For this Kick Start activity, I created a Palolo scene on Google Drawings. The instructions said to use shapes to create the palolo, so I did. I started with a rough outline of the palolo so I could see abouts where to arrange my shapes. I used dodecagons and placed them in a palolo shape. I made them different colours of the top half and the bottom half, and I did that because they are bisects, which means they are like worm, and they can split in half and still live. I then duplicated it and changed the colours of the duplicated one to the colours of a female one. Then I added some coral, made the background white gradiented into blue, and added some labels. Finally, I added some facts on the palolo.
Would you rather eat a palolo or a Huhu grub?
Kia ora Isa,
It’s Charlotte again, a blog commenter for the Summer Learning Journey. Well done on completing this activity. I can see that a lot of hard work has gone into completing this!
The best thing about getting to check out all the Summer Learning Journey blog posts is learning from each and every one. Isn’t it interesting that they can bisect! What else did you learn about the Palolo worm?
I like how you have used different colours on your Palolo worm design to show its bisecting abilities! What a creative choice. Do you enjoy doing creative activities like this?
Ngā Mihi Nui
Charlotte Visser
Summer Learning Journey
Kia Ora Charlotte,
Thanks for your comment. I learnt Palolo is usually eaten raw. Apparently, they taste like caviar. What about you?
It took me a quite a bit of time to create this. I read through the information carefully and notice they male and female have different colour as well as they are bisected. I researched further to find out which gender was in which colour.
I don’t mind doing activities like this.
I wonder would the taste be different for different genders. Would you eat a male or female?
From Isa
Kia ora Isa,
It’s Charlotte again, a blog commenter for the Summer Learning Journey. Thank you for your response.
Have you tried caviar before? I actually haven’t but have always wanted to try it.
Wow it is awesome to hear about the extra research you have done about the Palolo worm. I am going to award you extra points and mark this as an outstanding post!
Ngā Mihi Nui
Charlotte Visser
Summer Learning Journey