Tommi and Jacob tell us about molluscs

The Radula

We read a book and found out that a snails tongue is called the RADULA.

The radula has lots of little teeth on it. The snail uses its radula to eat leaves.

Have a look at this Video of a snails radula.

We asked an expert.

We have been learning about all the different ways we can find information. We have been reading books, using websites like youtube and Google. We were also very lucky to have an expert come and visit us. David Chapman told us lots of interesting things about snails.

How do snails move?

We watched snails move. We found out that slime helps snails move on their foot. We could see the the snails foot moving along.

Snails!

We want to learn about snails. Today we observed some snails using magnifying glasses. Then we thought about what we want to find out!
Have a listen to Emily S, Erin, Caleb and Emily K share their wonderings..

Report Writing

Have a listen to Samantha and Joshua sharing what they have learnt about different New Zealand spiders.

Samantha

Joshua

Spider Web Art

We wanted to show what we learnt about spider webs. We painted our own webs making sure that we had anchor threads and snare threads.

What we found out.

Georgia and Zoe explain why spiders don't get stuck in their own webs.