Aloha from Maui! Today, we are off on our research cruise. My name is Ms. Riddle and I am the Research Director for the trip. My Chief Scientist is Alexandra. There are a couple more scientists and observers on the ship, too. Below is a voicethread with pictures of the crew.
We are going to follow five whales using satellite tags as they travel north to Alaska. As scientists, we will provide you with a report that has information about our location, weather, whales spotted, and ocean data.
We need your help (Mrs. Griffith's students) to tell us (the scientists) what you see, what you hear and how you feel from the whales' points of view.
The ship is leaving from Maalaea Bay in Maui. See the map below.
View A Whale's Tail: Across the Miles in a larger map
Challenge #1
1. What is the latitude/longitude at our beginning location?
2. How deep is the water at our beginning location?
3. What is the sea temperature at our beginning location?
4. What types of fish or other whales do you see at our beginning location?
5. What do you hear underwater? Other whales? Fish? Ships?
6. Do you like Hawaii?
Look on our wiki under Research Cruise for resources to answer the questions.
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1. 20'41'40.06 Degrees North
ReplyDelete156'43'51.45 Degrees West
It's so neat to see the boat on the Google map! We wonder where the scientists will travel next as they track the whales.
2. 300-500 feet (Noah)
3. 23 Degrees Celcius 73.4 Degrees Farenheit (Matthew & Alex)
4. Whale Shark - it's not really a whale (Neila)
Unicornfish - it has sandpaper-like skin
5. Lots of sounds - whales, fish, bubbles, motors, submarines....
6. Yes, I want go there! (Jason) I want to learn about Marine Life underater. (Neila)