For inquiry Mrs Jones group has been learning about endangered animals and habitats and how they got ruined. We've been learning for about 7 weeks (The whole term). We now have been doing a D.L.O on what we have learnt about Habitat destruction on land and in the ocean. We were also trying to help you learn something new so I hope you did! It was also hard to try and fit everything but I didn't end up fitting everything because I think I went overboard with the decor. Anyway here is my D.L.O, im very proud of it. Also, tell me if you want a tutorial on the text bit. Ok, Here you go!
I am a Year 6 student in the Uru Mānuka Cluster. My teacher is Miss H. This is a place where I will be able to share my learning with you. Please note....some work won't be edited - just my first drafts, so there may be some surface errors. I would love your feedback, comments, thoughts and ideas.
Wednesday, November 25, 2020
Eerie Elephants - Information Report
Eerie Elephants
Introduction
Do you know that elephants can't jump?
Elephants are an amazing animal, unfortunately they are endangered. Sadly, people kill elephants for their tusks, even though it's illegal, people made one eyed decisions.
Habitat
Elephants are scattered around the regions of Asia and Africa in the savannas, grasslands and highlands. The elephants are like the janitors for savannas because they eat the shrubs so that new grass can grow. Do you know that elephants are important ecosystem engineers for forested habitats too? They make pathways for animals to pass through.
Appearance
Elephants are most known for they’re big ears, being the biggest ears of any living animal. Newborn elephants can weigh between about 90kgs to 121kgs, NEWBORNS! There are three species known of elephants and one of them is pretty unique. The Asian and Asian Bush Elephant, flick mud and dirt onto their back to keep them from not overheating but because the Africa Forest elephant’s ears are flatter than the others which helps them keep cool. Most people think all elephants are a light greyish colour but they usually aren't. They are supposedly dark grey but they also can be the same colour as the soil in their habitat is.
Food
Elephants are herbivores meaning they are like a vegetarian. Despite being one of the biggest animals on earth, they prefer small things like small plants, twigs, tree bark and roots. Do you also know that Elephants like cake? Adult Elephants can consume up to 300 pounds of food in a single day, if us humans ate that much food, we’d definitely gain a bit. An elephant eats by ripping the food out of the ground or picking it up by its trunk and bends its trunk and puts it in its mouth. Some people don't know this but the end of the elephant's trunk isn’t its mouth.
Conclusion
These Elephants are very unique and are getting killed because of poachers. If you’d like to help the elephants you can not buy ivory because you’d encourage the shop to make more clothes or accessories out of it and maybe even sign up for an elephant helper website. I hope this report helped you learn something new!
Thursday, November 12, 2020
Kakapo DLO - Reading
Hello! In reading we have been learning about Kakapos! First, we did a KWL. I know a bit about Kakapos but now as much as you probably think I know. Now, if you'd like a tutorial on how to make the text in Kakapo please tell me because it isn't that hard. Anyway, I felt it was hard to make the DLO original, so I just did some notepads. I could also do a tutorial on that too! HAve you even seen or researched about a Kakapo!? If so, tell me about it in the comments! So, i'm going to show you it now. Feel free to give me TRUE feedback! Please be honest because I want to see what YOU'D like to see on my blog! Anyway, enjoy!!