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.
