Teacher comment

Well done on your 3D drawing today Emily you did a really good job of listening and following some pretty complicated instructions, but you managed and you ended up creating a very cool 3D picture.
It is also good to see you getting out and making a real difference with your Environment project, Seaward Bush will be a much better place for native birds without those introduced marsupials, mustelids and rodents. Keep up the good work!
Darryn

Another day at Seaward Bush

Today we visited Seaward bush again to see if we had any luck catching anything in the trap we set last week and also seeing if any rodents bit the wax tabs. This time Tim brought his friend Alfredo and 6 possum traps. We hiked around the bush looking at the wax tabs and setting possum traps. To set the possum traps you have to nail it to a tree on a flat bit or else the possum will come to the side of the trap and grab the bait instead of going through it. For bait we used apples. And we hope next week we find some possums in the traps. For the wax tabs we didn't have much luck. The first 15 were not bitten but as we approached the centre of Seaward Bush we found some bitten ones.We also didn't have much luck for the trap we set last week. Nothing was in it but next week we will have a better chance because rodents have to get used to anything thats new in their habitat. It was really fun and I'm looking forward to next week. 

Seaward Bush

Today we visited Seaward Bush to help Tim Riding. Firstly Tim put out a trap which will hopefully catch a possum, rat, mouse or stoat. He then handed us a bag full of wax tabs with 10 in it and you had to share it with a buddy mine was Tara. Then he hammered the wax tabs in trees. The reason for the wax tabs was to find bite marks in the wax to find what infestation there is with the rodents. Later on Tim said we had to spread some orange paste called Possum Paste on the wax tabs to attract more possums. Next week we will go back to see if we caught anything in the trap or if there is any bite marks. It was a really fun to help out!

Biology

Today we picked new high interest stations. Cartooning with Katie, Chemistry with Jenni and Biology with Darryn. I chose biology. We worked with dinoscopes and we looked at dead flies and moths! If you get a close look at the flies head, you can see its eye. And if you get a close up of it's wing it's actually really pretty. It has blue and purple along with a shimmery white.
Here's a picture of a flies eye.

Light Bulb & Kakapo

Today for science we made a light bulb. We tied eight batteries together really tight and got alligator clips and clipped them on a paper roll. We got the alligator clips and put them on the ends of the batteries but our graphite pencil lead didn't light up. But others did! Well smoked, it was really fun!

For our environment project Tara and I are going to help save the endangered Kakapo. We will get Environment Southland to come into Enrich and give us a hand. We will help save their habitat!!!