Some Grade 4 articles and speeches

Speaking for The Whales - Speech

I am here to speak for the whales that are killed for all the wrong reasons. Even since the ban in 1986 people have not stopped. They say it’s for “research purposes, and that whales are eating too many fish.” but is it? No it’s for their benefit, so they can make a profit. And actually big fishing companies that catch too many fish. But it’s not only these people who are killing the whales, it’s us to. Without knowing we are also killing the whales.

Do you actually know where your rubbish goes. What is affected by all the plastic we throw in the ocean. The plastic accidentally might end up in a whale’s stomach. You might not think about it, but when you drive your car you are affecting whales health. Climate change is making the seas warmer and less salty and now there is less food for whales and all sea animals.

It’s getting better, but just not good enough. Still Japan, Norway and Iceland kill 2000 whales between them each year and continue to trade whale products. Still whales are getting killed for so called research,for money, and by accident. Still lots of whales are endangered and their lives fragile. Some communities around the world are allowed to hunt small numbers of whales for cultural reasons and to sustain the needs of their communities, rather than just for their benefit.

You can help whales by turning electrical things off, eating food grown or made locally, not food that has been exported from other countries. That can help stop global warming. You can also, use a reusable bag when you go shopping and, don't let go of balloons, because they often end up in the ocean. If you do those things you are not only helping whales, you are helping the lives of the next generation. How? Because then they won't have to go to a Museum to see whales.

SO HELP STOP WHALING NOW!

By Molly

What is happening to Dolphins

Emely, Class Reporter

02/2/2015

ISPP News Daily

DO you know dolphin are dying just because of us. This is a serious problem and it will get worse if we do not act now and change our behaviours. This all first happened in Japan! Dolphins can not kill us. Why do some of us have to kill them for food?

Sometimes dolphins get caught into fishing nets and  they are killed. Dolphins also die from pollution. They die from pollution because they get sick or they eat plastic or garbage that is in our oceans and die. The oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico made a lots of dolphin sick.

Wolves Move InTo Cities

Helen Reporter

ISPP News

                 

Date: Monday, February 16 2015

Wolves in countries like America are moving into the cities. If you ask why, its because wolves are losing their Habitats in the woods. People are cutting down too many trees to make the city bigger. So wolves are just going there where their homes used to be,  in the cities.

This is bad is because wolves are losing food. This is dangerous because it means when a wolf sees a human in a city, the wolf is likely to attack because it needs food.

Wolves in suburban areas and in peoples front yards. The wolves end up there because they are look for fooding or some where to live. People have also seen wolves scavenging for food in the garbage dump.

To help stop this problem we need to stop destroying wolves habitat. We are taking their homes and they have no place to live, and hunt for food. We need to protect places where wolves live, not cut the trees down and build towns where their homes used to be.

Pangolin Newspaper Article

By Siwoo

14th February, 2015

Pangolin is amazing animal and also cute animal but it is also an endangered animal.

Do you want to know about them?

They live in Africa and Asia and eat ants. Their weight is 30 to 40 lb. (Common Pangolin)

and they are 12 to 39 inches. long. They have scales on their skin and a very long tail . They looks very very weird but when we see them carefully, they are so cute!!

If they are not hurt by humans they can live 20 years. They are in danger because their meat is used for food and their scales are for medicine. Most of pangolins are eaten by African or Chinese or Vietnamese. In Cambodia they are caught and sold. But nowadays, chinese has new rule that anyone who eat or buy pangolin will go to jail for 5 years.

We need to save these animals and make no more endangered animals!!!

Deforestation Everywhere!!

Byline Bunleng Sok

School Reporter

Feb 16th

Millions of trees has been cut down every year and forest is being destroyed. All of this is because of us. We need trees to make paper. But why don’t we recycle paper and reuse it again. It is better than cutting trees everyday.

If we cut down all the trees we won’t be able to breath and animals will lose their habitats. Where will these animals live. Why do we have trees? Because it gives us oxygen so we can breath. They give us shade and they are very important. How is it fair that we chop down trees and destroy habitats?

We are cutting down trees everywhere and scientists says in 2050 there will be no Amazon Rainforest. When we are cutting down trees, we are destroying their habitats and we are also destroy our Earth.

How can we help? We need to stop cutting down trees, recycle and reuse more paper so We also need to plant more trees and think of alternate materials. Cutting down trees is a bad thing.