Summer Learning journey, day 3

Activity 1: Fantastic Beasts [4 points]

In New Zealand we have many unusual animals. One of the most unusual is the kiwi bird - a bird that does not have wings and can not fly. Pretty strange, eh?! J.K. Rowling, the author of the Harry Potter books, has recently written a new book about strange or unusual animals called ‘Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them.’

For this activity, please watch this cool book trailer. Year 7 and Year 8 students in South Auckland, New Zealand helped to make it. Once you have watched the video, use your imagination and create your very own beast. What does your beast look, smell, feel, and sound like?

On your blog, post a description of your beast. Use interesting adjectives (describing words) to tell us about your beast.

My beast is a monster called little blue. You can't judge him on is name. He is a very big monster.He is 18 years old and is a boy. He has green eyes and has blue rings surrounding them, he has big claws to catch food. He has a furry body the colour of blue. He likes to eat bugs, sleep and also likes to explore caves.

Activity 2: The Secretive Skink [4 points]

We have a number of small lizards (geckos and skinks) living in New Zealand. One of the least common is the Chevron Skink. According to the Department of Conservation, Chevron Skinks live mostly on two islands - Great Barrier Island and Little Barrier Island. These islands are ‘animal reserves.’ Very few people, other than staff working for the New Zealand Department of Conservation (DOC), are allowed to live there. The DOC staff are called ‘Rangers.’ Their job is to protect the wildlife (animals and plants) living on the island.

Would you like to be a DOC ranger and live with the animals on Great Barrier Island?

On your blog list three pros (good things) and three cons (bad things) about working as a DOC ranger. At the bottom of your post, tell us whether you would like to be a DOC Ranger or not.

Good things:

You get to look after wonderful wildlife.

You get to protect the wildlife you love.

You get to stop all the predators for them.

Bad things:

You see dead wildlife.

You see your favourite wildlife die sometimes.

You might have to kill a predator you like (like a cat).

I would not like to be a doc ranger.

Activity 3: The WWF: World Wildlife Fund [10 points]

In 1961, a number of people came together to start an organisation called the World Wildlife Fund (WWF). The main goal of this organisation was/is to protect life on earth. Hundreds of WWF staff work in countries all over the world trying to protect our planet and the animals who live here. To learn more about their amazing work, click on one of the two video links below.

Clip #1: Freshwater Seals

Clip #2: Tigers

Once you have watched the video, go to your blog and, using full sentences, tell us:
1) The name of the animal the WWF is working to save.
2) What the WWF is doing to help the animal.

3) What, if any, success they have had protecting the animal.

1.The WWF is helping to save the saimaa ringed seal.

2.The WWF is making snow banks for the seals because if they don't give birth in a snow bank the baby seal might die because it is too cold or a predator might come. So making some snow banks help the seals for when they give birth.

3. Some might say yes because at first they had only 360 seals but now the species are growing because of the action WWF is doing.

Thank you for these actives they were really fun.