MU6 Term 3 Projects and dioramas

 Our Term 3 project was investigating all about an endangered animal from Australia.

 We found out information about the animals itself and also about its habitat.

 Our dioramas were showing the environment in which the animal lives.

 We also learnt about the various threats the animals face each day,

which are sending some of them to the brink of extinction.

 We all worked really hard and produced marvellous projects.

 All of our projects look fantastic. Well done everyone!

Macroinvertebrates

 On September 8th the students learnt about macroinvertebrates, 

their importance in the food chain and how their existence helps

to determine the health of the river.

 All the students were given a container full of river water, an icecube tray, plastic spoons, a magnifying glass, a two way bug viewer and some macrinvertebrate identification charts.

 Their task was to find, identify and name as many bugs as possible. They also had to determine whether the bug was very sensitive, sensitive, tolerant or very tolerant.

 We found a wide range of macroinvertebtrates out of all of the four groups, so we determined that our local river, the Campaspe River, is healthy.

 There was lots of encitement and fun as we found an assortment of nymphs, bloodworms, water boatman, leeches, caddisflies and many more.

To finish our investigation we put some of the bugs under the digital microscope to look at them on the interactive whiteboard. Wow, they looked cool and we had a fabulous time.