Everglades- Earth Day-Invasive Species

Gifted Frameworks- Research & Exploration, Leadership, Examination of Knowledge, Project& Performance

This week we celebrated Earth Day by planting seeds in terrariums,using recycled glass containers. We added to our board by writing about our goals to help protect the Everglades.

Did you know that the Everglades is being taken over by invasive species? Pythons are eating many animals that the native panther eats. This has caused an overabundance of pythons and shrinking population of panthers. Considering pythons are growing up to 20 feet long, which one would you like to encounter? Lionfish are another know species that has started to enjoy the Florida shorelines in the Atlantic as well as the Gulf. Plants have also taken over and killed off many of Florida’s native plants. A big lesson we learned is never release exotic pets into the wild. We are currently creating BrainPop movies to teach others about the problem.

Friday was Maker Space Day, and boy do we like to use our imagination!