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Our inquiry into the living world is coming to an end. It has been really interesting and the students have had their minds stretched, their vocabulary grown and their understanding of the some of the issues facing our planet has been deepened. The slide show above includes some of the information we looked at and your child will be able to explain them to you. Also quiz them on some words like biotic, abiotic, arthropod, exoskelton, deforestation, and ecosystems. We discovered why apparently annoying insects like ants, bees or flies play all sorts of important roles in our world. It was fascinating to discover how a little change to an environment can make such a change to the living things within it. You change one factor and it can muck up the whole system. It was also surprising to discover how New Zealand is a completely different ecosystem to when humans made their entrance - the only land mammals back then were bats! It has helped us see why native species are struggling to survive here in NZ.
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