One of the longest and largest rivers in the world is called the Amazon River. It is located in South Am
erica and is approximately 6400 kilometres (kms) long. That is four times longer than the entire country of New Zealand. Wow!
Scientists believe that there are over 3000 different kinds of fish that live in the Amazon River. Now, that is a lot of fish! To learn more about fish, we went online and found some really cool facts about fish.
For this activity, we are going to provide you with five sentences about fish. Some of them are true and some are them are not. It is your job to read these ‘facts’, and decide whether they are true or false.
On your blog, write out each fact and in CAPITAL LETTERS beside the fact, write the word ‘TRUE’ if it is a true fact or ‘FALSE’ if it is not true.
True or False?
Fish Fact #1: The oldest known fish in the world is a 65 year old Australian lungfish. #FALSE
Fish Fact #2: Sharks are the only fish that have eyelids. #FALSE
Fish Fact #3: Starfish are a type of fish. #FALSE
Fish Fact #4: Fish communicate with each other by making low-pitched sounds (moans, hisses, etc) #FALSE
Fish Fact #5: Fish usually swim together in groups called ‘classes.’ #FALSE
Good morning Rowana,
ReplyDeleteMy name is Susie and I am a member of the Summer Learning Journey (SLJ) team this year. It is great to see that you've been participating in blogging with us over summer.
Did you have fun researching facts about fish? There was actually a website which was hyperlinked to this SLJ activity. I understand how we may come across different pieces of information on the internet. There are many online sources and which could easily confuse us!
Did you get a chance to look at the FactRetriever website? In case you have missed it, I will include the link below:
https://www.factretriever.com/fun-fish-facts
It would be great if you could make a visit to this website to double-check your facts. It should be fairly easy to find these facts on the website. Let me know once you've done this!!
I look forward to reading more of your blog posts,
Susie :)