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Class Level and Curriculum Links
Senior Classes Primary Schools
SESE Science:
Strand: Living Things
Strand Unit: Plant and Animal Life
* Observe, identify and examine the animals and plants that live in local habitats and environments.
Junior Certificate History
Turf Bank Investigation - Making a Bog Calendar
At
a turf bank you can see that the peat in the bog is made up of
differently coloured layers.
Age
The peat in a bog grows by 1 mm each year. Work out the age
of the peat bank and put a timescale on your diagram. Measure
the height of the peat bank. Identify different layers in the
bank. Describe plant remains present, peat colour, wetness, smell
and the degree of decomposition of the peat in each layer. Usually
the darker the colour of the peat the more decomposed it is.
Highly decomposed peat has very few identifiable plant remains
present in it.
What grows on top of the peat bank? Fill in the diagram below.
Finally illustrate your bog calendar with important local history events.
Bog Calendar
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