Room 1
tamariki had an interesting morning observing and discovering what Matua Arthur
had caught in his nets this morning. They were observing the eels he had
caught-there were two types of eel, the long fin and the short fin eel. The
tamariki could see two different types of shrimp, Inanga, Cadflys and an
unknown insect we were having difficulty classifying.
It was
observed that the long fin eel’s skin wrinkled as it slithered and bended, and
the top fin started much closer to the eel’s head. The short fin eel’s fins
started from the same position both on the top and bottom of its body and its
head was flatter then the long fin eel allowing it to burrow their heads in the
mud when droughts are present.
Matua
Arthur sliced open an eel to see if it had eaten any whitebait. What arose from
this was that it is possible for a science group in our class to look at the
diet of the eels and compare the typical NZ food chain of an eel to that of an
eel in our Whangawehi River.
There
are many opportunities for Room 1 tamariki to carry out science investigations
down at our Whangawehi River. So watch this space!!
Thank
you also to Whaea Jenni for coming into class and talking to room 1 tamariki
about what is required in a science investigation.
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