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Connected article: City of bugs

Cover from 2020 level 2 Connected journal article: City of bugs

An article in the 2020 level 2 Connected journal ‘Digging deeper’ published by the Ministry of Education, New Zealand.

Photograph (slug, dirt and leaf elements) by George Frost, and student photo, © Otago Daily Times/Allied Press/Jessica Wilson.

Rights: Crown 2020

Published: 4 May 2021Size: 2.25 MB

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