Nature Reserve Reflection

On the 7^th of March we were at the Nature Reserve of our school (UWC). We were going to observe things/organisms as the upcoming professional scientists but in sort of a race.

By doing the Nature Reserve race I learnt that many different organisms can live in a single environment without any harm. I learnt on how to differentiate between shrubs and grasses and also how some certain trees/plants compete in terms of growing. I learnt a lot of things about plants and animals on how they interact with each other. I got knowledge on how to name different trees with their scientific names.

Firstly I enjoyed just being in the nature reserve observing things like a professional scientists of which was very interesting. I enjoyed being able to detect that animals live there, by the evidence we got of footprints, shells and other things that showed animal life. I also enjoyed where we had to observe different kinds of bird species and the different sounds they make. It was very interesting to do these observations if the form of a race. I did not like the fact that the things we had to observe were not that many and most were plants. I feel that if we had to observe more things on animals that would have made the practical to be more interesting.