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SCIENCE WORD OF THE WEEK!

Welcome back to class everyone! We’re talking about old things today! Are you ready to talk about fossils?

Today’s Science Word of the Week is Fossil: a fossil is a preserved animal or plant. A fossil must be 10,000 years old. There are two kinds of fossils- body and trace. A body fossil is the actual remains (ex. bones and eggs). A trace fossil is the remains of activity, like a footprint or imprint.

Fossils give scientist great information on ancient animals, plants and habitats! Scientists who study fossils are called paleontologists.

One of our favorite fossils is Sue the T Rex at the Chicago Field Museum! She is the most complete T Rex ever found!

SCIENCE WORD OF THE WEEK!

Hello and welcome everyone! I’m so happy to see you in class this week! I’m so excited for today’s word and I’m excited to introduce you to a new feature! Each week I’ll be posting a map and show you where Ellie and Edmond will be exploring! Let’s get started learning and let’s find out where E&E will be!

Today’s word is Folivore: a folivore is an animal that eats leaves exclusively. Some examples of folivores are caterpillars, koalas, sloths and okapis.

Ellie and Edmond are heading to Australia and New Zealand this week! Who’s excited to see who they’ll meet?

SCIENCE WORD OF THE WEEK!

Hello and Happy Monday! I’m so happy to see everyone here at the University! We have a great science word for you today! Today’s word is Mermaid’s Purse!

A Mermaid’s purse is the egg that some ray and shark species lay. The casing is made of protein and surrounds a fertilized egg. Mermaid’s purses are laid by the female and left until the egg hatches. Often people find the empty casings on the shore.

Have any of you seen a real mermaid’s purse?

Mermaids purses- not sure of the species

SCIENCE WORD OF THE WEEK!!

Welcome back to class everyone! We had a great fall break here at the University! I’m excited to get to this week’s word though!

This week’s word is Biodiversity! Biodiversity is the variety of life on earth. Biodiversity exists on many different levels and in many different habitats. Biodiversity can include giraffes, elephants and all the gazelles on the savannas in Africa. Biodiversity can also include the small animals in a tide pool. We could go on on about biodiversity. When scientists study habitats they often look at the biodiversity of that habitat. If a habitat has many kinds of animals and plants, it can mean that habitat is healthy. Ellie and Edmond have made you a biodiversity coloring sheet!

SCIENCE WORD OF THE WEEK!

Welcome back to class everyone! We have a great word for this week- are you ready?

This week’s word is Compound Eye: a compound eye is made of up of many light sensitive units that form the retina of the animal. Insects and crustaceans are the creatures we see the most with compound eyes.

Aren’t compound eyes cool?

SCIENCE WORD OF THE WEEK!

Hello everyone! We’re ready to learn here at the University and I hope you are too!

This week’s word is Melanism: an increased amount of black coloration in the fur, feathers and scales. Some melanistic animals include the black jaguar. They appear black, but you can see the famous jaguar spots if you look close enough.