Square of Life by Mrs Minimis 1 st

Square of Life by: Mrs. Minimi’s 1 st Grade Class M. Joan Pearson School

Hello from Delanco, NJ n n Here in Delanco, we are in a temperate climate and live near a river. Before we investigated our squares, we predicticted that we would find a lot of different bugs (they always seem to be around us) and different plants and weeds. It was early fall and we were also hoping to find some evidence of other animals that live in our town. We were correct in both predictions and even found some proof of other animal being present.

Hello Alaska! n n We chose Gustavus, Alaska to compare because it has a very different climate then Delanco, NJ. Gustavus is near a glacier and it is much colder there in Fall then in Delanco. We thought they would have some things the same, but we predicted that some plants and animals would be different because of the colder temperature.

Here is what we discovered! Our living things diagram. Delanco n Gustavus Black beetle mushroom ant spider grass oak cricket weeds maple fly Sitka Spruce Rowan willow As you can see we shared only grass in common.

Our non-living thing diagram common Delanco n Gustavus trash stump fence dead fireweed mole holes dirt & mud tire chips dead bug animal tracks wood chips pine needle Wow! We have nothing in common.

Our Lesson Learned n As we originally predicted the climate differences between Gustavus and Delanco made for slightly different squares. However, we found instead, that our squares were very different. In addition, we had fun exploring and drawing our Venn diagrams to show our comparisons. We also used our imaginations and wrote in our journals about what animal made the tracks in our Alaskan friends square. Most of us chose a bear. We like to think big. We had so much fun with this project and we hope we made some new friends, too.