Morning Starters: Autumn 1 - Riveting Rockpools
Did You Know?
Rockpools are tiny, bustling habitats filled with life, but they’re tough places to survive! Creatures here must survive crashing waves, shifting tides, changing temperatures and prowling predators. Many rockpool animals, like the tiny chameleon prawn, use camouflage to avoid being eaten by blending perfectly into their surroundings.
Word Challenge
‘Riveting Rockpools’
Write some different titles for this page that use alliteration.
Help: Alliteration is when the same sound or letter repeats at the beginning of words that are close together.
Grammar Challenge
Proofread and rewrite the sentence below so that it is punctuated correctly with apostrophes.
The prawn’s colours changed as they hid among the seaweed, blending perfectly with the rockpools surrounding’s.
Number Challenge
– There are crabs, sea snails and starfish in a rockpool.
– There are 24 creatures in total.
– There are 4 more crabs than sea snails.
– There are half as many starfish as sea snails.
How many crabs, sea snails and starfish are there in the rockpool?
Critical Thinking
What do you think would happen to the animals in a rockpool if the tide went out and didn’t come back in? Why do you think this?