Octopus report

Octopus Report

Octopodes are famous animals and are very intelligent and inquisitive creatures, They are well-known for their skills to problem-solve to keep themself safe from predators. They can be found in many areas of the ocean.

Habitats

Octopus lives mainly around coastal marine areas around the world, They live in a den which is formed from rocky outcrops and piles of clam shells that they would have eaten. 13-28 ℃ and 55-82 ℉ are the temperatures required for octopus.

Life cycle

The life cycle of an octopus have four stages-Egg, Larva, Juvenile and Adult. Some of the predators of an octopus are Seals, moray eels and Sperm whales. Octopus actually eat other octopus! 

Diet

Octopus feed on crustacean clams, small fish, snails and crabs. Octopus hunt by dropping on their prey from above and using powerful suctions lined on their legs and pull them into their mouth, Octopus also crawl along the sea floor tucking there legs into small spaces to search for food.

By Harry

Coral reefs

 

Today we worked on why coral reefs are dying. I found this very interesting how the coral reefs were dying.

I worked with Quaid and Taj. this was fun to learn something new and something more people should know about this to help the environment. If you thought this was interesting thank you and go and check Taj and Quaid's blog to see this again and comment.

Biomes

This is the slideshow I made for school today. I enjoyed looking at the completely different climates of the 6 biomes.

LEGO Ecosystem

This is a LEGO ecosystem I made. It has got a: Bat (Consumer, biotic), Wolf (Predator, biotic), Spider (Producer, biotic), Snake (Predator, biotic), Fish (Producer, biotic), Frog (Consumer, biotic), and a Rabbit (Consumer, biotic) Worms were my decomposers but I didn't have a lego one. I enjoyed building the habitat of all these animals. The thing that challenged me the most was angling the spider web piece on the triangle plate. The animals co-exist together by producing, consuming, decomposing. An example: the rabbit eats the flower, the wolf eats the rabbit. the snake eats a frog, the spider eats the snake.

Pacific attack

The Pacific Ocean has an island like a patch of garbage in between California and Hawaii.

Design a sea animal.

This is my creature for today. It lives in the benthic zone and is named the camouflaged snake because its dark blue skin blends in with the gloom of light.  Its habitat in the benthic regions is deep below in the trenches. I made this creature as a sea snake because there are a lot of snake-like things in the benthic zone.

Aquatic vocabulary

This is my Aquatic vocabulary so people that don't know the meaning of some Word in the Aquatic regions.

Sea Regions

This is my work for literacy today. I found this really interesting with facts about Benthic, Nekton, and intertidal zones. What I found most interesting that plankton can create oxygen! What I found hard was finding information about the zones.

Possum problem

This is the activity I completed today for literacy medals. I enjoyed learning about why possums affect the NZ forest and wildlife, along with why they were imported in 1837.

Possum Ecosystem

This my model of a possum ecosystem made out of LEGO.

I also made a picture so you can get a better idea of a good ecosystem with food, predators, and where the possum lives.

We did this because it was an activity for Paroa School and we needed to draw, build, or find a habitat. My drawing shows more details because LEGO does not have any insects so I couldn't put them in my LEGO model.

Ecosystem

This is my labeled diagram of an ecosystem. I enjoyed drawing this picture and labeling it. the hardest part was thinking of different bugs, insects, arachnids, and birds. the bird that I drew was a bird that I saw fly into the garden. It was a goldfinch! I looked through our NZ bird book and looked through the information. If I could add more it would be more insects I couldn't add because I didn't have enough room on the paper. The abiotic helpers are non-living things that help the environment, the biotic helpers are living organisms that help the environment by consuming, producing, and decomposing.