CONGRATULATIONS TO THE WINNERS OF THE CLASSROOM ROUNDS OF THE GEOGRAPHY BEE! DAVID N. WILL REPRESENT ROOM 107 AND VINCE V. WILL REPRESENT ROOM 109. MICHAEL M. WAS THE RUNNER-UP FOR 107, AND MATT G. WAS THE RUNNER-UP FOR 109.

DAVID AND VINCE WILL REPRESENT TEAM EXPLORER AT THE SCHOOL GEOGRAPHY BEE ON NOVEMBER 20TH!

ISLAND OF THE BLUE DOLPHINS

Island of the Blue Dolphins
Internet Fact Hunt

Directions: The colored and underlined words are links to web sites that provide the answers to the questions. Click on them to go to the web site. Find the answer. The website will open in a new window. Record your answers on your worksheet.

1.Karana harvests abalone for food and tools. What is an abalone? Have you ever eaten one?

She prefers red abalone. How large is a red abalone?

Which is larger - your hand or a red abalone?

2. People hunted the sea otters. How are sea otters unique among animals?

Why were sea otters nearly extinct?

3. Kelp grows in the sea around the island. How fast does kelp grow?

4. List two facts about cormorants.

5. One plant found on the island is the toyon bush.

What is it more commonly known as?

6. Karana tells you many distances in leagues. How far is that in miles?

If it is 3 leagues from you home to school, how far is that in miles?

7. O'Dell describes the sea elephant. Look at these photos.

Is this what you imagined from his description? Why?

8. Karana decides to hunt a male sea elephant (Northern Elephant Seal) for its teeth.

How much can one weigh?

FUN NIGHT

A frightening time was had by all at N.S.I.S. Fun Night. Team Explorer had some really creative and fun costumes. Check them out below!