3HB 2009

1. Nonfiction ReportsDuring Reading Workshop our class read their nonfiction books, took notes, and then compiled the information to create these reports. Well done,class! 3HB 2009

2. JupiterBy Alex Description • Jupiter is larger than all the other planets combined • Called the giant planet • 88,850 in diameter • Spot 2 times bigger than Earth What it looks like • Looks like it has stripes • Many clouds • Strong winds • Big storm called Great Red Spot has been there for 300 year Other facts • Jupiter has been raging here for 300 years • Fifth planet from the sun • Very cold • Made mostly of gas

3. Jack Russel TerriersBy Annie Description • Grows up to 15 inches tall • Adults weigh 13-17 pounds • Strong bodies • Almond shaped eyes • Mostly white with brown and black spots • Smart, playful, loving, enjoys being with people • Popular in United States, Ireland, and England • House pets Food and Exercise • Fresh food and water each day • Don’t change diet – leads to health problems • Loves running, swimming, and going on walks • Likes playing chase and tug of war- play every day Jack Russel Puppies • Up to four puppies each litter • Born blind and deaf • Drinks mothers milk • Starts seeing and hearing at 2 weeks • Stays with mother for 8 weeks • Lives for 15 years

4. MuttsBy Annika Description • A mix of two dogs • Can turn out to look like endless possibilities • Can weigh up to anything • Usually live to 13 years old • Can have any body shape • They are carnivores • Can grow up to any height • Can be as talented as pure breeds What they need • Make sure they are healthy • They need loving care • Grooming and medical care • Warm safe house to live in and exercise Advantages • Mutts are far less expensive • Mutts are healthier • Mutts can compete with pure breeds in agility and obedience

5. Great DanesBy Avery Description • Male Great Danes stand 30 to 36 inches tall • Females stand 28 to 34 inches tall • Males weigh 140 to 175 inches tall • Females weigh 110 to 140 inches tall • Heads are large and square • Tails are long and curved • Coats are soft and smooth • Colors, brindle blue, fawn, harlequin, mantle, white, and merle Grooming • Don’t shed a lot • Coats brushed once a week • Bathed when needed • Toe nails trimmed • Don’t need a lot of grooming • Teeth and ears should be cleaned regularly • A veterinarian can show dog owners how to do these things Food • Boars • Dog food (high quality kibble with a drop of water.) • 10 pounds of kibble a day

6. Brittany SpanielsBy Bridgette Description • Straight or wavy hair • Orange and white • Black and white • Liver and white • Feathery hair on back of legs • Tail kept short • Round head • Heavy eyebrows • Ears high on head • Ears slightly rounded at tips • Back slightly slopes down to tail • Long ,powerful ,legs • Short, straight, back • Deep chest • No black in coat if competing in dog show Size • Medium-sized • 30-40 LB • Its height can range from 17-21 in. • Tail docked to 4 inches Food • Nutrition • Dry, moist, semi-moist • High quality • Changes in diets to prevent stomach problems • Fresh, clean, water • Rawhide bones • Nylon bones • Cattle hooves • Doggie biscuits • Don’t eat too much or choke

7. DolphinsBy Erin Babies • female has baby • tail goes first • pushed to the surface • stays close to mother • for more than • Baby dolphins are 3 feet • Protect her baby Habitat • Bottlenose dolphins live in warm water • Close to land • live in Pacific Ocean • Atlantic Ocean • Red Sea • Large groups called schools Playing • Play games • Very intelligent • Leap in air for fun • Ride on waves • Waves made by boats • Bow waves push the dolphins

8. Alligatorsby Ethan FOOD • Hunt at night • When baby alligator hatches out of his egg it eats • Snails, crayfish, small fish, and insects • Adult alligators eat raccoons, turtles, even other baby alligators • The less common foods are deer, dead animals, pet dogs, even people Description • Black when wet • Dark gray when dry • Broad snout • Lots of scales • Long tails • 70-80 sharp teeth • Has the biggest reptile scales Habitat • Live in Southeastern states • Found as far as Texas and North Carolina • Sleep and live in wet land like shallow muddy ponds.

9. PythonsBy Evan Description • Largest snakes in the world • Weighs about 300 pounds • It can be up to 10 to 12 feet • It camouflage once it sees its prey • Its brown, yellow, black, white • It can lay up to 12 eggs • 33 feet long Habitat • Southeastern Asia • East Indies • Africa • Australia • Central America Food • Eats meat • Rodents • Birds • Ducks • Seizing prey by its head it wraps around its head • Pythons tighten around the preys chest

10. Clydesdale HorsesBy Grace S. Description • Long lean head • Large white blaze on face • Long hair on legs called feathering • Pick legs up high • 1,600 to 2,200 pounds • 16 to 18 hands high • Tallest draft horses • Color can be bay, chestnut, black, roan, or gray • Bay is most popular • Are cold bloods Where They Come From • Northern Europe • Clydesdale Valley in Scotland • Along River Clydesdale Food • Grain • Hay • Alfalfa • Grass • Feed 3 times a day • Live little while without water • Too much food can cause sickness

11. Pinto Horses By Gracie K Description • Pinto means painted • Have two types of coloring • Have base color with patches • Have white with brown patches or brown with white patches • Most Pintos are between 14 and 16 hands (five feet) • Has long head • Has a mane • Has strong thin legs • Has hooves Eat • Eats grass, hay, oats, and bran • Adults need about 20 pounds • Needs water every day • Dinks about 12 gallons of water Foals • Female horses and mares, can have a baby once a year • Wild mares mostly have foals in spring • New born foals can stand with in minutes

12. Capuchin MonkeyBy Greer Food • Fruit (60% of diet) • Leaves • They steal food • Insects • lizards • Squirrels • Small species of monkey • Young birds • Run on two legs (carries as much food as possible) • Feeds in squatting position Habitat • Almost every south American forest • Forest canopies • beaches • Fact 5 Description • Weighs about 5lbs (2.2kgs) • Long nails • Black cap on head • Long tail • Gloomy colored

13. ColliesBy Jane Description • Collies can be 22 to 26 inches tall • Collies weigh from 50 to 75 pounds • Their ears are medium size • They have long tails that curl up at the end • Collies are large dogs • Males weigh to 60 to 75 pounds • Females weigh 50 to 65 pounds • Collies are usually a mix of brown, black, gray-blue, or white Owning a collie • Collies make great family pets • They get along with children and other pets • Collies are intelligent dogs • They need activities to keep them busy • Collies also need plenty of exercise • Most owners keep their collies indoors Food • The best diet for a collie is dog food • They may eat about four cans of canned food per day • Most people feed them 2x per day • They need plenty of water

14. Killer WhalesBy Jenna Description • They are toothed whales • Have white spots on side of head • Have longest dorsal fin • Males dorsal fin 6 feet • Males average size 30 feet • Females average size 18 feet Habitat • Killers live in cold waters • Northern Pacific • Atlantic Ocean • Western coast • America • Alaska • British Columbia • Africa • Australia Food • All kinds of fish • seals • Penguins • Whales • Small animals

15. PugsBy Jessie Description • Pushed in face • Very friendly and love to play with people • Smart and easy to train • coat is made up of short thin fur • Smooth hair Care • Needs to be brushed at least twice a week • Only need a bath every two weeks or so • Their eyes should be gently washed every other day • Need to be walk at least once a day to keep them in good shape Things they Need • Need a quiet place to rest • A dog bed or blanket that is placed in a quiet spot in the house • Should live indoors • A good walk or fetch • Bone can be kept in the house for indoor play

16. Great White SharksKeegan Describe • Has about 100 to 150 teeth • A very light skeleton • Rough skin • Covered in scales • Overlapping denticles and pointed scales Habitat • Found in North America Japan and New Zealand and many more Food • Mostly eats mammals • Seals fish dolphin squid and sea lions and many more • Out of sight when getting prey • Hunts by ambush

17. The ChirostenoteBy Kenny Description • small • red and black • fuzzy • long fingered • noise makers • long toed • long armed • beak • powerful claws • Slender toes • tall rounded crest on head • 9.5 feet long • 3 feet tall • weighed about 110 pounds Habitat • forests of Montana • Badlands today • Montana • between 230 and 65 million years ago Food • breaking open the dinosaur eggs • digging inside the other dinosaurs • meat eaters • hunted for small animals • plants • insects

18. Gray WhalesBy Lauryn Habitat • North Pacific Ocean • Freezing cold water • Beaufort Sea North of Canada and Alaska • Migrate to California • Japan (Sea of Okhotsk) Describe • 45 feet long • Weigh around 20 tons • Female larger then male • No dorsal fin Food • Small shrimp like creatures called krill • tiny plants known as plankton • don’t eat much in winter

19. CrocodilesBy Nick Description • Tough, leathery skin • Razor sharp teeth • Powerful tail • Short strong legs • Webbed hind feet • Likes to sunbathe • Very big • Cone shaped teeth • Three eyelids • Eyes in front of head • Can open mouth very wide • Long, narrow snout • Greenish or tan Habitat • They can live in Asia and off the coast of Australia • Crocodiles are most commonly found in Africa and tropical places • They can also live in marshes, rivers, and lakes of North America and South America Favorite foods • They can eat antelope, zebras, fish, turtles, impala, bugs, wildebeest, crabs, baboons, hyenas, young hippos, buffalo, giraffes, lions, and sometimes humans

20. Meteors and MeteoritesBy Nolan Where do they come from? • When a comet melts sand and dust it becomes a meteorite • Most meteorites and meteors are left over from when the solar system formed • Small pieces break off of meteors and become meteors Micrometeors • They come from sand and dust mixed in a ice comet • When comets get close to the sun some melts off Types of Meteorites • Stony meteorites • About 30,000 Meteorites weigh 4 ounces • Iron Meteorites • Some stony Meteorites have a glassy crust.

21. RaysBy Quin Description • Largest is 22 feet • Smallest is 2 feet • Looks like a lump of sand or water • Sometimes sharp noses • Sometimes colorful Habitat • Live at the top of the water • Some live in a river • Some live in Alaska • Live in cold water and warm water Diet • Eat plankton • Eat at night • Hide in sand • Eat meat out of mussels • Eat meat • Not vegetarians • Eat fish • Eat tiny fish • Eat huge fish

22. Tiger SharkBy Zack Description • Size 12 feet • Large female shark can be 24 feet • most are less than 16.5 feet • Named for its dark mark • Dorsal back fin • Gill slits • Pectoral chest fin • Caudal tail fin • These fade when the shark gets old • Most sharks share same features Habitat • Temperate and tropical ocean waters • Sharks will migrate with the season to follow prey Food • predators • Eat other animals • Includes bone fish • Eat stingray • Sea snakes • Dolphins • Lobster • Eat anything they can swallow • Sea turtles

23. Thank you, thank you, thank you… • Thank you to Mrs. Lynch, our computer teacher, for teaching us how to make this Power Point presentation with our nonfiction information!