Day #30 (3/20/14) – Guess the Animal
We had a great time in the desert on Tuesday looking for lizards! We headed out to the savanna today to find a special animal! We watched for hours and finally caught one of these amazing creatures! Can you guess who it is?
· They live in Africa.
· They are fast.
· They have spots.
Who is it?
–Ellie and Edmond
SPRING PHOTO CONTEST!
We don’t know about you guys, but it seems that winter has dragged on in the Northern Hemisphere! So to inspire spring to hurry up we decided to have a Spring Photo Contest! We want to see your best photos of spring! That can be flowers, baby animals, blooms, color or anything that you think of as spring!
Rules:
Get out those cameras, get outside and share those photos!
Day #29 (3/18/2014) Web Footed Gecko
We decided to head to Africa for the week! We headed to the Sahara desert on our first day to find a special little reptile. After settling in to camp and making sure all our stuff was bagged up to keep it sand free. We grab our hats, mud sunscreen and binoculars and headed out on today’s adventure! It took us a while to find the Web Footed Gecko, but we did find it!
Their range/habitat: Western Southern Africa/desert
Their length/weight: 4 ¾ -5 ½” Conservation Status: common
Their diet: Carnivore: insects
These teeny little geckos were hard to spot! They blend right in to their desert homes! They have such amazing adaptations for living in a harsh habitat. We sure were tired after spending the day in the hot desert. We were happy that we bought plenty of water and hay snacks.
-Ellie and Edmond
SCIENCE WORD OF THE WEEK!
Welcome to class this week! We’re going to learn about the covering that invertebrates have. Do you remember what an invertebrate is? It’s animals with no skeleton!
An exoskeleton is the hard outer covering or external skeleton of an animal. Animals such as arthropods, insects and crustaceans have exoskeletons. Exoskeletons help protect the soft bodies of these animals. Shells are considered exoskeletons.
Learn About Butterflies Day!
It’s one of our favorite days of the year- Learn About Butterflies Day! We’ve got some fun facts, a great link on what plants butterflies love and a coloring sheet for you! Tell what you love about these amazing insects!
We just love spring because that means that butterflies will soon start appearing around gardens and parks! Don’t have any butterflies dropping by your place? Here are 12 plants they love!
Day #27 (3/13/14) – Guess the Animal
We just had to snorkel at the Great Barrier Reef while we were in Australia! We spotted this little fish! Can you guess?
Who is it?
–Ellie and Edmond
Day #28 (3/14/2014) Brown Kiwi
We just loved snorkeling yesterday! We hoped a plane to New Zealand to find an iconic bird that everyone knows and loves. We have never seen a one in person, or elephant and horse as you may have it. We spent the afternoon with our binoculars and Edmond almost passed out when we spotted our bird! He is just excitable sometimes! Seeing the brown kiwi inspired me to draw!
Their range/habitat: New Zealand/ forest-grassland
Their length/weight: 20-26”/ 3 ¼-8 ¾ lb Conservation Status: Endangered
Their diet: Omnivore: insects, fruits
How adorable are these funny looking little birds! That’s right animals can be funny looking and cute at the same time! Did you know that native New Zealanders call themselves kiwis? Sadly kiwis are endangered. There is a great organization called Kiwis for Kiwi that are working to protect these iconic birds!
-Ellie
Day #25 (3/11/2014) Back to Australia
We had such a lovely week at HQs last week celebrating aardvarks and announcing our spring photo contest, but we were ready to hit the road. We packed up and headed out for a short stay in the land down under! We set today to find one of the many marsupials that live on this island country. Marsupials are so cool with their pouches! We were so excited when we did spot the animal we were looking for… the Rufous Bettong!
Their range/habitat: Eastern Australia/forest-rainforest
Their length/weight: 14 ½-20 ½”/5 ½-7 ¾ lbs Conservation Status: Common
Their diet: Omnivore: seeds, fungi, flowers and invertebrates
These amazing little marsupials are so cute! They can hope like a kangaroo but look like a rodent! We just loved watching them hop around the forest looking for fungi to eat! Time for bed for us! Tomorrow brings a new adventure- we’ll be looking for a flightless bird in New Zealand!
-Ellie and Edmond
SCIENCE WORD OF THE WEEK!
It’s Monday and you know what that means- it’s a new week here at the University of E&E! Today we have a great science word of the week for you!
This week’s word is Habitat: is the natural home of animal, plant or other organism. Habitats come in many different sizes, climates and landscapes. Habitats can be small or large! One of my favorite habitats is the rainforest, that’s where we tamanduas live! Every animal and plant has a specific place in its habitat. They fill a need in that area. Do you have a favorite habitat?
SPRING PHOTO CONTEST!
We don’t know about you guys, but it seems that winter has dragged on in the Northern Hemisphere! So to inspire spring to hurry up we decided to have a Spring Photo Contest! We want to see your best photos of spring! That can be flowers, baby animals, blooms, color or anything that you think of as spring!
Rules:
Get out those cameras, get outside and share those photos!
The Adventures of Ellie and Edmond 