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Sponges

More sponge resouces for primary school students.

  • Learning is fun. (PDF 1.1 MB)
  • What is a sponge? (PDF 3.6 MB)
  • What types of sponges are there? (PDF 3.1 MB)
  • Sponge facts. (PDF 1.4 MB)
  • Some New Zealand sponges. (PDF 6.5 MB)
 

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