John roil

                   John Roil Tramping.

 

On Monday John Roil came in to room 17 to talk to us about camping in the bush.

Equipment:

  In Johns backpack it had a water bottle,food,first aid kit,windbreaker ,rain jacket,a bed roll   to protect him from the cold and wet ground, torch,sleeping bag,batteries and tent/shelter.for the food you will need stuff like cashew nuts   

  Put your night equipment  in the bottom of your bag because you  won't need it in the day .

Rules:

    If you get lost in the bush then stay put or use s.t.a.r stop think assess respond and if you

    are with someone and they get hurt you can use s.t.a.r. too.  It can help you.

Clothes:

    Layering clothes,NO thin socks. ‘Why’ because they give you blisters when you go tramping.

NSEW:

    The sun rises in the east then goes north and sets in west.

Conclusion:      

    John talked to us about the bush to help us learn and to stay safe while tramping in       

    the bush.

glow worm

          Glow Worm Facts

Glow worms live in dark places like caves and dark forests.

There are lots of different glow worms that live in the world but there is only one kind In new zealand. it is called a arachnocampa luminosa.

The female can lay up to one hundred eggs.

 

Glow worms mostly live in dark places like caves and forests and just in dark spots.

Glow worms use its glow to attract food like an insect to eat.

Glow worms eat things like a midget fly’ firefly and anything wingles.       

Four stages are involved in a glow worm's life  cycle the egg changes into larva the pupa and finally the adult  files.

Glow worms can survive only in damp dark places where their light can be seen.

A  glow worm uses its glow to invite insects to diner. Insects fly towards the glow and get stuck in the sticky lines that the glow worm makes like a spider web. It also uses its glow to turn other creatures off eating it.

Glow worms live in caves because they are damp so the glow worm doesn’t dry out; because there are lots hanging surfaces; because there are lots of insects and its dark to allow the glow worms glow to be seen.

This is a picture of a glow worm's life cycle look its gos as a egg then a glow worm then a pupa and finally the adult flies.                                        

                                                                                                   

I got the picture from a website called glow worms life cycle in images.  I got this image from www.waitomocaves.co.nz glow worm

sp studio

                                                 this is my avatar tat i made on sp studio

school

  This is a  school sculpture that  Bostan and I made for maths.  It is 2d  and we did it to scale