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Friday, March 24, 2006

"Blue" Whales Mystery

From Mrs. Newton:
We just received a wonderful package from our friends at Tussing Elementary in Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This little whale sculpture is made of what most people would consider to be "trash." Yet, when put together, these become treasures that remind us that whales and all living things are depending on us to conquer the huge problem of what to do with trash.

From Ron:
Yours is one of two whales made by Tussing students last fall. I had the honor of delivering the other whale to Diane Shimizu's class at Wilcox Elementary in Lihue on the island of Kaua'i in Hawai'i. Diane's students told me that the whale encouraged them to pick up trash along the beach. We hope to make a big whale with them for their island.

Our question to you: What can you do to help save our friends the whales or to save our own environments?


More from Mrs. Newton's Class:
Your whale from Ohio and the ideas from Hawai'i gave us lots of ideas of how to help the whales and our environment. See the comments page to learn about how we "adopted" 2 Hawaiian whales and about their names, Malama and Kai.

posted by Mrs. Newton @ 3/24/2006   5 comments

Wednesday, March 22, 2006

"Can You See Me Now?" Creature


Hidden in the coral, search for the creature with its tail wrapped on the branches to hold it in place. What creature is "lurking" there?

Images copyrighted to John Hoover at http://www.hawaiisfishes.com Many thanks to John.

posted by Mrs. Newton @ 3/22/2006   2 comments

MOST Mysterious Creature #3

MOST Mysterious Creature #3:
This creature hides on the soft coral it feasts upon.
A mollusk, you might be surprised if you get to see its hidden shell.
What is this creature?

Image copyrighted to John Hoover at http://www.hawaiisfishes.com Many thanks to John.

posted by Mrs. Newton @ 3/22/2006   2 comments

Sunday, March 19, 2006

Sea Creature Babies

These are babies of a sea creature that has ten legs when it grows up. Mrs. Newton's students saw this when they looked through a hand lens. Whose babies are these?

The picture on the right, is one that looks a lot like what we could see with the microscope. But our babies were brownish red.

posted by Mrs. Newton @ 3/19/2006   9 comments