Weekly Blog 5/16/15

Surprise

This week I was working on my we are what we do project when something surprised me. The thing that surprised me was how long it took to make the props for our video. This surprised me because I planned on it being 2 days to make but instead it took almost the whole week! From now on, I will plan ahead better and think ahead of time what needs to et done by when and if it is not done then take time to work on it at home.

Summary

The article I read was about how grey and humpback whales always got caught in fishing lines. The reason why is because in Monterey Bay, there are many whales that migrate. Also, this year many number of crabs have been coming there. Crab fishers put down their lines that go all the way to the ocean floor, and the whales swimming around get tangled in the lines. In 2014 around 30 whales got tangled. Now, people are trying to protect the whales in different ways. They want to put the humpback whales on the endangered species list.

Citation

Los Angeles Times. "Little Crabs Cause Big Trouble for Whales." Newsela. Ed. Newsela. Newsela, n.d. Web. 16 May 2015.

Backward

how much did you know about the topic before you read the article? What do you now know about the topic that you did not know before?

Before I didn't know much about the topic. I read a couple books about whales before but that was just facts about whales in general. Now I know that humpback and grey whales are in danger due to crab fishing. Some have even died because of this! Basically I knew nothing about this topic and now I know part of why they are endangered.

Inward

Why did you choose this article?

I chose this article for several reasons. One was because I wanted to read about animals and I saw this one.

Two was because it was right in the beginning of science. And three was because I thought it sounded interesting because I was wondering how small tiny crabs would affect the huge whales so much.

Outward

How does the information provided in this article affect the environment?

This information affects the environment because if the crab fishers continue this without change then the whales will start to become more and more endangered and that will affect the environment because the whales are a part of it. Also, if the whale population dies down then the whole food web will be affected in that ecosystem. WHat ever the whales eats will over grow then whatever that eats will overpopulate and many other bad thing will happen and it will become unbalanced.

Forward

What would you suggest to the author as a possible expansion on the topic?

I would suggest the author to write about what ways some people are helping the whales. The reason why is because he/she writes about how people are doing thing to help the whales that are somewhat helping but doesn't write what things. The author should be more specific and write what people are doing.