Megalodon Report writing

                       Megalodon

The Megalodon is a prehistoric shark that lived 2.6 million years ago and was the most feared predator that ever ruled the earth. It was 60-100 feet long and was a relative of the mako shark. The megalodon is over 60 tons in weight, that is the weight of 10 elephants or 3 great white sharks.

The Megalodon had 276 teeth that sat in 5 rows and had a bite force of 10.8 metric tons. The closest to it was the T-rex that had a bite force of 3.2 metric tons. Talk about power! It’s teeth were 7 inches/17 cm long and are the only remains of the Megalodon because it had cartilage bones. Cartilage is what your ear is made of and decomposes over time and does not fossilise.

Megalodon teeth have been found all over the world apart from Asia or Antarctica. Judging by where Megalodon teeth have been found, scientists believe that the Megalodon liked living in warmer waters.

The Megalodon would eat 2,500 pounds of food a day when us humans eat 1,996 pounds of food a year. They also eat a turtle like we eat a pretzel. The Megalodon swam 5 meters per second and were around for 23-3.6 million years until they went extinct. The Megalodon could open its mouth 6.5 meters so it could eat large prey. Megalodon means big tooth. I think that were all glad this humongous predator is extinct because if it was alive we wouldn’t stand a chance.

Written by Aedan Lockwood

Eyes of an animal

For the past two weeks we have been making eyes of one of these three animals. You could choose from dog, cat or owl. In the pictures above are one of each. I have the first one which is a dog, James is next with a cat and Emma chose an owl. Comment down below which is your favourite animal out of these 3 choses.If you want to know how to make them keep reading because your nearly there.

You make them by getting an eye template and tracing with pencil then black ink. Then get contrasting pastels and shade the inside in after you have put in your pupil. After make a paper collage with different colors all pointing to the middle. After you have glued all of that down get yourself a nose and stick it on you photo collage as well as your eyes and do an outline in white of its face. Color in the inside with white a few times. Then go over with your black ink and put on some whiskers if your animals need them.

 My digital learning shows how I know how to make some insane art and tell the world about it. On mine I enjoyed coloring in the eyes the most because you can choose the contrasting colors that you use. I would say the hardest part is trying to get the face outline how you would like it.

Photo Collage Of The Rethink Center

Today I was making my photo collage about the rethink center. We went to discover different ways to save the environment and how we could help. We had a look at what we could  put in compost, took a look in the sewer and found out what was good in your pack lunch and what was not.

I have photos from when we were seeing who the gods of maori were from the pictures on our necks.

I also have pictures from when we were looking at some glasses made from recyclable materials and from when we were looking at some lunch boxes to see if they were healthy and good for the environment.

I made my photo collage by going on to the learning hub and getting some pictures of our topic. The choices were Turanga health, Matariki breakfast or the reathink center. The we made a copy from a hard drive and gave our slide a colorful background with the pictures that we chose.

I learnt a lot and my attitude has been whipped into shape about the environment.  Now i'm using browns in my compost and I am thinking twice about what I put in my lunch. I am trying really hard and have shared my information with my family and they said they would help if I wanted to. 

Wetapunga, Our native insect.😎😎😎

Classification

Wetapunga are one of the biggest insects in the world. There are 70 different species of Wetapunga but they only live on four Islands. Wetapunga also known as the weta are one of the heaviest insects in the world as well as being nocturnal. Male Weta can weigh up to 30gs but Female can weigh up to 70gs.

Description

The Weta has ears on each leg. That means six ears. They have a large head,antennas, a small mouth and a pair of strong jaws. The Weta is a insect close to extinction because of introduced predators from the UK.

Location

At Auckland zoo they have a new exhibit with fun education games to teach our generation about how important insect are. They also have two sheds full of Weta in glass cages until they are old enough to live alone. They put on about 385 Weta every trip to one of the islands.

Dynamics

When a Weta lays it's eggs, it leaves them in soil. When they hatch, they will live for 1-2 years if the unexpected doesn't happen . They mostly eat leaves, flowers, seed heads and fruit. When a Weta is little it sheds it's exoskeleton up to ten times.