Leaf life cycle

Hi my name is Omar and this is my google slide about how a leaf life cycle works.

Arataki team trip

Fun times at Arataki

Crunch, crunch, crunch! The ground was shaking while I was dashing through the forest to explore. Right now I am on a school trip to Arataki with room 6, 7 and 8. We were here to learn about invertebrates and the important role they have as nature's recyclers.

When we got there, on a long bendy bus trip, it was time for morning tea. After eating we had to clean our shoes. At first I thought why? Its is because they are too muddy but then the park ranger said because of a disease called Kauri dieback and lets not to let the disease spread.

Then we went inside the workshop with Ms Best. She taught us about how a leaf cycle works. First the leaf grows on the tree then when it gets old,  falls off then the invertebrates come along and they chew, chew, poo, poo. By then the leaf looks old and crusty and turns into soil. The tree roots absorb all the good things in the soil to make new leaves. So then a new leaf appears on the tree and the cycle starts again.

After that we went outside on a long walk past where the old potato farm used to be, it's now all native bush, and down the carpark. When we stopped we saw two of these strange objects. They have 2 tubes attached, a magnifying glass and a container at the bottom. I asked what do we use this for the Park Ranger said it’s called a pooter.  You need the first tube for you to suck and the second tube is to suck the bugs up and then it will land inside the container.

This way the bugs will be kept safe. And at the end we had this sheet and it had all the bugs on it, so we had to identify which bug we had sucked up. We found a millipede which we carefully put back.  At the end we put the pooters back, magnifying glass back and continued on the adventure.

We finished the day with a hike around the loop track. This trip was fun and at the same time it was educational. It really helped me learn more about nature and invertebrates. It was really fantastic, I wish I could go to this place another time.