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Here is the Kick Start activity, which is all about creating a graphic about a palolo worm! A palolo worm is a sea worm that lives in coral reefs. Once a year, its back end, filled with eggs or sperm, floats to the surface to reproduce. People in the Pacific Islands collect and eat them as a delicacy.
The instructions were to use line tools to draw a palolo worm. My worm is meant to be a female, as they are usually bluish-green. I hope youβre not confused about why it looks like that! Next, we added elements, so I inserted an image showing the deep sea of the Pacific Ocean, where they live.
The next step was to add lifecycle information. I came up with a few good questions and answers after doing some research and watching videos. Finally, I added labels. I decided to be creative by using arrow-like boxes to point out the important parts: the head, middle, and rear.
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π- Palolo worms synchronise their breeding with the moon, releasing eggs and sperm at the same time!
π- People in Pacific Islands scoop them up during their breeding event to eat as a delicacy.
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Would I like to try eating a palolo worm? Iβll be honestβdespite being Polynesian, I would NOT eat one. This is because Iβve always been afraid of eating wriggly, skinny kinds of food.
For example, when I was young, I remember my mum cooking sapasui. When I got a plate of it, I started imagining the noodles as worms. My only weapon was stabbing them with my spoon.
That experience has haunted me ever since.
