Leaf Litter Investigation

Today, Thursday the 13th of March, Room 11 carried out an investigation  in Science on the Leaf Litter of our school.

We were investigating the question, "What animals can we find in the leaf litter of our school?"

We made some predictions. We guessed that we would find:
-Ladybugs
-Ants
-Earthworms
-Spiders
-Lizards
-Slugs
-Millipedes
- Slaters
- Praying Mantis
- Beetles

We went around the school and looked for leaf litter. Leaf Litter is the layer of leaves that have fallen on the floor. It builds up under tress and bugs live there.

We collected leaf litter from the big tree near the Art Room, the big tree near the Music Room and the garden near Pre Primary. We scooped it up and put it in zip lock bags. Once back in the classroom we carefully looked at the bags to see what we could find inside.

We found 12 Ants, 4 slaters (some looked like babies), 1 very tiny spider and 1 bug, but we're not sure what type it is.

We really enjoyed looking at the leaf litter of our school. It did make us a bit upset, because some of the leaf litter had rubbish in it!