3/4A and 3/4C recently engaged in an outdoor lesson, looking at our garden's leaf litter to see how many of each type of animal we could find. We are learning about living and non-living things, and what taxonomists do. We are also learning how to identify and classify animals and plants using a Branching Key.

Here are the category groups of animals we found:
Annelids
Arachnids
Crustaceans
Insects
Myriapods

What animals can you find in your garden's leaf litter?

Here are the animals 3/4A found:
15x Beetle
14x Flea
10x Slater
8x Small bug
6x Ant
5x Spider
5x Millipede
4x Fly
2x Earwig
2x Worm
1x Centipede
1x Insect head
1x Baby moth

Here are the animals 3/4C found:
22x 'Roly poly'
17x Small bug
14x Spider
12x Centipede
11x Ant
7x Millipede
5x Ladybird
2x Earwig
2x Fly
1x Leech
1x Flea
1x Tiny red bug/spider
1x Slater

This week we aim to graph our results and make scientific claims.