African Savannah Project
We have been looking at the great plains of Africa for our recent project.
Rudyard Kipling’s story, of how the Leopard changed his Spots, was the inspiration for Rebecca and Rachel’s short film. Enjoy.
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We found out lots of interesting information about the animals that live in Africia.
Daniel wanted to learn about Elephants and Zebras. Have a read of the information he found out.
What is the difference between an African and an Indian elephant?
The African Elephant has bigger ears than the Indian elephant.
How much does an Elephant eat in a day?
He eats 136 kilograms of food a day.
What do Elephants eat?
They eat grass, leaves, bark and fruit.
How long do Zebras usually live for?
They live for 25 years.
Every zebra’s stripe pattern is different. Like our fingerprints!
What do Zebra’s eat?
They eat grass.
Safeer learnt all about Giraffes. This is what he found out.
A Giraffe’s heart is very big. He has a very long neck. Giraffes eat leaves. They have big long legs.
Richard sourced information on Lions for our project.
Lion cubs cannot hunt until they are 2.
A lion family is called a pride.
Their house is called a den.
They practice to hunt on each other when they play.
The female lion is the one who does the hunting.
Only the male lion has a mane.
Paul, Naomi and Rebecca found lots of information all about Chimpanzees.
Chimpanzees send out hoots and food calls to chimps three km away.
Chimpanzees are omnivores that means they eat leaves and meat.
Baby Chimpanzees cling to their mothers belly when they are young.
Chimpanzees live for 50 years in the wild and weight up to 55 kg.
Chimpanzees use tools to find food.
Chimpanzees walk on all 4 legs.
Chimpanzees live in groups of 60 other chimpanzees.
Rebecca and her sister helped us find out some more interesting facts about Giraffes.
What do giraffes eat?
They eat leaves.
How tall are giraffes?
They are 19 feet tall
How tall is a giraffe’s leg?
They are 6 feet tall
How long does a giraffe eat for?
They eat for 12 hours a day
How long does the giraffe sleep for?
They sleep for half hour a day
Ciara wrote a lovely story about how a Tiger gets his dinner. She also wrote about how a Lion hunts.
The tiger lives in the jungle and he is looking for a zebra to eat. A tiger is waiting camouflaged in the long grass until he sees a zebra. Then he chased the zebra. He grabbed the zebra with his claws and dragged him into a hole. Then he ate him.
The lion were running after the zebra. They caught their victims. They eat them with their very big teeth. I think it is cruel to kill the animals because they get hurt.
By: Ciara
Ciara made a lovely picture using card and other materials of the African animals that we have been learning about.
Using building noodles Katie made a lovely 3D elephant. The noodles are made out of starch and stick together when you wet them. What do you think of the building noodles as a material for art? Katie thought they were an unique material to use and had great possibilities!
Katie moulded the head of the gazelle out of clay, after it was dry we painted it by mixing colours. While it dried I drew the body of the gazelle using pencil and colouring pencil 🙂
