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| Orca by Saeeda |
Grade 4 students at Grenoble PS had a great time learning about orcas during their recent Keep It Wild workshop. They had a chance to build food chains, study spectrograms, experience sound waves travelling through bone, and try their best to catch their prey using echolocation. (We all agreed that orcas are way better at echolocation then humans!)
After learning about the bond that orcas form with their families, many students were concerned to find out that Kiska, a captive orca whale at Marineland, is living alone, without any other orcas to socialize with. Many of their orca pictures featured another orca for Kiska to play with and communicate with.
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| Kiska and her friend! by Zachariah |
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| 2 or more by Tabassum |
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| Kiska and her family hunting by Ezhil |
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| Kiska having fun with her friend by Wida |
The students wrote postcards to share their ideas and opinions about orcas in captivity. Many students suggested changing her captive habitat so that she could have more space, could hunt live prey, and could socialize with another whale. Other students hoped that Kiska might some day be released back into the wild.
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| Kiska can be sent into the wild by Ashwini |
Stay tuned for more great pictures from the grade 4 Grenoble students.
