What are the two most surprising facts you discovered?
Can you explain the function of the eel's jaw?
Is an eel a fish?
Can you explain why you think that?
For your notes think about these questions: What special adaptations does this creature have?Where dose it live? How does it feed? How does it protect itself? What does it eat? What special features or adaptations does it have?
Wednesday Dictation Every piece of plastic that finds its way into the ocean is still there. All the plastic and rubbish in the Pacific Ocean slowly drifts on the ocean currents and collects in the middle of the sea. Today the middle of the Pacific has collected a massive island of plastic as big as Texas! 54 Words Double Points its - Pacific Ocean - massive - Texas What do you think of that? Is this a problem? How does this make you feel? What are the consequences of this?
Brainstorm all the items that could end up in the ocean from being dropped as litter, rubbish, or from a ship
In a group look at your list of pollution items found in the ocean. Next to each idea write and draw your thinking to show where this item came from and what effect it might have in the ocean.
cause (where did this item come from?) item in the ocean effect (what problem could this cause in the ocean?)
What are the two most surprising facts you discovered?
Why do you think this fish looks like a stone?
For your notes think about these questions: Where dose it live? How does it feed? How does it protect itself? What does it eat? What special features or adaptations does it have?
Keyword - Respiration - This means breathing Watch and listen to this video - make some notes in your journal about how fish manage to breath underwater.
If you find out something that really interests you could add the fact to our class collage wall.
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My Questions
Hang On
What about sea
mammals like whales, seals and dolphins?
Try to hold your breath
(ready steady go)
(how long can you hold your breath for?)
for more than 2-3 minutes and you could pass out!
So What About This!
On one breath the sperm whale can dive for more than one hour
to depths greater than 1,200 meters, with average dives of 45 minutes, to
depths of 600-1,000 meters.
Elephant seals can spend up to two hours in depths
over 1,500 meters, but average dives last only 25-30 minutes, to depths of
about 500 meters.
Cuvier's beaked whales dive to maximum depths of
nearly 1,900 meters with a maximum duration of 85 minutes. The average foraging
dive for Cuvier's beaked whale is to a depth of 1,070 meters with a duration of
58 minutes.
The next step towards creating a report about jellyfish is to use the information from the notes you took yesterday to write some clear factual sentences. Use the basic organising ideas we used for the note taking to group and begin your sentences.
Under each starter heading write a minimum of 3 sentences Opening sentence A jellyfish is... is not... (what is it - classify it - eg a car is a form of transport with wheels that drives on roads) Has Jellyfish have (describe what they look like including their colour, size, body parts, special features) Lives / Does Jellyfish live (explain where they live and what they do)
Note Taking - Finding Information Watch these three videos and use everything you see and hear to make some notes about jellyfish. We will use the notes you take to help us write a short report together. Important Headings - basic organising ideas for your report: A jellyfish is - has - does - lives What questions do you still have?
It's time to try and use your notes from the last two days to do a short report about Octopus or Plankton. You can work with a buddy to create this piece of writing. You will only have 20 minutes to talk about your ideas and get your draft done. Use these starters to help you organise your ideas into some small paragraphs.
Introduction This is a sentence that says what the thing is by classifying it and saying something about this thing. Next Paragraph Where dose this thing live? Octopus live... Next Paragraph What does this thing have? Describe what it is like - number of legs - number of eyes - how big is it? Octopus have... but they don't have... Next Paragraph How does it live what does it do to get food? To get their food they... Include as much of your note information as you can Octopus are though to be very int...
