Bios = life (Greek)
Speliology = the study of caves
Ana = cave in Maori
We had a 'cave' set up in the room - under the tables - which children explored. I had some paper cutouts of cave critters in there for them to discover. Did you know that 'spelunking' is the name for exploring
caves. Lots of fun big words this week.
We talked about glow worms (arachnocampa luminosa) and who had seen them before. Some had been to waitomo (wai = water, tomo= hole or go into). Did you know that we have glow worms at Shakespear Park? They can often be seen near the waterfall - go on a night walk and turn off your torches when you get to the waterfall. We thought about why they might glow. Here's a video about them.
Some animals live in caves their whole life (troglobytes - troglos = greek for cave, bytes from bios, life)
Some like to live in caves, but can live outside as well (troglophiles - phileos = love)
Some just visit caves (trogloxenes - xenos = guest).
We looked at adaptation needed to live in a cave.
People have lived in caves in various countries / times (some still do). We discussed why people might live in caves and what adaptations people would need to make - what would be difficult about living in a cave? We thought of advantages and disadvantages of living in a cave.
Some designed their own cave houses (thinking about how to see, how to get rid of waste, how to get water), some created cave creatures out of pipecleaners - such as the tokoriro or cave wētā, some researched animals that live in caves etc.
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