Leatherback information  Leatherbacks are the biggest sea turtles. But, leatherbacks are endangered. Leatherbacks have leathery shells. That’s why they are called leatherbacks. Tuesday, June 10, 2008 | Read More... | No Comments  LB poem  “Leatherback” Leatherback eats jellyfish swiftly moves through the water gracefully swimming leatherback. Tuesday, June 10, 2008 | Read More... | No Comments  LB poem  “Leatherback” Leatherback Leatherback Swim Free in the sea Be care of Predators. Tuesday, June 10, 2008 | Read More... | No Comments  Beach Saver  We raised steelhead trout and released them. This is related to cleaning up beaches because the steelhead trout end up in the ocean with all the other ocean animals (like the leatherback sea turtle). You can protect the ocean by doing a beach cleanup, by raising and releasing salmon, and by Tuesday, June 10, 2008 | Read More... | No Comments  Cleaning up the beach  The reason why we cleaned up trash on the beach (on Friday) was because if a plastic bag is one the beach, the wind might push the bag into the ocean and a leatherback (Shelby perhaps) might eat it and then will get sick. By Francesca and Samantha Tuesday, June 10, 2008 | Read More... | No Comments  We can help save the animals  We can save the ocean and steelhead trout by saving fish and other water animals. When you clean-up the ocean, it help steelhead trout by keeping the water clean. We shouldn’t throw cans of oil into the ocean or it might kill steelhead trout, leatherbacks, or other sea animals. We’ll have no Tuesday, June 10, 2008 | Read More... | No Comments  Day 8  We were a bit worried this weekend because JK Turtling temporarily pulled into first place but Saphira realized her place was in jeopardy and stopped eating all the tasty jelly fish in Hawaii and started racing again. Go Saphira! You can do it! On more week to go! We can’t believe how fast the Monday, June 9, 2008 | Read More... | No Comments  Keep the Beaches Clean  Cleaning up beaches helps sea turtles because if a turtle thinks garbage is something that it eats, it could eat it and get sick. Throwing garbage on the beach is bad for animals and us. Garbage is one of the things that a leatherback and other sea creatures might eat if they see it in the Monday, June 9, 2008 | Read More... | No Comments  Info on leatherbacks  Some enemies of the leatherback turtle are sharks and ghost crabs and raccoons. The hatchlings find the ocean because of the light of the moon. Friday, June 6, 2008 | Read More... | No Comments  Poem  “Leatherback” She’s strong and black The night sky is black She lays her eggs Within them are hatchlings To the ocean They go running The sky is black. Friday, June 6, 2008 | Read More... | No Comments  All about Leatherbacks  Leatherbacks often eaten plastic bags because they eat jelly fish and leatherbacks think the plastic bags are jellyfish and eat them and die. Leatherbacks have slippery and slimy eggs. Leatherbacks have 7 ridges on their backs. Friday, June 6, 2008 | Read More... | No Comments  Leatherback Poem  Leatherback Sea turtles are black trying to get to the ocean. Some of them get eaten by ghost crabs and birds and raccoons. Leatherbacks. Friday, June 6, 2008 | Read More... | No Comments  The Lost Turtle  There once was a little leatherback who was lost. It got caught in a net. A person found it and helped it. The leatherback made a new friend. It was happy and free. The end. Friday, June 6, 2008 | Read More... | No Comments  Clean up the beaches  The reason why to keep the beaches clean is if we pick up trash, we help the fish and sea turtles. Then the sea animals don’t have dirty water. Also, the beach clean-up helps us because then we can visit nice beaches. Don’t litter! By Kyahana and another first grade student Friday, June 6, 2008 | Read More... | No Comments  Turtles and Salmon  Leatherback turtles and salmon both migrate. They both have swimming goals. They both can swim. Leatherbacks and salmon both are animals and have meat inside. By Tyler and Sydney Friday, June 6, 2008 | Read More... | No Comments  Kids Clean-up Ocean Beach Day  How Cleaning Up the Beach Helps Leatherbacks By Ollie and Alec Doing a beach clean-up (like the one we did on Friday at Ocean Beach) helps sea turtles because plastic bag look like jelly fish to leatherback sea turtles. If litter on the beach, a lot of turtles might die and other sea animals Friday, June 6, 2008 | Read More... | No Comments  Thursday thoughts  Go Saphira! Don’t let Stinger sting you! Go Saphira! Saphira rocks! Saphira can do it! Saphira you can win! Don’t eat a plastic bag! Cheer on Saphira! Thursday, June 5, 2008 | Read More... | No Comments  All about leatherbacks  Here are a few things I learned about leatherbacks. First, leatherbacks eat jellyfish. Second, baby leatherbacks have three main predators-- raccoons, ghost crabs, and birds. Third, leatherbacks can’t see red lights. People try and force hotels to make their lights red and to put big curtains Thursday, June 5, 2008 | Read More... | No Comments  Leatherbacks  Leatherbacks hatch from eggs. They are endangered. They often eat plastic bags because they think they are jellyfish. They sometimes get caught in nets. That’s why people who fish with nets need to use TEDs. Thursday, June 5, 2008 | Read More... | No Comments  Leatherbacks  Leatherbacks fly through the sea like birds in migration and swim like fish swim peacefully and bravely leatherbacks swimming and splashing. Thursday, June 5, 2008 | Read More... | No Comments  Comparing the GTR to raising Steelhead Trout  The Great Turtle Race is related to raising and releasing steelhead trout because both animals (leatherbacks and steelhead trout) migrate, find food, and reproduce. Both animals are in danger of going extinct. They also both swim to far away places to reproduce. They both migrate long distances Thursday, June 5, 2008 | Read More... | No Comments  More thoughts  We are excited that Saphira 2 is winning and we’d like some more supporters. Our whole class is wondering where Saphira 2 is. Is she still winning? We hope so. Please support her. Wednesday, June 4, 2008 | Read More... | No Comments  Leatherback story  There once was a leatherback who laid its eggs which were slippery and slimy which opened on the beach to reveal the hatchling on the beach which swam to the ocean which could have gotten eaten by predators and it was going to lay its own eggs. 18 years later. Soon the babies come back to lay Wednesday, June 4, 2008 | Read More... | No Comments  LB Poem  On the beach Smooth and sandy lies the leatherback trying to lay eggs in some time the hatchlings scoot into the ocean. Wednesday, June 4, 2008 | Read More... | No Comments  Leatherback poem  Leatherbacks Leatherbacks Leatherbacks hunting for food found a jellyfish nice and cool and juicy and yummy such a feast yum, yum yum, yum such a feast. Wednesday, June 4, 2008 | Read More... | No Comments  Poem  Leatherbacks Swim Free to be Alive. Wednesday, June 4, 2008 | Read More... | No Comments  Leatherback Poem  Leatherback sea turtles Sea turtles Sea turtles in a nest there are 70 eggs only 20 live to swim in the ocean can you believe that oh, no, ten got eaten can you think of the that? I don’t think so. Wednesday, June 4, 2008 | Read More... | No Comments  Our thoughts  In our school we are having a great turtle race. We are sponsoring a turtle named Saphira. The turtles are racing to the international date line. To learn more abut leatherback sea turtles go on www.greatturtlerace.com. Tuesday, June 3, 2008 | Read More... | No Comments  Poem  Leatherback Strong and brave that lays slimy eggs. Tuesday, June 3, 2008 | Read More... | No Comments  Saphira and BCS in the news  Check out the GTR/BCS article at Mercury News online: http://www.mercurynews.com/breakingnews/ci_9454358?source=email Monday, June 2, 2008 | Read More... | No Comments  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