Monday, 20 March 2023

Watch out for unusual animals in Class LH!!

Class LH have continued to explore our big science question “What is camouflage for?”

As IT technicians, we enjoyed using a programme called “Switchzoo” to create our own bespoke animals and from this, as writers, we have written fact files about our imaginary animals.  As scientists, we used our knowledge of camouflage, prey, predators, habitats, diet (including carnivore, herbivore, omnivore) and continents to establish interesting details about each of them.  We thought carefully in particular about the appearance of the animals and what kind of habitat they would live in to help camouflage them from predators.

1 Piper wrote that her Caterstrip lives in tunnels in deserts and has little feet to scurry through the tunnels with.

2 The omnivore Twigo created by Gregory, eats fish colonies and grass in the woodlands in Europe.  It lays eggs and is an invertebrate.

3 As a carnivore, Milo’s Swish eats bugs and snails and it can fly up to the trees to find these.

4 Freddie’s Tighopper can spray at predators and when this amazing animal flies, it’s body changes colour to the environment.

5 Delilah’s Dog-leopard is a nocturnal carnivore and is the fastest animal in Antarctica.

6 Geroge’s Dogabirds eats mice and leaves as an omnivore uses its long beak to kill mice. It is the biggest reptile, is very rare and is nocturnal.

7 In the tropical forests in Africa, Ethan’s Slimehippo is a flying omnivore and a mammal.

Our amazing scientists have thought very carefully about each of their animal's characteristics and really inspired each other to think about the traits. 





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