Collecting Materials…

Hi Families!
We’ve just started making mini-habitat dioramas in shoeboxes at school. We are looking to collect some recycled materials to use for these, so check out our list to see if there are any materials you might have lying around home that we could use.

 

Materials:
cotton balls
little rocks
sand
paint
paper
alfoil
cellophane
bubble wrap
foam
tinsel
plastic
fake plants
cardboard
cardboard rolls
leaves
ribbon
fabric
cling wrap
cotton tips
paper plates
wool
polystyrene
lids
You can also check out this ‘habitat dioramas’ page on Pinterest for some inspiration…

https://au.pinterest.com/search/pins/?q=habitat%20diorama&rs=typed&term_meta%5B%5D=diorama%7Ctyped

Virtual Reality Visits!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

What do toucans, orang-utans, frogs, tall trees and snakes all have in common? You could find them all in a rainforest!

This term in Room 24 we have been learning about different habitats and the needs of different animals. We were lucky enough to be able to explore a range of these habitats using ‘virtual reality’ goggles. We have seen some amazing places around the world, using the Google Street View app.

Here are some of the things we discovered…

• I saw a turtle in the water (Henry)
• In the ocean one I saw a whale (Alice)
• At the desert we saw our shadow and two blue and green people (Finlay)
• I saw a seahorse chasing its tail in the ocean (Isabella)
• In the forest I saw an anaconda! (Lucas)
• When I was in the ocean goggle version I saw three tortoises (Kayla)
• I saw a tarantula climbing a tree in the rainforest (Alex)
• For the rainforest I saw some people that lived in the rainforest and a few animals (Paige)
• A shark thing was lying on the sand in the ocean (Juni)

Reef Walk

Our trip to the Port Noarlunga Reef this week was an amazing experience. We had great weather and learned so much about the ocean, the reef, the history of Port Noarlunga, all sorts of sea creatures, and we also got to ride on a boat!

Did you know that the reef is made out of sandstone?

Did you know that mussels only open up when covered with water because they feed from all the goodies that come floating past?

How do you think the reef was formed?