I learnt how to tell if a mosquito is a girl or a boy. I also learnt that girls drink blood and are the ones that bite you. Boys have more hair on the antennae. We got to see living ones in a cage. We also saw mosquito larvae and eggs. Blue, P6.
I learnt about mosquitoes. I learnt what they look like and what they do to people. I learnt which mosquito is a girl or a boy. Mairi, P3.
I enjoyed looking at the mosquitoes through the microscope. I learnt how far they can smell. I also learnt the life cycle of a mosquito and saw the differences through a microscope. Tommy, P6.
I learnt how to tell the difference between boy and girl mosquitoes. We used laptops and microscopes to look at the larvae. I liked doing the coordinates and using the pipettes. Corynn, P5.
I learnt about mosquitoes. I used a magnifying glass to see which were girls and which were boys. I saw live mosquitoes, they were in a net cage, Oak, P2.
I learnt that only female mosquitoes bite people. In tropical countries if a mosquito bites, you might get malaria. I enjoyed looking at the eggs beneath the microscope. Nolan, P5.
We looked at mosquito eggs, Asian mosquitoes and Scottish mosquitoes. Mosquitoes can smell from 2 km away. Owen, P7.
The UN convention on the rights of the child. Article 6 (life, survival and development)
Every child has the right to life. Governments must do all they can to ensure that children survive and develop to their full potential.