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AIM: TO LEARN ABOUT THE NATURE OF PLANTS

Carnivorous Plants

Plants fall into two categories:

1. Evergreen

2. Deciduous

Deciduous

Evergreen

Find three examples of each:

Evergreen: 

1. Pine Tree 

2. Magnolia Tree 

3. Kauri 

Deciduous;

1. Maple Trees 

2. Oak Tree

3.  Silver Birch 

LEAVES

Simple                                 Compound   

Activity: Choose a leaf and do a leaf rubbing. Once you have done the rubbing, cut it out and glue it on the tree.

LEAF COLLECTION

1.Kawakawa

Plant type: Deciduous / Evergreen

Leaf type: Simple / Compound

Photo of leaf:

Credit: thisNZlife 

2. Maple tree 

Plant type: Deciduous / Evergreen

Leaf type: Simple / Compound

Photo of leaf:

Credit: Garden - LoveToKnow

3.  Oak Tree 

Plant type: Deciduous / Evergreen

Leaf type: Simple / Compound

Photo of leaf:

Credit: Dr Health Benefits 

4. Rowan Tree 

Plant type: Deciduous / Evergreen

Leaf type: Simple / Compound

Photo of leaf:

5.  Kauri Tree 

Plant type: Deciduous / Evergreen

Leaf type: Simple / Compound

Photo of leaf:

Credit: Te Ara 

RESEARCH 3 TYPES OF PLANT GROUPS

1. Carnivorous plants
2. Fruit trees
3. NZ Native trees

Plant group:

Habitat: (Desert / beach / mountains / swamp / plains / forest) 

Climate ( 1. Hot / warm / cold, 2. Rainy / dry 3. Windy / still )

Image:

1. Carnivorous Plant: Pitcher Plant

Habitat: Forest 

Climate: 1. Hot/warm, 2. Dry, 3. Still 

Credit: eBay

2. Fruit Trees: Cherry Tree 

Habitat: Plains 

Climate: 1. Warm/hot 2. Rainy/Dry 3. Still 

Credit: Gardening Know How 

3.NZ Native Trees 

Habitat: Forest 

Climate: 1. Warm, 2. Rainy, 3. Still 

Credit: Wikipedia 

Food and seeds?

Hello, people out there! Today is Wednesday and I am sure the people who visit this blog would know what we do every Wednesday. That's right, so if you don't know every Wednesday, my class and some other classes do some CIP (Community Impact Projects). Meaning we do things to make the world or the community a better place. So today we planted some seeds and did some research.

The research was about what plants we could plant during autumn and winter. Our teacher Mr Mitchell had seeds and we had to list out the types of vegetable we were going to plant. So I remember he had many types of flower (cauliflowers?) and all of them were vegetables. After that, we went out and planted it in an egg carton our amazing teachers had so ever kindly given us many egg cartons.

So what we did first was put the soil in the carton, then we put a hole in the middle for the seed to go in. But I didn't get to do that since I had to go to my dance. In my opinion, this was a really good idea because we use vegetables to fundraise and help out the community.