Plant O’ GraphersSquare of Life Project

By: Nicole, Nick, Adam, and Maya

Introduction

Welcome! Our school is SBA (St. Bartholomew Academy) located in Scotch Plains, NJ. We are a group of fifth grade kids called the Plant O’ Graphers. We dug around our school convent and found everything from bugs to birds. Our square consisted of a tall oak tree, some moss, and patches of grass. We hope you enjoy our project and think it is educational!

Predictions

BioticSpider

Flower

Bugs

Leaf

Moth

Weeds

AbioticToy

Crayon

Leaf

Dirt

Rock

Metal

Plastic

ResultsBiotic

Moss

Spider

Grass

Tree

Worm

Weed

Roly Poly Bug

Bee

AbioticGlass

Rock

Leaves

Nut

Stick

Plastic

Bird Droppings

Chalk

Clay

Metal

Dead Flower

Feather

Dirt

Who We Compared With Our group compared with Quatama School in

Hillsboro, Oregon. We were surprised at the differences but also at the similarities. For biotic, both our outcomes were similar. But for abiotic, our group surprisingly found more than the school we compared with.

A picture of the Quatama School.SBA!

Comparing Biotic

What we found • Worm• Spider• Grass • Tree • Weed• Bee

What they found• Ant• Beetle• Spider• Worm• Bush• Weed

Comparing Abiotic What we found• Glass

• Small Rocks

• Leaves

• Nut

• Stick

• Plastic

• Bird Droppings

• Chalk

• Clay

• Metal

• Dead Flower

• Feather

• Dirt

What they found• Dirt• Small Rocks

New Jersey

Oregon

Both

GrassTreeBeeGlassLeavesNut StickPlasticBird PoopChalkClayMetal Dead FlowerFeather

Ant Beetle Bush Worm

WeedDirtSmall RocksSpider

Summary From worms to weeds, we really enjoyed this project. We learned about our school’s environment and the school we compared with. We had a lot of fun finding more about our environment and society. Thank you for watching our square of life project presentation.

Roly Poly BugWe found a roly poly bug in our square

FeatherIn our square, we found a feather

We hope you

enjoyed!