Can You Tell What This Is?

What about now?

 Now?

 Sour Cream overtaken by millions of little micro-organisms to create mould. 

 Micro-organism:  meaning 'small' or 'tiny' .  A micro-organism is 'tiny life' that can only be seen through a microscope.  They can do everything that other organisms do.  They are made of cells, grow and develop, reproduce and respond to their environment. 

Most micro-organisms are helpful and can be found everywhere, the air we breathe, in the soil, the food we eat and even in our bodies.  However some are harmful - like this mould we're looking at. 

It's pretty interesting actually looking at it and not just being grossed out by it and tossing it in the garbage as fast as possible.  The appearance and texture of the mould in a tiny area is so vastly different, and that's just from looking at it through a magnifying glass, imagine how interesting it would be through a microscope. 

 While the mould just happened to be an accidental lesson our actual lesson for today was 'adaptations' of animals and how these adaptations and behaviours help them survive in the world. 
That is yet another highly interesting subject once you dive in and take a closer look.  Seeing how all things were created with such intricate skills and systems and the ability to all connect together with the world around them to work together for their survival. 

I've asked Mckenzie to pick one living thing from each of the following categories:  water, land, air.  He is working on learning what features/adaptations they have in order to benefit their survival.  I believe he's picked Komodo Dragon to start with. 

This might be a good place to pull out the Planet Earth DVD's.