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Exploring an underwater world.
this issue
Oil Slick P.3 Disappearing Act P.4
An Ocean of Garbage P.5 Shark Attack P.6
Vanishing Fish P.7 Disappearing Act P.8
Endangered Dinosaurs Under the Sea P.9
Wenonah Elementary School
Class 3-4
ISSUE 1
A Sea of Trash P.10
March 2012
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Imagine you were on a cruise ship and it crashed and start-
ed to leak oil. Next, you started to see oil cover the whole
ocean surface. Then, you see oil covered animals pop up to
the surface. You would feel horrible for what happened and
wonder what you could do to stop it.
Icky Sticky
Sea life throughout the oceans are getting sick: sharks, oc-
topi, shags and fish. Most are dying and some are still try-
ing to survive, yet it is not easy to survive in an oil spill. It
is not easy for the sea animals to get food either because
their food is also covered in oil. So when they go to eat,
they will get sick and die.
The Help
When the oily waves hit the beach it absorbs in the sand. Mommy
birds expect to see beautiful baby birds, but instead they see gooey
baby birds. Sea turtles have a hard life too. They lay their eggs in the
sand and their lives can’t go on. Oil gets to all these creatures and
we do nothing in return to save them, yet they do good for us.
Bon Voyage
The helpless animals are get-
ting covered with oil, so people
are trying to save them. Some
live and some don’t. Some
people think we cannot help,
but we can! A smart person
used his brain and thought of a
simple way to clean oil out
from the oceans. You can use
hair!
In Return
Think about what we do for
these animals in return. The
boat loses its pieces and they
start to loose oil. Many people,
such as fishermen, depend on
the sea for jobs. If the sea gets
covered in oil, then their jobs
become twice as hard. Oil cov-
ered animals are getting sick
and dying. A lot of places have
been destroyed by oil spills:
The Gulf, Spain, Atlantic
Ocean and Lativia. Captains of
ships need to be more careful
and think about what can hap-
pen if they continue to make
these terrible mistakes.
Oil Slick By Kasey Volz, Courtney Sullivan, and Hannah Acevedo
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Imagine the colorful, bright, beauti-
ful fish gone. Nothing in the ocean
just water. If you were swimming
in the ocean, you would see nothing.
No fluke, no flounder, no salmon.
All because of overfishing.
Snatched Up
We are losing sea food, all because
of fishermen. With no seafood it
doesn’t just hurt people it hurts ani-
mals too. Fishermen are catching
too much fish at a time, so we are
losing too many fish in the ocean.
Three Ways to Disappear
There are three causes of fish be-
coming endangered. The first one is
overfishing. Overfishing is catching
too much fish. Another cause is pol-
lution. Pollution is when oil spills in
to the ocean and kills fish. Pollution
is also when garbage fills the oceans.
The last cause is global warming.
Global warming affects fish. They are
starting to disappear because they are
losing their habitats. When fish start
to disappear, other fish lose their food
source and the ecosystem starts to dis-
appear. This hurts humans because
we have less food.
Spread the Word
Regulating and making laws about
overfishing can help us have more fish
in the ocean. If we can make laws for
overfishing, then there will be bright,
colorful and beautiful fish in the
ocean. Everybody should get in-
formed and spread the word about
overfishing, so we can stop it.
Stop the Madness
If we don’t stop overfishing the food
chain will get out of order, and all of
the animals will die. The next thing
you know we will disappear!
Disappearing Act!
by Johnny Yopp, Corey Wenger, and Casey Prinz
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In the Pacific Ocean a big whirl pool filled with plastic and
garbage is destroying the ocean and the sea animals that
live in it. Did you know that 3.5 million tons of waste are
floating in the middle of the Pacific Ocean?
Dangerous Place
The garbage patch is a disgusting and dangerous place for sea
animals. The sea animals are eating the plastic and garbage,
and then they are dying. Soon there will be no more fish left
in the Pacific Ocean. Sea birds are also eating the plastic and gar-
bage.
Fisherman
Fishermen do most of the harm to the sea animals. They
leave behind their broken nets and fishing lines. The sea ani-
mals are getting trapped in them and they are dying. The
nets and fishing lines are killing all of the sea animals that
people eat. Seals are also getting trapped in fishing gear that
has been left behind.
Save the Ocean
The garbage patch is really big. The garbage patch is twice
the size of Texas. We need to save the Pacific Ocean from
the 3.5 million tons of garbage. We need to stop the garbage
patch from growing.
An Ocean of Garbage by Liam McGeever and Kevin Zanfordino
Everyone Stop Littering!
We need to stop littering to
save the oceans. You can help.
The next time you go to the
beach you can put your gar-
bage in a garbage can instead
of throwing it on the ground.
You could even take your gar-
bage home. If we all work to-
gether, we can make a differ-
ence!
This bird died because it ate
garbage in the ocean. It’s belly
is full of plastic!
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A shark was swimming peacefully in
the ocean… until it got caught in a
fishermen’s net. Thanks to the fisher-
men sharks are going to be on the en-
dangered species list.
Predators Of The Sea
Sharks can weigh up to 5,000
pounds, and sharks can swim up to 15
miles per hour! Sharks grow to an
average of 15 feet long. There are
many species of sharks. Most sharks
are found in cool, coastal waters
around the world. Sharks are the
most ferocious predators in the sea.
Lots of people are afraid of sharks,
but sharks don’t harm people. Peo-
ple are attacking innocent sharks.
Less Soup = More Sharks
Sharks are slowly becoming extinct.
People are overfishing in the oceans.
This is making the sharks starve.
Sharks prey are beginning to disap-
pear in places where sharks live. They
prey on sea turtles, sea lions, small
toothed whales and seals. People are also
hunting sharks for food. People in China are
hunting sharks for their fins. They use the
fins to make shark fin soup. Humans have to
stop overfishing and hunting sharks to save
them from becoming extinct.
The Predator Disappears
If sharks become extinct, the ocean’s food
chain will breakdown and be unbalanced.
Sharks are helpful. Sharks keep the amount
of fish in the ocean from growing too large. If
they become extinct, there will be too many
fish in the ocean.
Help the Sharks!
The best thing to do is stop killing sharks.
People should stop killing the fish that sharks
prey on. People should start a foundation to
help sharks stay alive longer. People can also
help make laws that limit the amount of fish
being taken out of the ocean. The govern-
ment should make a law to ban shark finning.
Sharks are very important to earth. They help
earth and the ocean. People should stop mak-
ing shark fin soup. People definitely should
stop hunting sharks.
Shark Attack! by Matthew Chaparro and
Michael Fasano
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Have you ever wondered
what the ocean would look
like without amazing fish?
By the time your children get
older, the oceans will be
empty. Fishermen will lose
their jobs, and then fish sec-
tions will be done for. The
food chain will decrease, and
marine animals will die from
hunger. We won’t have any
more fish to eat.
Fishy Where Are You?
Overfishing is when humans,
such as fishermen, and
predators like birds, seals,
dolphins, sharks, and much
more are killing, eating, and
catching too many fish. Be-
cause of these issues, the fish
are decreasing in the ocean.
Shame on us
Fishermen are taking up too
many fish with their nets. Peo-
ple are polluting the ocean, and
other marine animals are eat-
ing fish. If we don’t stop now,
no more fish will be in the
ocean. Some people depend on
fish for their diet.
Clear Waters
It is important not to over fish
because fish are a big part of
the food chain. If the ecosys-
tem dies, then humans
and animals will die!
Lend A Helping Fin
Hearing these awful
things happening to fish
makes you want to help.
Here are some ways you
can help! You can warn
people about the short-
age of fish in the ocean,
and you can learn about
fishermen overfishing.
Attention Fish Lover
If we don’t stop now,
people will lose their
jobs, animals won’t have
any fish to eat and peo-
ple won’t be as healthy
as they are now. Every
type of fish will be ex-
tinct.
Stop overfishing!
Vanishing Fish by Victoria Duong, Kennadie Hallum, and Tyler Yarrobino
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Cold Blooded Rescue
If we don’t help now, it will
be too later. If you are a
turtle lover you should help
save the turtles. For tips on
how you can help sea tur-
tles, send a self-addressed,
stamped envelope to Cen-
ter for Marine Conserva-
tion, 1725 DeSales Street,
N.W., Washington, DC
Can you imagine a world with no sea turtles? Well if we don’t help now, we will have no sea tur-
tles in our oceans. They are disappearing and becoming extinct.
Giants Under the Sea
Sea turtles are hard shell marine creatures. Sea turtles live in warm waters. They also eat jelly
fish and plants from the ocean. There are seven different types of sea turtles. They are reptiles.
The green sea turtle can be 4 feet long and 440 pounds.
Hunting and Catching
Hunters, called poachers, are illegally hunting sea turtles. They sell their skin and shells for
money. People use the sea turtle’s skin and shells to make soup. This is a delicious meal in Por-
tugal. If poachers keep on catching and killing sea turtles, we won’t have any more left.
Watch Out Sea Turtle Lovers
It gets even worse because fishermen are catching sea turtles in nets. The sea turtles get stuck in
the nets and can’t move. The sea turtles start to panic, drowned and die. This is bad because sea
turtles will be gone. Ships are a problem too. They crash at sea and spill oil. Sea turtles get cov-
ered in oil and become sticky. Then they can’t breathe, and eventually they die. Global warm-
ing is harming sea turtles. Sea turtles need warm water to live in. Global warming is making the
oceans frigid. Global warming is destroying their habitat.
Endangered Dinosaurs
Under the Sea
by Sarah Patach, Aryton Henriques, and Kevin Coenen
Sea turtles often mistake plastic bags in the water
for jelly fish, their favorite meal. They choke and
die from eating garbage left behind by humans.
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How would you feel if strangers were
coming into your home, taking your
food, and killing you without permis-
sion? Well you probably don’t think
it’s a good idea, but it is actually hap-
pening to dolphins. If dolphins are ex-
tinct, the food chain will be broken
down. It is very important for us to
save dolphins lives, but we have to
want to save their lives.
Broken Down Food Chain
We are harming dolphins, which will
harm the food chain. If the food
chain dies , then meat and fish won’t
be in our system and we won’t have
protein for our bodies. If that happens,
we won’t have much energy. When
dolphins are looking for a snack, they
chase fish to shallow water. Sea birds
and dolphins work together to eat the
fish. If dolphins are extinct, sea birds
won’t have food. This will cause pests
and insects to take over and eat our
plants and crops.
Dying Dolphins
Every second we breathe, an-
other pod or group of dol-
phins are dying. Pollution
and fishermen are harming
dolphins. Fishermen are capturing dol-
phins in tuna nets. Dolphins get
caught in tuna nets because dolphins
and tuna follow the same path. When
dolphins get caught in tuna nets, they
drown because they are mammals and
need air to breathe. When people pol-
lute, dolphins get diseases and then
they will die. People are polluting the
air with dangerous gas, harmful plastic,
and garbage.
Plan to Protect
Humans can save dolphins by recycling
different products such as: paper, plas-
tic, and Styrofoam. If we save dolphins,
we can change the world. People can
help in many different ways.
We have to stop these human activi-
ties because if dolphins die then the
food chain would be unbalanced. Some
people think that dolphins are useless
creatures, so humans want to kill them.
MAKE A DIFFERENCE AND SAVE
DOLPHINS!!!!!!!!!
Hope for Dolphins
` by Alyssia Alfaithah, Laila
Zivkovic, Kate Haun
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Stop Littering
People should stop littering in
our oceans and start cleaning all
that garbage up. Since we love
our ocean and need it to live, we
should stop harming it because it
gives us fish so we can eat. It’s
time we give the ocean some-
thing back in return.
Have you ever realized what is really happening in the middle of the Pacific Ocean? It’s called the
Great Pacific Garbage Patch. It holds 3.5 million tons of waste, and kills over 2,000 animals in the
ocean every year. It is too big for just a few people to help. Everybody needs to help out.
Swirly Whirly
The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is swirling water currents known as the North Pacific Gyre. The wa-
ter swirls so fast, that it sucks the garbage in. A gyre is a large, slow –moving spiral current, driven by
wind. These currents are known as “garbage traps”. Without people’s help, it won’t stop. It will just
get worst. It first started in Alaska, got to Japan and traveled around to the Pacific Ocean. The gar-
bage patch is huge. It is TWICE as big as Texas! It holds that much garbage! The bigger it gets, the
more marine animals it kills. There will be no more animals left in our oceans if this keeps going.
Junk Food
The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is affecting our sea animals. All the animals are eating up the gar-
bage thinking it’s food. If they eat all the garbage, they will die. Then we will have no marine animals
in our ocean. One million birds are eating the garbage. They are dying because the plastic is not
right for them to eat.
Food Chain
The garbage patch effects animals and humans. If fish eat the garbage, and the fishermen catch fish,
then the people who eat that fish will get sick. The Garbage Patch is also causing the ocean’s food
chain to break down. The food chain works like this: Sharks are eating the tuna, the tuna are eating
the small fish, and the small fish are eating the garbage. If the animals eat the garbage they will infect
the other fish.
A Sea Of Trash by Kristen Frawley and Nicholas Wittreich
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