Country Study

This Week we have started a topic project called country study. Miss Hines found a generator that comes up with a random country and then thats the country that we had to do our country study on. I got Zimbabwe, I have put all of my information on a document and then I am printing it out and putting it on a poster. I haven't finished yet but I am almost done, all I need to do is print my information out and stick it on my poster. We have questions that we have to answer about our country. Here are some pictures of Zimbabwe. 

Reflection W1 T4

This week Miss Power gave us the task of researching the life cycle of a butterfly and then writing a piece of work about how the life cycle goes. Kaede and I write this piece of writing. 

The Life cycle of a butterfly  all starts with a tiny egg the size of a pinhead. We are going to talk to you about the stages that a butterfly goes through to get to be such a beautiful creature.

Did you know it takes 3-5 days for the butterfly eggs to hatch? The eggs are usually laid in a protected area, or near plants that caterpillars feed on. Otherwise its to hard for the little creatures to find food. Most eggs are attached to a plant with a type of fast drying chemical glue that the female butterfly produces along with the egg.

Once the egg hatches, a caterpillar comes to life! Caterpillars only have 3 body parts the head, thorax and the abdomen and 2 antennas on their head. Caterpillars eat constantly so they grow to be very big. The caterpillars predators are Birds, human beings, ladybird beetles and yellow jackets are a threat to caterpillars.

Once the caterpillar is ready to start its journey to become a butterfly, it stops eating and hangs upside-down and starts to form a chrysalis. The caterpillar is in the chrysalis for 10-14 days. If the chrysalis falls the caterpillar is not likely to survive because of the drop.

Finally the butterfly is almost ready to spread its wings! It takes the butterfly about 2-3 hours after it comes out of the chrysalis to be able to fly. First it has to stretch and dry out its wings. Butterflies  don't have mouths , instead they have a long straw-like body part that they use to drink nectar or other liquids. It is called a proboscis. Since they don't have mouths butterflies have tiny taste sensors on their feet.

The caterpillar is finally finished its journey of becoming a butterfly!