Super Squid

Last week we read another book of Gill Eggleton's, called the Super Squid. It dealt with the crew of Sub DD who go diving into the Midnight Zone to learn about the super squid. On their way they encounter a number of different sea creatures that live in the depths of the ocean.

By way of introduction we showed the children a PowerPoint to help them understand what is found under the ocean, and how deep it is. They were totally fascinated with the different levels. Especially with the Twilight Zone and the Midnight Zone.

This story lent itself well to measurement. So armed with a worksheet of the sizes of the different fish from the story we headed into the parking area outside the Red Square to measure out the sizes of the Sperm Whale, Super Squid, Hammerhead Shark, Sub DD and the Fangtooth Fish.

Ebrahim makes sure that the Trundle wheel is in
the correct starting place.

Keshav labels the measurement of the Sperm
Whale. The children could get over how large
it was.

Aariv drawing the line that joins the beginning
and end of his groups measurement.

Hard at work. It was fortunate that the coke truck
was delivering at this time. When we measured the length
it was shorter than the Sperm Whale. Standing next to it
and looking up. We were able to get a real feel
of how big the Whale actually was.

Alka, Adrian and Aruna, carefully counting the 'clicks'
on the trundle wheel.

Using a ruler to measure the size of the Fangtooth Fish.

It was so much fun!

This practical application was really meaningful and gave the children a clear idea of how big the creatures in the story were.