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Follow our Shih Tzu blog as our 'Silver Bliss Bomb' is due soon! http://joyzowntzus.blogspot.com/

why do autumn leaves change colour? by Jospeh

See http://spotjoseph.blogspot.com/2011/05/leaves-losing-their-green-colour.html

Autumn puddle reflections: A winter thunder storm with hail in sunshine:

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Do bugs have nymphs?

Remember this wonderful Mama bug laying and guarding her eggs? Well, Emma has been faithfully looking after them all this time and the eggs have hatched, so what do the babies look like and the bigger question is, "Do bugs have nymphs?"

Okay so we know that silk worm moths have worms in the metamorphic cycle but do bugs like stink bugs have nymphs? http://www.uen.org/utahlink/activities/view_activity.cgi?activity_id=2024

The answer is no, they hatch like miniature adults losing their exoskeleton when  they get too tight space wise.

 Here are the babies from our eggs. http://acharlottemasonnaturediary.blogspot.com/2011/05/stinking-good-surprise.html They are all hatched and released to freedom. They were very cute, very small and very fast and hard to photograph!

Irish Summer

Here are some lovely photographs a friend of mine in Ireland sent to me! MMMM I can imagine the smell of summer....

Nice photography and thanks for sharing Sally!

 

Silk worm life cycle and other worsheet places on the net.

http://kidsbutterfly.org/life-cycle/lesson

http://kidsbutterfly.org/life-cycle

http://bogglesworldesl.com/worksheets.htm

http://www.lessonpathways.com/  http://www.lessonpathways.com/Pathways/Detail?path=%2f02_Science%2fYear_3_-_Exploring_Our_World_-_Science_For_Early_Elementary%2f03Animal_Life_Cycles%2fMake_a_Butterfly_Lifecycle_Book


http://kidsbutterfly.org/life-cycle/lesson

http://kidsbutterfly.org/life-cycle

Of course enchanted learning always has perfect worksheets, but they will cost you money and there is nothing quite like your child drawing from real life, much more awesomely amazing!

The tree we see from our house still does not have it's Autumn colours yet!

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Nature Quizz 1

(1) Do you like these flowers?

Actually this is a trick question, they are not flowers they are seed pods. When we walk to Granny and Grandad we enjoy this tree!

(2) What sort of roots does the stripey plants have?

Did you guess right, it has bulbs!

(3) Can a bulb self propagate, or can a bulb make baby bulbs.

Yes, can you see the tiny baby bulb on the left of the picture sending out a shoot? 

See more information here: http://www.gardening.cornell.edu/homegardening/scenece4b.html

http://www.wildchicken.com/nature/garden/ga004_propagating_bulbs.htm

(4) Do you think this tree below will get it's Autumn leaves soon?

 No, it's leaves will never turn into beautiful autumn colours, as it is an evergreen tree.

 (5) Do green helicopter seeds fly like helicopters?

 Do you see the green ones in the background? The answer is no, the green ones just fall straight to the ground, 'like a ton of bricks' Not even this heavy brown one will fly properly yet. Later on in the year their wings grow thinner and they propel around perfectly. Awesome!

(6) What lives inside this closed up 'leaf house'?

 Two see through caterpillars?

(7) How long are Autumn trees absolutely perfect for? (All the colours just beautiful and most of the leaves still on the tree.)

 Just a few days. On Monday these trees were spectacular and I meant to take a photograph but just did not get around to it. I got Josh to take these photographs for us on Wednesday and many of those lovey leaves were lying on the grass, leaving large gaps where you can see the sky. Of course it is fun to make piles of leaves but I do love those few days of a perfect tree before the leaves all start falling off.

(8) Do mice hop?

Yes they can,  although not all mice do. This is a Hopping Mouse. You can see it at the Ipswich Animal Park, next to Queens Park in Ipswich QLD. You can find the Hopping Mice next to the Bilbies in the nocturnal room. It is free to enter this animal park.

(9) How do Green Tree Frogs climb Trees?

They have suckers on the ends of their feet, can you see them?

(10) Does a silk worm or it's moth lay eggs? Which one spins a cocoon? Tell someone special about the life cycle of a silkworm and what you like best about silkworms?Do you know who kept the secret of silk for 200 years? See http://www.silk-road.com/artl/silkhistory.shtml

A silkworm spins a cocoon.

Can you see the silk worm inside this thread? Look carefully.

The moth lays the eggs.