Trip To Auckland Muesum ;)

Today two classes from Glenbrae school went on a very fun and interesting trip to the Auckland Museum to learn about our school topic, Creepy Crawlies and Genomics. We had two kind and welcoming workers named Tom and Elle. They were showing us different kinds of species such as Kiwis, Moa, Weta and much more. We touch different kinds of bones and even talked about how they were instinct. I really had a lot of fun learning about different living things that are instinct I hope we go back there again so we can learn more and more about species

Current events - Energy drinks

NZ supermarket Countdown has announced it will bring in an age restriction for buying 
energy drinks.From early September, people will need to be 16 or older to buy them.

Countdown said it was introducing the age restriction due to the high levels of 
sugar and caffeine in these drinks. Energy drinks are not recommended for young people and 
already carried warnings on packaging. However, the New Zealand Beverage Council, a group 
representing drink manufacturers, said it was disappointed at Countdown’s decision.
They also said that research from Food Standards Australia and New Zealand shows that energy
 drinks contribute less than three percent of the overall caffeine intake of young people aged
 between nine and 15.

Genomics Information Report

Life emerged in the oceans nearly three and a half billion years
ago. Water, Light, Air and energy - there are the elements that
made life possible. Life began 425 million years ago from land
to sea.

 Animals came way before humans, so if humans pollute the
waters and the earth, we are basically destroying their homes.
Species lower in the food chain breed more often and produce
more and more babies. The majority became food resource
for other species. Almost 300 species disappear each day. 

Somehow humans are related to apes and fishes. From tiny
microbes invisible to the eye to enormous giants of the oceans.
Octopus have 80 neurons on their skin and 800,000 neurons in
their brain. I'm so surprised that the octopus are not dead
because these animals have survived for over 530 million years. 

Did you know if sharks get instinct all the sea creatures get
instinct as well. Top predators such as tigers and lions produce
only two or three offspring every few year.