Morning Starters: Autumn 2 - Resilient & Resourceful
Did You Know?
The long-tailed macaque is an incredibly resourceful primate, which knows exactly how to have a shellfish buffet on the beach. Using a variety of rock-smashing techniques, it is able to remove a shellfish from its hard outer casing.
Credit: BBC One - Monkey Planet
Word Challenge
List some words, like the word ‘macaque’, that start with the letter ‘m’ and end with the letter ‘e’.
m __________ e
Grammar Challenge
Construct a sentence about a long-tailed macaque that includes the following words:
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- precision
- cracked
- oyster
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Number Challenge
A young male macaque only managed to smash open 3 out of every four shells found.
If he found 64 shells, how many of these did the macaque manage to open?
Critical Thinking
“A person who never made a mistake, never tried anything new.”
Do you agree with Albert Einstein’s famous statement? Why? Why not?