The Totara Tree

Today we are learning about the Totara Tree.  Visit these websites and search through them for facts.  Write down what you discover into the padlet below.  You can copy and paste but make sure you have read what you copy so that it makes complete sense.  Any sentences that do not make sense....WILL BE DELETED!!!!  

http://www.ehow.com/facts_5184685_totara-tree.html

http://www.gardenguides.com/78209-totara-tree.html

http://www.essentiallynz.com/our-products/totara-tree/

http://www.teara.govt.nz/en/1966/totara
Extension:
We are also going to sketch a Totara tree leaf later so do a google search for an image of one and add it to the wall below!

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Storm Vocabulary

This is a video of a storm in a rainforest.


We are going to use it to come up with some great vocabulary for a poem.  
Imagine you were in the forest.  What would you see, hear, smell and feel before the storm?  Now imagine the storm is starting, what can you sense now?  Finally, imagine that the storm is over, what would you sense?
 Share some of your favourite words using the padlet below...

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Google Docs

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Plant Facts

Go to this site - 
http://www.sciencekids.co.nz/plants.html

Add some facts that you learn to our mindmap below.  

Some ideas for you...

• Use the 'Life Cycle of a Plant' activity to find out some new words and say what they mean.
• Watch the Venus Fly trap video or the Biggest Flower video and add some information.
• Read the Plant Facts page and copy some keywords and sentences.
• Find out the answers on the 'Plant Quiz' page and copy what you learn.
• Look at what other people have written and add more detail!

Have fun!  Find out as much as you can!

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