Monday, May 2, 2016

Nile the Humpback Whale Visits Steward School

Thank you TESPTO for bringing Nile the Humpback Whale to Steward School today. We have been studying ocean animals for a few weeks and have nearly completed our research reports and animal habitat dioramas. We are excited to be traveling to the Gloucester Maritime Museum next week to learn more about how ocean animals live in their habitat and the adaptations that help them survive.
It was exciting to watch Nile inflate before our very eyes and see how big a real humpback whale is in the ocean waters here in Massachusetts. Stepping inside Nile's body was cool and it was an amazing opportunity to learn.  Stay tuned as we are in the process of sharing all we learned today!


Thank you Mrs. McInniss for teaching us so much about how to tell whales apart from one another, how they breathe, what they eat and how they communicate with one another. Thank you for reminding us to use fewer plastics and to be especially careful about disposing plastics properly so ocean animals don't accidentally get caught in the plastic rings or eat plastic grocery bags.

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