Earthquakes

I have felt a lot of the most recent earthquakes and the aftershocks. The one on Easter was like a 7.2 or something high like that. Then multiple aftershocks one after another, after another and I was somewhat scared. There was a 4.6 off the coast of  Baja, CA but I don't think it did much damage. The people there were probably a little freaked out. I have only been in a few earthquakes but I wish is felt the one on Easter. There was a 6.4 with a depth of 4.2km Southeast of Ryukyu Islands. That probably collapsed a building or two.

-Tyler

This week in science

Today we worked on a sheet that was wanting us to name the power plant and the renewable and non-renewable power. To get the information we had to go on Google Earth and open the kmz file under the Baumgardener folded in student files. I thought it was fun but it was more of a challenge for me because some people didn't know where to open the file. Even after Griffin read it out loud to the class. It was somewhat easy. I didn't get to finish the most of it because I had to help others with computer difficulties. I saw quite a few messing around and not doing their work. For the rest of the week I think is easy.

This week in science

Session 1 in science we made a clay structure with our organism of the island our team chose. We found Tobago island which is north of Trinidad island. Ours didn't turn out that good but it will probably get a good grade. There isn't much on the island but there are a few mountain ranges and a lot of plant life. I chose a cactus, Blake chose a Manta Ray, Savanna chose a  humming bird, and Matthew chose a shark. Blake helped with making my cactus because it didn't  stay together.
The clay made of recycled paper and water drys really quick to skin. I was impressed with the other team islands. I noticed some people didn't cooperate. I enjoy these kinds of projects.
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The bigger island is Trinidad and the one above is Tobago. The islands are the tan color ones. 








-Tyler

Sea Turtles

   You've probably recently heard that our grade is going on a field trip to Chula Vista to see sea turtles, and many other sea animals. Because of that, I'm going to be talking about sea turtles! First of all, sea turtles can be found everywhere in the world except for the polar regions. Some different species of turtles travel between different oceans for many different reasons. Sea turtles are almost always underwater, and have developed an anaerobic system of respiration. This means they take very long breaths underwater. They can refill their lungs very quickly and have adapted to this unique system. The sad thing about sea turtles is that every species is threatened or endangered, and this is because of us people. Just like most animals, we like to use sea turtles for fine dining, mostly for napkin rings and things like that. In Mexico, Japan, and China, sea turtle shells and flesh are very popular, and are used to make Tortoiseshell. Sea turtles are unique animals, and have very long lives. We sure don't want that to be ruined.

Pictures of the Week

   You all know we're doing a project on islands and the animals that live there, and we picked Tobago. We have to research a lot of different facts and create a template to record the information. This is just a heads up! I picked the shortfin mako shark, and Blake picked a manta ray. Here they are!

  The shortfin mako shark lives in many places worldwide that are close to the shore. They are often found near islands or inlets. They eat a lot of different sea animals, and are normally at the top of the food chain. But, some big sharks, such as Great Whites, eat them. They are great hunters, which is a great reason why they're normally at the top of the food chain. They go above or below their prey, and lunge forward while tearing up all the meat. They're very interesting sharks!

 Manta rays can be found throughout tropical waters of the world, mostly around coral reefs. They are filter feeders in the ocean, which means they grow larger than other ray species. They have vestigial teeth on the lower jaw, the number of dermal denticles are different from normal rays, and they have a much thicker mucus body coating than other rays. They feed on plankton, fish larvae, and small prey organisms. That's all I have to say for today! Thank you for reading!!!