2. Plant O’ Graphers Square of Life Project By: Nicole, Nick, Adam, and Maya

3. 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!

4. Predictions Biotic Spider Flower Bugs Leaf Moth Weeds Abiotic Toy Crayon Leaf Dirt Rock Metal Plastic

5. Results Biotic Moss Spider Grass Tree Worm Weed Roly Poly Bug Bee Abiotic Glass Rock Leaves Nut Stick Plastic Bird Droppings Chalk Clay Metal Dead Flower Feather Dirt

6. 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!

7. Comparing Biotic What we found Worm Spider Grass Tree Weed Bee What they found Ant Beetle Spider Worm Bush Weed

8. 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

9. New JerseyOregon Both Grass Tree Bee Glass Leaves Nut Stick Plastic Bird Poop Chalk Clay Metal Dead Flower Feather Ant Beetle Bush Worm Weed Dirt Small Rocks Spider

10. 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.

11. Roly Poly Bug We found a roly poly bug in our square

12. Feather In our square, we found a feather