Tyler and Tyler
Hi guys! Hey, I love your answer to the mouse issue. You are spot on of course, but I was wondering what animals would be a mouse's predator? You don't need to answer that on this if you don't want, but just something for you to think about.
Next, you are spot on with your answer for the tree root! Mechanical weathering is the answer! Ding, ding, ding, ding!
Thanks guys! Mr. Pembroke
posted by Mr. Pembroke @ 3:10 PM
3 Comments:
Hi how is it going so far? Are you having fun? When I posted that comment a few days ago I ment porcupine and their deffence mechanism is their quils. Have a fun time!!
Mr. Pembroke,
Are you telling us that weathering did that work to the tree? How is that considered a rodent?
We came up with some questions about the mice in the area in which you are. Today we did some web searching. We want to know if the scientists (the Oxford bred ones) believe the mouse population is shrinking or growing in the area? After learning about the Gray Wolf in Yellowstone (mr. Hull mistakenly wrote Yosemite...he is tired from the school year!), we learned that when the Gray Wolf was hunted (by cattle ranchers) to save livestock, the mouse population exploded. The wolves then returned and exploded because of the incredible amount of mice available to eat! Well, then the cattle problem grew again too. Some scientists believed the problem would never have grown to the new level if the ranchers were never allowed to "eradicate?" the Gray Wolfe population. Playing with the food chain can have results we don't really think through.
We learned about the Beaver today. We learned that he uses the water as his best natural defense. We also learned that he will smack his tail on the water surface just right, to make a huge sound...and scare away any predators which might be in the area. That's so cool.
Well, we want to hear more about your studies, and work. Here are some of our more popular questions for you Mr. Pembroke.
1. Are you shaving every day?
2. Are your students being nice to your substitute?
3. About how many mice per square mile do you think are about your area?
4. Do you think if the mice are dying, that many of the other animals higher on the chain will die, or their population get smaller?
5. Do you miss Schubert's Ice Cream?
Sincerely,
Mr. Hull's 5th Graders
Mr. P. We think that a bever did that to the bottom of the tree. We think weather helped the tree to split the rocks, but the root did a lot to.
We saw a video about birds of prey eating mice and other rodents. Does the area of novia Scosia have lots of falcons, and eagles?
Are there wolfs in your area too? The ones in Yellow Stone ate lots of rodents. Be sure not to shoot the gray wolfes. They keep the population of rodents in ballance.
Do you miss your students. Mr. Hull says you do. Mr. Hull likes diet coke, he would miss diet coke.
Ally, Tristin, Ashley, Courtney and Jess E. from Mr. Hulls class.
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