Giving the Ocean a Voice
How is the Pacific Ocean doing? Is it in good health? The crews of seven voyaging canoes have been finding out. What did they observe?
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Series: Connected 2013 level 2 - I Spy...
Category: Non-fiction
Strand: Nature of science, Technological knowledge
Capability: Gather and interpret data
Giving the Ocean a Voice
Words by Don Long
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Connected 2013 level 2 - I Spy…
In this Connected series there are five articles ("Take a Closer Look"; "Look Out for Monarchs"; "The Takeaway Table"; "What Alice Saw"; "Giving the Ocean a Voice").
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Scientists are detectives. They try to solve the mysteries of nature. They use all their senses to find out what life, the world, and the universe are up to.
2 of 5What Alice Saw
In 1880, when Alice McKenzie was 7 years old, she saw a large, blue bird. She thought the bird was a takahē. What if it wasn’t?
3 of 5The Takeaway Table
Room 3 has its own bird “takeaway table”, stocked with delicious bird food. The table is visited by over 13 different bird species. Room 3 reports on the study that made this happen.
4 of 5Look out for Monarchs
In New Zealand, scientists are gathering data about monarch butterflies. They want to find out where the butterflies fly to and from – and where they go in winter.
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