This is a Year 3 and 4 class blog at South Hornby School. We are in the Uru Mānuka Cluster. This is a place where we will share our learning. Please note that some of it will not be complete, it will be my first drafts. Remember to be positive, thoughtful and helpful when you leave a comment. Please check out our individual blogs as well.
Friday, October 23, 2020
Thursday, October 22, 2020
Learning about marine life and plastic pollution
Today we had a visitor called Erica who came and taught us about how we can look after marine life. First, we watched a video about plastic pollution and how it affects sea animals. Then we did a group activity where we had to look at pictures of pollution and talk about what the picture was showing, and what consequences this could have.
The main points we took away from this session was:
- Jellyfish and plastic bags look really similar. Sea animals get them confused and end up eating plastic bags.
- That plastic doesn't completely break down - it becomes little plastic pellets.
- We can help to save marine life by reusing plastics.
- There is a huge pile of rubbish in the ocean called the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. It is so thick, that people could lie on it and float.
- We can recycle hard plastics.
- We found out that turtles have acid in their stomach that can digest jellyfish, but it can't digest plastic.
We loved having Erica come and teach us about plastic pollution, she was so nice and helpful. Here are some pictures of us completing our group activity.
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