Morning Starters: Summer 1 - Strange but True
Did You Know?
Each year, on Australia’s Christmas Island, roads are closed and bridges are constructed to allow millions of red crabs to migrate safely from their rainforest home to the ocean so that they can breed and lay eggs. The red crab migration is Christmas Island’s biggest tourist attraction, drawing nature lovers from all over the world.
Credit: CBBC Newsround
Word Challenge
A crab is a crustacean.
Make a list of words that rhyme with the word ‘crustacean.’
e.g. nation, creation, …
Note: Rhyming typically involves words that have the same or similar ending sounds.
Grammar Challenge
Write a descriptive sentence that includes the following words:
1) Christmas Island’s
2) marching
3) red crabs
Number Challenge
- A single female Christmas Island red crab can lay up to 100,000 eggs.
What is the fewest number of crabs needed to lay 5 million eggs?
Critical Thinking
- The Christmas Island crabs must march a distance of up to 20 kilometres from their rainforest burrows to the coast.
How do you think the crabs know where to go?