also talked of Freddy’s effect on us. This was important for the small ones to learn about all of the Fungus’ connections and how important it is in an ecosystem.

QUESTIONS:

1. Did the small ones understand?

2. What kind of fungus is the FOOT Fungus?

3. How important was this for the small ones?

On October 6, 2019, Tony (an old terrier with inferior vision) was out in his yard in Adelaide, South Australia, with his owner Henry. Then a baby koala got on his back. The perplexed doggo struggled to get the cute koala, which was clinging to its fur, off his body. Every time he thought he had succeeded, the smart koala found a way to get back on. The careful doggo finally got rid of the koala by rolling on his back, then the koala ran back into the wood to find its real mother. Henry the owner, who recorded the incident in question, says the koala, who resides in his backyard, has recently left his mother. He thinks it might have mistook his dog for its mother.

I chose this article because. I like dogs I like koalas, and I like Australia. This story is important and it affects society because it shows how much deforestation means to the animals on our planet. This little koala couldn’t find its mother because there was no familiar terrain to help him find her.

QUESTIONS

1.  What is the size of a newborn koala?

2. How did the koala get that grip?

3. Are those amazing claws a co-evolution so it can feed on eucalyptus trees?