Transcript Lafayette Township School

Lafayette Township School
Lafayette, New Jersey
6th Grade 6 - 2
Ecosystem and Geography
 The geography of our area features uplifted land, rolling
hills and mountains. The region contains two national
parks at its edges, 60,000 acres of state parkland, and a
diverse geography filled with lakes, rivers and
picturesque hills. We are surrounded by trees and
farmland.
 On any day we are likely to see white tailed deer, wild
turkey, raccoons and even black bear in our back yard.
Our School’s Backyard
Exploring the Squares
Lafayette New Jersey
and
San Marzano di San Giuseppe
 The town of San Marzano di San Giuseppe is south east
of Italy and located on the heel of the boot. Their region
is Apulia which means that there ecosystem is
Mediterranean Tropical dry weather.
 The elevation is 0-60 meters. In other parts of the city
there is agricultures type of landscapes.
 One thing that is different between Lafayette and the
Italian city is that there is a 6 hour time difference.
When it is 12:00 p.m. here it is 6 p.m. there.
 They are famous for their agriculture; olive trees,
grapes, sunflowers, barley, and tobacco.
Biotic Comparisons: Animals
 Italy and New Jersey have many differences and
similarities because of our environments.
 In New Jersey we have ants, beetles, ticks, fleas, slugs
and much more.
 In Italy, they have some things we don’t have such as
lizards. We don’t have many lizards because it is usually
cold here where the lizards can’t live. The lizards can’t
live here because we live in a dense wooded area. They
can live in Italy because they have a flat, hot area where
the lizards can survive.
Biotic Comparisons: Plants
 Italy and New Jersey have very different ecosystems,
especially their plants. In New Jersey, there is a much
greater variety of plants.
 For example, in Italy they only recorded having bushes,
grass, trees, and weeds. Some of the plants they
recorded were agave, zangone, bear trees, yucca, and
rosary.
 Our class has recorded many more plants including
dandelions, moss, lichen, and birch trees. New Jersey
isn’t called the Garden State for nothing!
Abiotic Comparisons
 In Italy there is a variety of litter. For example, there are
pens, pencils, bottle caps and plastic cups. Other types
of litter are metal bars, and sheets of paper.
 They have small rocks, but no big ones. Also they say
they have no soil, mud, and sand. Italy has no soil, but
that is impossible. Their school is trying to clean up all
the litter they have.
 Compared to their school yard ours was much cleaner
San Antonio, Texas
Lafayette, New Jersey
and
San Antonio, Texas
San Antonio, Texas
 The town of San Antonio, Texas is an urban ecosystem
with droughts, tornadoes, and is very hot. Their
temperature is regularly 73 degrees.
 It’s located in Bexlar County and is the fastest growing
city from 2000-2006. They have a population of
1,327,407 people and most are girls and less are boys.
 The school is named Castle Hills Elementary.
 San Antonio is famous for their art.
 On May 22, they had a tornado at 5:30. They usually
have tornadoes but this one was big and caused a lot of
damage
San Antonio, Texas
 The town of San Antonio, Texas is an urban ecosystem
with droughts, tornadoes, and is very hot.
 Their temperature is regularly 73 degrees. It’s located in
Bexlar County.
 The school is named Castle Hills Elementary.
 San Antonio is famous for their art.
 Yesterday, May 22, they had a tornado at 5:30. They
usually have tornadoes but this one was big and caused
a lot of damage
Biotic Comparisons: Animals
 Some of the similarities in the two places are ants,
beetles, spiders, flying bugs, and worms.
 Texas has a very dry and sandy ecosystem in some
areas and humid in others. The animals have to adapt to
the dry climate and hot weather.
 In New Jersey, our school has dense forests and grassy
wet lands.
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In New Jersey, our state would probably get more rain
than Texas.
Biotic Comparisons: Plants
 Texas and New Jersey have very different ecosystems.
Texas’ plants give them diversity and make them
different.
 Our class found out that they have grass, weeds, and
many trees.
 Some of the trees that are native to Texas are Aacaia
greggii and Betula nigra. The students in Texas also
recorded grass, trees, weeds, small flowers, moss,
burrs, and seeds.
Abiotic Comparison
 In San Antonio Texas they found litter in their square.
We found litter also in our school yards.
 Other abiotic factors they have are dew, and chewed
gum. They also have soil, water, and mud.
 In Texas, their area has both big rocks and small rocks.
Their school area does not have any sand.
We had a very educational
experience with the “Square of
Life Project.” We now know
that there are many
similarities and differences
between New Jersey, Texas
and Italy. We have learned
about the climate and the
ecosystems of these places.
San Marzano
Di
San Giuseppe
We all have litter around us
that we are working together
to clean up and to make a
better environment.