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= What can we learn from the world around us? = Create a Glog that answers the Unit 2 theme question, "What Can We Learn from Observing the World Around Us?" Upload your Glog to your reading wiki page.

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=__//A Trouble-Making Crow//__= //Read "A Trouble-Making Crow"//

Watch each of these videos: Crow and Cat Video Clever Crows

Answer the following questions: //What do the crows in the videos have in common with New York?// =__//The Day of the Turtle//__= //A//nswer the following questions in a Word document. Please include your full heading. Upload the document to your reading wiki page.

=__//Saving the Sound//__= //A//nswer the following questions in a Word document. Please include your full heading. Upload the document to your reading wiki page.
 * 1) //W//hat condition is the turtle in? Why are the gulls gathering around it?
 * 2) Close your eyes and think about page 210, and form a mental image of what Laura is doing. Use details and information from the story to support your answer.
 * 3) When a word sounds like what it describes, it is an example of //onomatopoeia//. What word does the author use to describe the retreating waves?
 * 4) Why does Laura say she isn't crying?
 * 5) Do you think it's right for Laura to lie to her father?
 * 6) As of page 214, how has Laura tried to save the turtle?
 * 7) What does Laura talk to the turtle about?
 * 8) What does Granny May mean when she says she has been there "long enough"?
 * 9) What does Granny May mean whenshe says the turtle "has to" go back?
 * 10) How does the story end?
 * 1) How is the Sound described before the spill? Why is it an important place?
 * 2) What opinions are expressed on the first two pages?
 * 3) Why was the timing of the spill particularly disastrous?
 * 4) After describing the beauty of the Sound, the author writes, "The wreck of the //Exxon Valdez//, however, changed all that," and uses words such as //nightmare// and //death//. What effect do these statements and words have when you read them? Use details and information from the article to support your answer.
 * 5) What efforts were made to stop the oil from spreading? Were they effective?
 * 6) How did the spill affect bald eagles?
 * 7) The oil spill occurred at the time when the plankton were beginning to bloom. What effect did that have on the food chain?
 * 8) How does the map on page 237 help you understand the extent of the damage?
 * 9) How has the //Exxon Valdez// oil spill helped scientists?
 * 10) What were the immediate effects of the oil spill? What are the long-term effects?
 * 11) How do you think Terri Carr's experience at a newspaper helped him write about the //Exxon Valdez// oil spill?

Visit these websites to learn more about the recent oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.
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__//Journal Entries//__
//Choose one entry and post your response to The Living Earth discussion page.//
 * Do you think Laura should have tried to save the turtle in the first place? Why or why not?
 * Write a letter to Laura telling her what you might have done if you were in her place.
 * Write about what migt have happened if Laura had told her father about the turtle.
 * What part of the oil spill disaster had the biggest impression on you?