Hello little worms! César, from 2nd A, brought silkworms to the classroom, to show us how they look like. He is raising them into a cardboard box. It looks like they feel confortable there...as they eat a lot of Mulberry leaves! It was really interesting to observe these tiny animals and their cocoons! Thank you very much César!
HI KIDS! WE ARE ABOUT TO FINISH THE LESSONS AND IN 4TH A WE ARE CELEBRATING IT BY SINGING IT! THE 3RS KIDS GROUP DECIDED TO RAP "THE 3 RS" SONG! WE´RE GOING GREEN!!!!!!
HELLO LITTLE CRICKETS: A CRICKET WENT TO LEONOR´S HOME, AND SHE DECIDED TO HUNT IT TO SHOW IT TO US.
LEONOR TREATED IT RESPECFULLY AND SHE IS GOING TO GIVE IT BACK TO WILD THIS AFTERNOON. HOW COOL , DON'T YOU THINK? THE CRICKET VISITED SOME CLASSROOM AND... IT SANG AT EACH OF THEM! CHILDREN FELT REALLY HAPPY. SUCH AN UNFORGETABLE MOMENT!
Roque brought the whole layer of skin of ....A SNAKE!
He wanted to share with us the discovering of this skin.
He found it with daddy next to his house.
Children could appreciatte the scales and some of them, dare to touch it for a moment. Obviously, we wash our hands after doing it.
Here you are the pictures and a some information about this exciting fact about snakes.
And..a video showing how this shedding goes!
Enjoy it!
Why Snakes Shed Their Skin
Basically, a snake will shed its skin to allow for continued growth.
The skin of a snake is different from the skin of a mammal (including
us) in that it does not grow as the animal grows. When we get bigger
with age, our skin grows right along with us.
But snake skin has a
limited capacity for growth and enlargement. Thus, when a snake outgrows
the skin it's in, it simply sheds the outer layer and starts fresh.
Do Snakes Ever Stop Shedding Their Skin?
A snake will shed its skin as long as it's growing, and snakes grow
all through their lives. Thus, a snake will never stop shedding until
death. With that being said, the frequency of snake shedding will
certainly change during the snake's life. Younger snakes grow at a
faster rate than mature snakes (as is the case with most other species).
So a young, fast-growing snake will shed more frequently than an adult
snake of the same species.
