How do Forces of Nature & Environment
Impact our Local Habitats?
Written By Sierra Varon
My name is Sierra and I am a second grader at HTe North County. My class went to clean up Carlsbad Beach and noticed lots of trash! We decided to create a project about our dilemma. The essential question for our project was, "How do forces of nature and environment our local habitats?" We learned how trash and pollution impact the animals that live in our local habitats.
Please read my research below to learn more about our project and how you can help protect our local habitats.
A Loggerhead Sea Turtle Adventure
Once a mother loggerhead sea turtle laid about 100 eggs in the sand. A male loggerhead sea turtle pokes its head out of the sand. If the baby is a male, it will never leave the ocean. If it’s a female, it can go onto the same beach it was born to lay eggs. Most of the 100 baby loggerhead sea turtles survive when they head to the sea.
The male loggerhead sea turtle crawled to the sea. He was hungry. He swam a little to the center of the ocean. Loggerhead sea turtles like to eat jellyfish and so he was searching for one. He saw a jellyfish, but it was really plastic. He wanted to eat it so he took a bite it tasted funny so he spit it out.He looked for more food he found a swirly thingy and he got tangled up. It was a hair net!
He bit the net and got untangled and swam away.He found a jellyfish, a real jellyfish and he started to bite it and he ate the whole thing!
Special thanks to:
The parents of 2nd Grade HTe and
There are 19 reptiles that are eating trash. There are more fish eating trash than mammals and reptiles.
Data from: 2009 International Costal Cleanup
Project By:
Ms.Kim Tsai's 2nd Grade Students
For more information, please visit Ms.Kim Tsai's Digital Portfolio at: http://mskimtsai.wix.com/htesecondgrade
