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= iSee Arthropods! =

This will become a wikibook, created by the students in Room 18, with all of our discoveries and work about those joint-legged invertebrates, the arthropods.

Our aim is to answer some of the questions we had at the start of this inquiry.

media type="youtube" key="Wt3BoIjwCmA" height="349" width="560" Working in a group of three, you need to choose an arthropod that interests you, and complete the tasks below.

Use these websites to help with your research.

What is this bug? Insects and Spiders of New Zealand

Tasks
1. Choose an arthropod with your group.

2. Create a new page on this wiki by using the 'New Page' button on the left and name it with your arthropod. Make sure the spelling is right, and use a capital!

3. Draw a picture of your arthropod using Kidpix. Label it and put interesting facts around the picture. Remember, it must have all the right parts (abdomen, head, thorax etc)!

4. Write a poem about your arthropod, which includes at least three facts about it.

5. Make a Venn diagram/double bubble comparing your arthropod with a similar animal which is not an arthropod. What similarities and differences can you find? Use Inspiration to do this, using the template in the 'Thinking Skills' folder.

6. Create a bubble map of adjectives and nouns about your arthropod.

7. Imagine you are a journalist with the chance to interview your arthropod. What questions would you like to ask? Practise your interview and then record it on Garageband and put the audio on your page in the wiki. Include information about habitat, life cycle, food chain etc.

8. How would the world be different if your arthropod was the size of a small car? Write a story about your oversized arthropod and what might happen. Put your story on this wiki when it was been proof-read, edited and checked.