The Insect Ecology Project

The students in Mr Barnett's Year Six class wrote a description of a unique or imaginary habitat. The habitat description included all the information necessary for another student to specifically design an insect for that habitat. This habitat description was then sent to their partner class at Fremont Elementary School, Bakersfield, California, and given to a student. The student designed an insect (imaginary or using parts of a real insect) that will survive and flourish in the given ecosystem. Click on the ladybug to see the insect that our Fremont pals designed for our habitats.

Classroom Teacher Connection: If you would like more information on the Insect Ecology Project visit the Minds Eye Web Site
 

CHEESEY LAND - By Ashley 

The climate in Cheesey Land is just right, not too hot, not too cold - just right for the Golly Wog Cheese Head because it has to live in conditions between the temperatures of 16 degrees and 23 degrees. The location of Cheesey Land is on the moon. My habitat is based on a forest. There is only one type of tree in Cheesey Land and that is the Cheese Nut tree. The Golly Wog Cheese Head is the only animal there. The land is filled with lovely soft grass.

RAINFALL - By Ashliegh 

Rainfall is a nice place with purple bushes and yellow grass, waterfalls,and green trees. The temperature is mild with a breeze.You will find it where a rainfostet would be. In my forest there will be a frilled neck lizzard, flies and moths. The food available is flies, wild berries and moths. My insect hides in caves, under leaves and under bushes.

My island is called Boogy Bay Island - By Casey 

Every season is cold but it does not rain because then it will be too watery on the island and the boogy people will sink. It is not found on a map ( it is unknown to everyone apart from my friends and I.) It is like any ordinary town, city, state or country. There is every animal that does not hurt you. Yes, there are lollies for the small children and normal food for adults. There is nothing that can hurt them.

RAINFALL - By Chantelle 

Rainfall is a great place to stay because it rains a lot. During that time the flowers grow and the mushrooms also grow and with that trees grow and big flower bushes grow in shape of a bird.There are big gum trees with holes in them for the 28’ts to live in. The food that my animal eats is any kind of insect he can find. The land that my animal lives in is very peaceful. The most common place that my animal stays is near the waterfall in all the weeds. My animal is the most common there because there are lots of them.

FOOTY LAND - By Daniel B. 

In Footy Land all animals like to play football. The climate is cold, warm and mild. All the animals live on an island. The main animal is the Sydney Tiger. Most of the animals eat leaves from a tree. The other animals eat meat. There are two animals who live in a cave. The animals are bats and lions. Some animals eat footballs and there is one more great animal, it is the Melbourne lion.

CHOCOLATE LAND - By Daniel P. 

The climate in Chocolate Land is 24 degrees. There is a nice breeze. The rainfall is good. The insects live in a rainforest which is made out of chocolate.The grass ,trees,sand and leaves are all chocolate (every thing is chocolate). They eat the bushes eg. leaves, flowers etc. There are spiders in chocolate land which harm the others.

GREENLAND - By Iain 

On Greenland the weather is very foggy, a lot of rain and heavy winds. Greenland is an island with a rainforest and tropical fruit, plants and animals. The vegetation on Greenland has a lot of ferns,trees, roses and fruit. Greenland has a lot of animals. The island has birds, snakes, deer and butterflies. The insect on Greenland eats ferns, leaves and butterflies. Greenland is very quiet and spooky. Greenland is a good place to visit. 

Fairy land - By Jessie 

The temperature is going to be fairly hot for my insect, and it is made of Chocolate. There is not much wind or rain because it is on an Island. The fairies never go hungry because the Island is made of chocolate. On the island are lots of plants; tree and bushes. There are lots more insects on the island. It is a very beautiful place. 

The Magnificent rainfall land! - By Kristy 

The Magnificent Rainfall has lots of trees,flowers,grass,insects and all kinds of things.Only one person lives in Magnificent Rainfall and that is Mr Tumashi. Mr Tumashi has two dogs and a bird. One day Mr Tumashi got out of bed and got out of the wrong side and he was in a bad mood. When he got out of bed he went for a shower. After his shower Mr Tumashi went out into the forest to get some food and then wrecked the land.

My island is called Cat Bay - By Lauren 

Every second month it rains. Every first month it is hot and every third month it is inbetween. It is located near a village and it is wet and mild. There are lots of leaves and it is not muddy. It is an unknown island. There are lots of cats,dogs,horses,mice,rat,insects,hog,frogs, pigs.There are lots of leaves and trees - it is great.

ISLAND DOCK - By Megan 

Dock is an Island with very few insects found there. It only gets up to 40 degrees on hot days,and it is expected to get up to about 12 degrees.If it does get to that tempreture they will have enough shelter to protect them. In Island Dock every where you turn there is always a waterfall .The island is only 1500 kilometres -2000 kilometres long. There are many different trees called Docklens.When the leaves fall to the ground they eat it. They drink the aloevera out of the trees. The sky is green and has no clouds .Everything is either pink,purple,blue,orange or green.

Musharoo! - By Michelle D. 

Climate- Musharoo has a mild temperature and once in a while you'll find there is a warm wind coming through your hut. This is in a rainforest . Location- My habitat is in Africa, down through a secret tunnel and on the other side is a beautiful land. Vegetation - The trees in Musharoo are tall. There are no bushes in Musharoo and the only flowers grow out of mushrooms. Wildlife- There are other animals - unicorns,parasites and little funny creatures with large pointy noises. FoodChain- This insect eats the falling leaves (fresh ones.) Musharoo has beautiful scenery. 

RUSHER RIVER LAND - By Chris 

It is about 30 degrees all the time but every now and then there are storms or really hot days. It is a huge rainforest in the south west of Tasmania with a fast rushing river with a water fall. There are hundreds of thousands of trees and a carpet of red, pink, yellow, orange and purple flowers on the path floor. There are billons of flowers for my insect to get its food out there are hundreds of native animals but no other animals from any other part of the world.

POLONY LAND- By Ryan 

It's 35 degrees Celcius here. There is not much wind, in fact there is no wind at all. There is no rainfall at all in Polony Land. because it is up in space and it does not rain in space. In Polony Land there is no food except polony. This is because they only eat polony. There is only one other insect, it's part snake and part scorpion. There is enough polony to feed the human race 1000 000 years. In the middle it's filled with chocolate so that if it blows up they can live for a long time.

SWAMP COUNTRY - By Sian 

In swamp country it is a very damp and dreary place with a thick cover of misty fog on the floor. It rains just about every night you can tell by the chilly wind in the morning.The swamp has very muddy water in some parts and in other parts it is crystal clear .The swamp is near a village and the whole village is cold like the swamp but sometimes the village is quite warm but the swamp stays cold.There are many old trees what keep the swamp shaded and covered and some shrubs that make cover for other animals.There are some lovely flowers and some green grass. There are other animals such as muddskipers,alligators,turtles,snakes,frogs,herons,lizards,fish bugs,foxs,rabbits,hares,wezels,squirrels,rats,hedghogs,and a lot more .There is plenty of food for the insect because it is a leaf eater. 

SPICE WORLD - By Jason 

Spice World is a great place to stay because of the great habitat. In the habitat there is some great wildlife for example the spice bee. The spice bee has a powerful sting that makes you sing and theres another animal in Spice World and that is the Hanson tiger which is hunted by the spice bee. The food chain of the Spice Bee is the Hanson tiger, flies, leaves. 

THE GREAT MUSHENEE LAND - By Taryn 

Mushenee land is a very sacred land. It has 8 waterfalls across the island, and 3 deserts. In Mushenee land there are lots of different animals. The land has spots that are red,white and the floor is yellow there are lots of purple green and blue mushrooms. The way that the animals live is by eating the plants and drinking the water. In Mushenee land the water is pink the sky is yellow and the rocks are blue and green. The plants are also very sacred so are the trees. The trees are round and fat the color of the trees are purple they are not very big because the animals aren't very big either. This is how I imagine my island.

WATER WORLD - By Tim 

The temperature is cool with hardly any currents and rainfall. The location of the habitat is in the Kentucky Sea in Kentucky. The vegetation is coral and sea grass with fluro colours and lots of caves. Sharks,tropical fish,octopus creatures and every other sea animal live here. The insect eats dead fish,plankton and iron ships, lots of coral and fish,wrecks and turtles. 

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