Welcome to Room 3's blog with a science focus.

Science is a way of investigating,understanding and explaining our natural world,physical world and wider universe.
(NZ Curriculum)

Students need to learn what science is and how scientists work as well as scientific knowledge.

Tuesday, May 10, 2011

Visiting Wetlands



During April, all the Junior classes from Mangorei School visited some local wetlands near Lake Rotomanu.

Mr Archer, the environmental education officer from the Taranaki Regional Council told us that wetlands are important as they act like 'sponges' holding water and helping to clean it.

Lots of different birds live in wetlands and special plants grow there too.

Wetlands are sometimes called swamps, bogs or estuaries. They can have salty water in them.

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