We have been reading about Spiders.

Room spent the week reading about spiders. We read a shared book called "Granny Groggin". It was all about a lady who loved spiders and had a lot of them living in her house. Everyone thought she was weird. 

We researched spiders through reading journal articles, articles online and watching video clips. We read a book called the "Kuia and the Spider". It was about a spider and an old lady who had a competition to see who was the best weaver. We weaved mats like the old lady and made spiders. 

Check out our display in our retreat and read what we learned.

Spiders

What we’ve learnt from our reading:

Features of a Spider (What a spider looks like):

Has 8 legs

Hairy

Smooth

2 parts to their body - abdomen and head

Some have abdomen bigger than a head

8 - 15 eyes

Fangs

Can be different colours, could be white, green, orange, red, black, yellow

Can be spotty

A Spider’s habitat (Where a spider lives):

Some live in shells

Can live in dark places

Trees

Live in pipes

Burrows

Glass tanks

Gardens

Old places

Forests

Deserts

Jungles

Rocks

Rubbish

Tunnels

Tropical islands

Caves

Grasslands and warm lands

Ground

bushes

What Spiders Eat:

Birds

Small mice

Each other

Lizards

Insects

Bees

Frogs

Worms

Blood

Crickets

Snails

Fish

Flies

Interesting Facts:

Sense vibrations through their legs

Some tarantula can be pink or blue

The biggest spider is the Goliath bird eater tarantula

Some of them make trap doors

They use their body parts called spinnerets to make silk

Jumping spiders can jump high and far to catch their prey

Some can swim

Some lay up to 200 eggs

The Darwin spider can spin a web as long as two buses

Some can camouflage

Some can be pets

Interesting Facts

Daddy long legs aren’t a spider

Some tarantulas good to care for

Females live from up to 8 to 10 years, males only 4 years

Some female spiders like to eat their mates

The biggest web is 6.5 feet

Some spider webs are stronger than steel

Tarantulas come from hot places and need to keep at least 25 degrees warm

Spiders are also known as arachnids