Internet Workshop: Porpoises
You are invited to participate in an amazing internet adventure!!  During your adventure, you should find out everything you ever wanted to know about porpoises.  We wish you luck as you embark on this courageous voyage and as you attempt answer this question, “What IS a porpoise anyway?”

You have just read chapter 11 in Peter and the Starcatchers where Molly speaks to the porpoises.  You can use these websites to research these fascinating creatures.  After visiting the following websites, you should be able to answer the questions below.

http://www.dolphinquest.org/learningquest/dolphinfacts/dolphins/dolphins_2q.htm

http://library.thinkquest.org/11353/ecosystems.htm

http://school.discoveryeducation.com/schooladventures/planetocean/ocean.html

http://www.theporpoisepage.com/porpvdolph.php

http://octopus.gma.org/marinemammals/human_interaction.html

http://www.academickids.com/encyclopedia/index.php/Porpoise

1. What is an ecosystem?  Describe the Ocean as an ecosystem.
2.  What are the similarities and differences between dolphins and porpoises?
3.  What do porpoises eat?  Who are their predators and what harms porpoises?
4.  What impact do humans make on porpoises?
5.  How do porpoises interact with other marine animals or with each other?
Websites

**Look at this website to find a shocking discrepancy between science and your fantasy novel, Peter and the Starcatchers
http://www.wiu.edu/users/emp102/DolphinWeb/bottle_dolph.html

I POEM

You are now invited to use your research on porpoises to create an “I Poem” from the perspective of Ammm from Peter and the Starcatchers.  You can use this site to generate your “I Poem.”

  http://ettcweb.lr.k12.nj.us/forms/iampoem.htm