‘During week 4 we looked at the life cycle of sea turtles. We chose a turtle to research from a choice of 7. I chose the  Hawksbill Sea Turtle. I chose this turtle because it’s critically endangered and I wanted to show how amazing it is.

I found out about its habitat, the stages of its life cycle, threats, conservation efforts and any other fun facts.

We then created a fact file about the turtle.’

This week for STEAM we learned about the different ocean zones. I researched and created a labelled diagram of each zone. It had to include a description of the zone’s characteristics, pictures of the animals that live in each zone. There are 5 different zones which include: the sunlight zone (epipelagic), the twilight zone (mesopelagic), the midnight zone (bathypelagic), the abyssal zone (abyssopelagic) and the hadal zone (trenches)’

Here is my labeled diagram.

Exploring sea animals

This week we had to make a KWL chart about what we know and want to learn about the sea.

Know

• The ocean is huge, so there is still a lot more to it than we know.
• Many different species of sea creatures.
• Looks blue, but is not technically blue.
• Has different zones.
• Some sea creatures only live in a certain area.

Want to know 

• How deep is the deepest part of the ocean?
• What creatures live in the deeper oceans?
• What lives at the deepest part of the ocean?

In week three for STEAM we researched the different life cycle patterns observed in marine animals. We found that there are four main categories.

1. Oviparous
2. Viviparous
3. Ovoviviparous
4. Metamorphosis

All sea animals have a different reproduction system, like starfish go through metamorphosis.