Mary came to speak to Rooms 6,7,8 and 9. She spoke about the process that plants go through to adapt to the growing conditions in New Zealand. These adaptations include disease resistance, drought tolerance and even altering plants to have different coloured seeds (peas that are red or yellow instead of just green) which provide different nutrients.
Simon went for a walk over the long weekend. They were walking around Taylor's Mistake. They found the body of a seal that had been there for quite awhile.
Simon brought some of the bones from the seal to show us.