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The plankton

On Monday, November 5th, 2001, we went 
to Nausicaà, the National Centre of the Sea 
in Boulogne-sur-Mer.

We went to find out about plankton.

I learned that jellyfish are a type of animal plankton.

Animal plankton needs light and lives in 
the currents, on the surface of the water.


I know now that with a pinch of salt and a ray of
sun we have plankton. 

The animal plankton consists of tiny animals, 
often the babies of the crab, of the ray...
It feeds on plant plankton.

The plant plakton is made up of millions of algae
which float on the surface of the sea, it needs
light and mineral salts to develop.

Both sorts of plankton stay on the surface 
of the water.

Félix and Nicolas

Class CM1 at Nausicaà

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