Saturday, May 10, 2014

Diggin' the dancing queen

This week in class we will wrap up evolution and start classification.  Plus our tadpoles are quickly turning into very cute little frogs.


 I found the perfect topic for this weeks blog.  According to National Geographic, scientists in western India have recently discovered fourteen new species of "Dancing Frogs."
Explain in your response, how article and video relates to evolution.  Then try and hypothesize how it relates to classification.  What is up with the dance?  Why do they do it?  Are these dancing frogs in trouble?

http://newswatch.nationalgeographic.com/2014/05/09/new-species-frogs-animals-science-dancing-india/

Sunday, May 4, 2014

Why do Whales Explode?

The town of  Trout River, Newfoundland has a big problem.  What should the officials do with a 380,000 pound blue whale corpse that is stinking up their town?


Will the whale explode if they try to move it?  How will they get rid of that awful stench?  What is killing the blue whales?  What are some other occasions when dead blue whales have been hard to dispose?  Read the article and let me know what you think.  How should the town of Trout River get rid of the whale?


http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/blue-whale-interactive/#close-modal