Georgia DNR

The Georgia Department of Natural Resources website offers an incredible amount of information about the state's flora (plants) and fauna (animals).  Click the image above for fact sheets about native animals.

Science Symbaloo Webmix

Symbaloo organizes websites and lets users share collections from any computer with an internet connection. Here's a color-coded tile key for the science webmix:

Yellow Tiles: Animals/Research

Red Tiles: Rocks/Minerals/Fossils

Green Tiles: Conservation/Pollution

Black Tiles: Tinkering/DIY

White Tiles: Other

Click the image above, or right here to explore the mix of science-related sites.

Organism Menu

While researching the red fox, Z'yon discovers a website with loads of information about flora and fauna native to the Southeastern United States. Click here to explore a wide range of organisms on Virginia's Fairfax County Public Schools website.

Native Flora and Fauna

The class will choose native plants and animals to begin researching soon. The Georgia Department of Natural Resources' website has a comprehensive list of species. Click the image below, or right here to explore the amazing variety of flora and fauna we're so lucky to live among here in Georgia.

Dolphins, by Pierce

Dolphins

by Pierce

Here are some fun facts about behavior. Dolphins love to play games with each other. They can communicate with each other well. They communicate by squeaking, squaking, and whistling. Female dolphins have babies one at a time. The highest point where they can jump, is up to 20 ft. Dolphins can swim up to 34 mph and can also dive 1,000 ft deep. They can hold their breath for several minutes. Those are some interesting facts about dolphins.

         Where do dolphins live? They live in the Atlantic Ocean. Their young ones are raised in quiet shallow places. Half of their brain is asleep so they sleep swim, instead of laying down.That is where they live.

         What do they eat? They eat fish from the surface of the water and squid. Although they have 100 sharp teeth, they still eat their prey whole. Those are a few different things they eat.

Here are some predators of the dolphin. Humans can be a threat by destroying their habitat and spilling oil. Orcas and a few types of sharks prey upon them. Those are some predators of the dolphin.

These are some cool features about the dolphin. They can live up to 30 years and can get up to 14 ft long. Their sense of hearing and eyesight are strong, but their sense of smell is little. They’re gray and have a blowhole on their head. Bottlenose dolphins have rounded bodies and long beaks. Thier tail fins are called flukes and the fin on their back is called a dorsal fin. Those are some feature facts.

Here are some other facts. They can communicate well with each other. Bottlenose dolphins have a dark side and have the capacity  to kill a human. Female dolphins are called cows and males are called bulls.

Dolphins, by Essie

Dolphins

by Essie

        

Dolphins have interesting features. Dolphins are smaller whales and have 100 sharp teeth.Their back fins are called flukes. They are smarter than other animals. They are gray and have little pieces of hair. They have a blow hole to breath air. They have to come up to the surface to breath out of the blow hole.

        They live in many oceans. When they sleep they keep one eye open and one eye closed. They  live in the Atlantic Ocean. Dolphins live off the coast of Jekyll Island.

They behave in different ways.They hunt for food in groups. They can jump 20 feet in the air! Dolphins can communicate with other dolphins. They have a good relationship with humans. They are calm and playful. People can sometimes  see dolphins jump out of the waves. Have you seen them in the waves?

Dolphins have a weird diet. Bottlenose dolphins eat squid and fish.

They do not eat plants. Dolphins eat meat.

        Dolphins have many predators. Tiger sharks, bull sharks, and dusk sharks kill dolphins. Some people catch dolphins in their nets.

 

Catfish, by Elliott

Opossums, by Messiah

Rainbow Snakes, by Alyssa

Dolphins, by Rodney

Brown Thrashers, by Andrew

Cottonmouths, by Soren

Alligator Snapping Turtles, by Aiden

Alligator Snapping Turtles

by Aiden

 

Alligator snapping turtles have lots of features. Snapping turtles` colors  are brown  and blackish. Also, snapping turtles have a lot  of pointy teeth. Their mouths and heads are large. Alligator snapping turtles lay eight eggs. They live in freshwater.

Alligator snapping turtles have weird diets. Alligator snapping turtles eat frogs, snakes, snails, clams and worms. Also, they are one of the furious predators.

Snapping turtles have a few behaviors. They swim very fast.  Also they don’t like people picking them up. They like to be around female snapping turtles. They stick their tongues out as bait.

Snapping turtles have lots of predators. Its predators are human beings. Many snakes eat snapping turtle babies.

                              

   They have one habitat. Alligator snapping turtles live in swamps. 

     

Bobcats, by Josie

Bobcats

By Josephine

Bobcats live in many different places, like fallen or hollow trees. They also live in caves or holes. There isn't a certain home they live in. They are also located in Canada, Mexico, America, and deserts and forests.  Bobcats eat in their homes or outside.

Bobcats eat lots of things such as rabbits, hares, deer, squirrels, mice, and animals along with different fish. They also eat rats, other rodents, and river otters. They definitely do not eat plants. Baby bobcats eat mushy food till they are a couple months. Then they eat the meat that the mother bobcat gets.

Bobcats live up to at least be 10 or 12 years old. The points on their ears help them hear better. By the way, they do not carry diseases. Bobcats can grow up to be 13-30 pounds! They have striped obern fur, and they are fluffy around the head.

Bobcats usually hunt at night or in the afternoon. To scare predators they make a hiss or a light  roar sound.  They have up to 4-6 babies. To protect themselves they blend in with nature and then they jump out and eat their prey.

People, wolves, and coyotes kill them. The predator probably either jumps out and kills them, or the people shoot them. I think that other animals might be afraid of them.

Informational Writing and Impromptu Theater

The class published their research papers, then designed and created colorful masks for their animals. The final step was impromptu theater.  Each writer chose to either narrate, or become the animal, while another student read the published piece aloud.  Enjoy the video of Friday's performances...

Falcons, by Briana

All About Falcons

By Briana

Falcons’ chicks are not very cute.  Falcons babies  are white little,and furry. Falcons have long pointed wings to help them fly. Their wings help them turn really fast.

Falcons have interesting behavior.To pass their family on. They look for food and dive for it to feed their babies. The falcons fly 300 m, and 320 km Falcons can live about 18 to 20 years old.

They mostly eat birds. Falcons eat doves, ducks, pigeons,

hummingbirds, birds, and bats. Falcons also eat frogs, and fish.

Falcons mostly live near trees.They live in grassland, woodland, wetland, forest, and desert. They can also live in cities. They are found in Asia, Africa, Europe, North and South America, Australia. Falcons are found all the world.sometimes they sleep in nests.

Other animals eat falcons they eat. Great horned owls, and eagles. Predators of babies are ravens, herons, gulls, foxes, wolverines, and  wolves are the most dangerous predators.

Scientists have different names for falcons. The males are called tercle the females are called falcons. The babies are called chicks the groups cast.

     

Rainbow Snakes, by Seonni

Rainbow Snakes

By Seonni

        

     Rainbow Snakes have interesting body parts. A rainbow snake’s colors are black, red, pink, yellow and gold.  You can tell if it is a boy or girl because males are smaller than females.  A rainbow snake can grow up to be 36/44 inches long.  Last of all about features, a rainbow snake has shiny smooth skin, and they have bluish/black back scales, with  three red stripes. They also grow up to a total length of 36/48 inches.

They are found in southeastern states.  A rainbow snake lives in the coastal plain in slow streams. Did you know the name rainbow snake comes from greek erythes?  

Some females lay over 50 egg at a time. People don’t see rainbow snakes because they hide. All  About Behavior. Rainbow snakes are not seen because they are sneaky. They usually spend their time in plants in the water. They are sneaky so they can catch  their prey.  They are good swimmers and now how to slither into mud and sand.

Rainbow snakes eat many things.  A rainbow snakes usually  eat eels, frogs, salamanders, and tadpoles.  

A rainbow snake’s predators are humans. Humans kill rainbow snakes when they are turning soil around to plant crops.

Lizards, by Cherokee

All About Lizards

by Cherokee

         Lizards have many features.  They have a very long sticky tongue to catch their food.   don’t have any teeth in their mouths.  They are cold blooded.  They skin color is  camouflage. Sometimes they hid with their body so nobody won’t see them.

Lizards live in many different places.  Lizards live in deserts, mountains, forests, and Georgia too.  

Lizards eat a variety of things. Lizards eat meat, plants, spiders, snails, mice,  baby snakes,bird eggs, deer, pig,and goats too.

Lizards predators are people.  They puff  up their  body  to scare away predators.also they bleed out blood from their eyes to scare away predators.  They predators are people.

Sharks, by Isaiah

All About Sharks

By: Isaiah

         There are many cool features on the sharks body. Sharks are marine animal that have cartilaginous skeletons with gill slits on head-side. The smallest shark in the shark family is 17 cm[6.7inches] long. The largest shark in the species is 12 meters[39 feet]. sharks have a great sense of smell. the shark’s teeth are affixed into the gums instead of connected to the jaws.

         Sharks can swim deep into the water. Sharks can dive 2,000 meters [6,600 feet] into the water. The shortfin mako shark is the fastest swimmer, up to 50 k\mh. Most  female sharks’ eggs hatch in the female’s body before the baby sharks come out.

         Sharks eat a lot of crustaceans. Sharks and eat small things like : squid,plankton,and other small fish. Tiger shark can chomp anything that comes at it. Sharks have pointed lower teeth because when the shark wants to eat small fish,squids,or plankton they crush it up and eat it.

         Sharks don’t live in freshwater that often. River sharks and Bull sharks can be found in freshwater. Sharks can dive up to 3,000 meters [10,000 feet]. Some sharks can go more than that up to 3,700 meters [12,100feet].

         People kill sharks for some reason. People cut sharks’ fins off. They leave the shark there suffering. People make their into soup.

  

Falcons, by Caylon

All About Falcons

By: Caylon

         Falcons are the fastest creatures on the planet. Falcons recorded diving speed 200 mph.Falcons start  to breed when they’re about a year old.Female falcons lay a normal amount of three eggs per clutch, and look after their chicks until they are big enough to protect themselves.

The Falcon has acute eyesight. Falcons are different colors,like black, grey,brown and,blue.Falcons’ body shape mean that the falcon glides through the air more easily,and  

sharp pointed beaks help them eat.

Falcons eat all kinds of food,like mice, frogs,and,fish.Falcons will even eat small birds too.

The Falcon does not have a  lot of predators,even ones that are actually flying. Humans wolves are the main predators of the  falcon on the ground,and eagles  even large owls have been known to hunt the smaller species of the falcon.

Falcons are in the safest place possible.Falcons are in high places like  cliffs,and tall trees.They live in the northern hemisphere.