Green World

Hello Everyone, This week I am investigating the turtle. They have long intrigued me and I hope you will learn a lot from this post. Enjoy! Habitat: The turtle is well adapted for aquatic life, with flippers and a streamlined body. Sea turtles only leave the ocean to lay eggs on the beach whereas freshwater turtles live in ponds and lakes, and climb out of the water more regularly. Diet: A turtle's diet varies according to the species. Some species are omnivores, eating a variety of plants and animals. However, others are more selective such as the hawksbill turtle, that eats primarily sponges and leatherbacks who eat mainly jellyfish. Some are also carnivore, like the loggerhead, and others herbivore, such as the green turtle. Dangers: Unfortunately, turtles are under threat. Nearly all species of turtle are classified as Endangered. Unfortunately, they are captured and killed for their eggs, skin, meat, and shells. Although in mo...

Hi Everyone! I thought I would share the transcript of Greta Thunberg's inspiring speech from the UN Climate Action Summit. The phrase we remember is 'How dare you!'. But what did she really want us to take away from it? She wanted us to act, so watch the video using the link below and take action because the world isn't just going to heal itself. Greta Thunberg's speech at the UN Climate Action Summit video "My message is that we'll be watching you. This is all wrong. I shouldn't be up here. I should be back in school on the other side of the ocean. Yet you all come to us young people for hope. How dare you! You have stolen my dreams and my childhood with your empty words. And yet I'm one of the lucky ones. People are suffering. People are dying. Entire ecosystems are collapsing. We are in the beginning of a mass extinction, and all you can talk about is money and fairy tales of eternal economic g...

Hi everyone, This week's animal is the honey bee. Enjoy! General Information An average honeybee hive is made up of one queen, hundreds of male drones and thousands of female workers. If the queen bee dies then a new queen is created. The workers select a young larva and feed it with a special food called ‘royal jelly’. The ‘royal jelly’ makes the larva grow into a fertile queen. Queens live for several years but the workers only live for five or six weeks. An average worker will make a twelfth of a tee spoon of honey during her entire life. Drones are turned out of the hive and left to die in Autumn. In the summer months, the queen bee is very busy, she can lay up to 2500 eggs in a single day. How they affect the world around them Honey bees are very important for flowers, fruit and vegetables. This comes from the fact that they are pollinators. They help the plants by transferring pollen between male and female parts, meaning the plants can g...