Check out some of our former research topics below!
Lake Michigan Pancake Stingray
5th grade classes dug into the facts and opinions about the possible existence of pancake stingray in Lake Michigan. They evaluated the website, looked for second opinions, and discussed with their classmates whether or not they thought there might be pancake stingray in Lake Michigan. Check out the research website and decide for yourself! (Are There Pancake Stingray in Lake Michigan?)
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The Pacific Northwest Tree Octopus
An intelligent and inquisitive being (it has the largest brain-to-body ratio for any mollusk), the tree octopus explores its arboreal world by both touch and sight. Adaptations its ancestors originally evolved in the three dimensional environment of the sea have been put to good use in the spatially complex maze of the coniferous Olympic rainforests. (Tree Octopus)
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Reintroduction of Wolves into Yellowstone
Although wolf packs once roamed from the Arctic tundra to Mexico, loss of habitat and extermination programs led to their demise throughout most of the United States by the early 1900s. In 1973, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) listed the northern Rocky Mountain wolf (Canis lupus) as an endangered species and designated Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem (GYE) as one of three recovery areas. From 1995 to 1997, 41 wild wolves from Canada and northwest Montana were released in Yellowstone. (NPS.gov)
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The Rainbow Highland Cow
Fun Cow Fact #1: The Highland Cow is the oldest registered breed of cattle in the world! (Highland Cows)
Fun Cow Fact #2: No one knows where these colorful cows get their rainbow locks from, in fact no one is even sure if they are real or just a fun story passed down through generations. Either way, it's fun to imagine our regular red haired friends wandering through a rainbow and coming out colorful! |