Exploration

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Exploration of Cottown Habitat
By P7
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An Exploration of Cottown Habitat

• Plan
• Brainstorm to get ideas
• Record ideas
• Go outside to see if predictions are correct
• Record findings
• Further investigation

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Plants need sunlight and water to grow
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We moved some of the dead leaves that were under
the tree.
We found new shoots that are trying to grow here.
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Minibeasts
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What are minibeasts?

• Where do they live?
• What do they look like?
• What do they eat?
• What do they do?

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Two spot ladybird
Look what I found! This is a two spot ladybird.
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All about the two spot ladybird

• Size Approximately 5mms long
• Distribution Found throughout the U.K.
• Months seen March to October
• Food Aphids
• Habitat Fields, parks, gardens and woods.
• Special features Colours can vary greatly. Some
  specimens have black wing casings with red spots.

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This tree is home for many living things.
spiders

ants
butterflies
fly
caterpillars
birds
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Leaves on the tree are food for the caterpillar.
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Food
Spiders and caterpillars on the tree are food for
the birds
Sap on the tree is food for the ant.
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The butterfly and ant are food for the spider.
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This is a food web
The spider is food for the bird.
The ant and butterfly are food for the spider.
Leaves are food for the butterfly.
The caterpillar is food for the birds.
Leaves are food for the caterpillar.
Sap is food for the ant.
Tree
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The wind knocked down this tree

• It was knocked to the ground
• The roots are exposed
• The soil is different colours
• There are stones in the soil
• We cut it up to use as logs.

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The root structure of this tree is interesting.
We noticed the roots are quite short for the size
of the tree.
Roots get water from the ground.
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We investigated some habitats in the school
grounds
This log is home for lots of minibeasts
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What we found out

• Plants need sunlight and water to grow
• Plants and animals are affected by weather
  conditions
• Some trees have shallow roots and can fall down
  if it is too windy
• Trees are home for lots of living things

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We found out there are lots of different types of
minibeasts too.
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Future Investigations

• Where would we find the most minibeasts?
• What type of trees grow in our grounds?
• Do flowers grow anywhere at Cottown?
• What birds like to visit Cottown?

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The End