The Red Planet - Mars

Dear P3 Pupils,

we have just learnt some facts about Outer Space as well as the planets, moons and stars. I've found this interesting video about the Red Planet - Mars. Do you remember why it is called the RED planet?

Click here to play video


Enjoy the cartoon video!

Fungi & Bacteria

Hi P3 Pupils,

we have learnt about Fungi. Take a look at these pictures! Do you know how to name them?


Bracket Fungus, Bread Mould, Toadstool


Click on the following picture to do an interesting activity on Bacteria!

Classification of animals

Hi P3 Pupils,

Remember there are 4 main animal groups - Fishes, Birds, Insects and Mammals! We have read about Mammals in the previous entry. Let's take a look at the other animal groups now!

Birds
- Have feathers as their outer covering.
- Have beak/bill
- Have a pair of wings
- Have a pair of legs
- Most birds lay eggs.


Insects
- Have 3 body parts (Head, Thorax, Abdomen)
- Have 6 legs
- Have feelers/antennae
- Breathe through breathing holes.
- Most insects lay eggs.


Fishes
- Have scales as their outer covering.
- Have fins and tail.
- Breathe through gills.
- Most fishes lay eggs

Let's look at the parts of a fish




please visit this website to learn about the different animal groups.


You may find out more information of the animal groups from the following websites:

Website 1 - Mammals

Website 2 - Fishes

Website 3 - Insects

Website 4 - Birds


It is time for some fun! Do this interesting activity to practise the classification of animals!


Interactive Activity

Plants and Animals

Hi P3 pupils,

click on the following link to do a very interesting activity on plants and animals!



Remember to click on the magnifying glass to read up more information about the plants and animals. You may try the quiz too!

Mammals

Hi P3 pupils,

Video 1 - Watch this wonderful video on Mammals.

You can read the following information about Mammals and go to the websites to learn more!

Appearance
- Mammals have an outer covering of hair or fur on their bodies. Some mammals have thick fur (tiger) and others have fine hair (humans).

Reproduction
- Most mammals give birth to their young alive. However, there are a few mammals that lay eggs such as the Duckbilled Platypus and the Spiny Anteater.

- The female mammals produce milk for their young.

Habitat
- Most mammals live on land. For example, cows, zebras and monkeys live on land.
- Some mammals live in the water such as the whale and dolphin.
- Bat is a mammal and it flies!

Click on the following links to visit useful websites on Mammals!

Website 1 - Fast facts on Mammals!

Website 2 - Mammal that lay eggs - The Duckbilled Platypus!

Website 3 - Mammal that lay eggs - The Spiny Anteater!

Website 4 - Pictures of amazing marine mammals!


Hope you've learnt more about Mammals!

Living things respond to the changes around them.

Look at the video clips below. The Venus Flytrap and Pitcher Plant are carnivorous plants.

Just like the mimosa, they respond to stimuli. In this case, as insects touches the fine hairs of the Venus Flytrap, it snaps its leaves together and traps the prey. The insect's struggle will stimulate the plant to close itself even tighter. It then produces digestive acid which will first kill, and dissolve the insect's body.

The following video shows you that Venus Flytrap does not only eats insects. What else do you think the Venus Flytrap eats?

What do plants need in order to survive?

Hi P3 pupils,

try out the following activity!

What do you think plants need in order to survive?