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May 13, 2007

Interactive Crossword

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A crossword from Vindängen.
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Here we are adding a new dimension INTERACTIVITY to our project.

May 07, 2007

A study on a pond next to our school.

Malin, Elin, Lukas & Albin uses the Key to sort species.
Key for small fresh water animals. Word document in English.
Maria
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Albin
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Lukas
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Elin
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A presentation on pupils research.

PondPPTSpecies.jpg

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alt : A study on smal animals i a pond next to our school.



• You take part of our field work film.
• Give us short feed back.
• Use our planning as a working model and perform your own examination.
• Describe the found species and perform a presentation.
Detailed planning on eTwinn page.

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Feed back:

"Presentation top class.
1.Lovely intro.
2.Configures with the study of the "Local Environment" Strand Study of Habitats in the Irish Curriculum.
3.Strategies very good eg.
4.Introduction of researchers/class.
5.Inventory of equipment.
Location defined.
6.Gathering of species.
7.Identification of species.
8.Good presentation.
9.Excellent titling and background colours.

Kindly explain to us the following:

What was the white diagram you had on the ground ?

Was it some template of classification of the species?"
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Answer:
You asked about the diagram on the ground. It is a Key to help to sort out which group of species an fresh water insect belongs to. This tool is very useful when you are doing field studies.

In picture below I have described how the key can be used.

Do you have them in Ireland?

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