Year 2 Excursion

Year 2 visited Longneck Lagoon Field Study Centre to experience many fun but educational activities such as dipnetting, bug catching and bird watching.

Bird Watching

The teachers at the Centre, Trevor and Michelle, provided well-organised and enjoyable learning experiences.

The children used nets to find a variety of water creatures, binoculars to study birds such as cranes, cormorants and black swans and even made a video starring their favourite creatures.

Mosquito Larva & Pupa Found in still, stagnant parts of the creek. Use feeding brushes to eat microscopic organic matter and plankton. They wriggle to the surface and dive again.	Dipnetting and Bugs we found	Dytiscid Larva & Beetle Found in slow flowing parts of the creek amongst reeds and stones. Uses small claws on legs for gripping. Eats algae film scraped from the surfaces of the reeds and rocks
Dragonfly Nymph Found under stones and amongst reeds in slow flowing pools. It is a carnivore and catches prey such as small tadpoles.	Caddis Fly Larva There are many species. Most live permanently attached under rocks in fast flowing parts of the creek. Others live in portable houses of stones or twigs in the slower parts. They are herbivores (algae) and filter feeders.	Snails Use a strong muscular foot to cling to weeds and stones in slow and still parts of the creek. They feed on algae scraped from rocks and plants.