Weekly blog 5/29

Surprise:I was surprised when I was picking an article for my blog. The surprise is that the article is so short compared to other articles that I have read on National Geographic. It was surprising because I thought that it would be just as long as all of the other articles that I have read National Geographic. I can learn that nothing is always the same length.

Summary: The article was about cheetahs and how fast they are and what they do when they hunt for on prey for food. It also has a couple of facts about cheetahs. For example they run as fast as 60 miles and sometimes faster and that they are camouflaged because of their fur color. One more fact is that they have good eyesight to hunt in the day and that they bite their prey's throat. 

Complete Citation. "Cheetah." Cheetah. National Geographic, n.d. Web. 27 May 2015.

Backward-looking: I knew that Cheetahs could run 60 or more miles an hour. I also knew that their fur is the color it is because it helps them with camouflage.I did not know that cheetahs had to rest for 30 minutes before eating to catch their breath if they hunted. I can make a connection to the lion article I read before because it told what they do when they both hunt.

Inward-looking: The article reveled that I like to read articles about animals but mostly wild cats. I changed my thinking of cheetahs because the article said that they have to wait 30 minutes if they hunted to eat because they need to catch their breath. I choose this article because I like wild cats and I think that cheetahs are cool because they are the woulds fastest mammal. The information in the article did not really affect me this time at least not that I can think of.

Outward-looking:The information in this article affects the community because it tells them a lot about what cheetahs do in just a small article. It affects the environment because people might have wanted to hunt cheetahs but now they know that it would be hard and that they could come and fight quickly. It affects me in the future to go and possible want to go on a tour with people where they can show me cheetahs and other animals.

Forward-looking: The question that I had after reading that article is how long does it take for them to hunt and what gender hunts. If I got to ask the author to do add anything to the article I would ask them if they could add is what genders do what and how long it takes for the Cheetahs to catch prey and bring it back to their home.

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Surprise: I was surprised when I was reading the Sloth article on National Geographic. I was surprised that it said that sloths only go to the bathroom once a week. It was surprising because I thought that most animals go to the bathroom everyday or every other day. This tells me that some animals do not eat much and so they do not go to the bathroom much.

Summary: The article was about what sloths do and facts about them for example one of the facts are that sloths sleep 20 hours a day and that they only go to the bathroom 1 time a week. Another fact is that different sloths sleep in different ways. The last fact is that they stay in one place that algae grows on their fur.

Complete citation: "Sloth." Sloth. National Geographic, n.d. Web. 21 May 2015.

Backward-looking: knew that their were different kinds but I did not know most of the facts like that sloths only go to the bathroom once a week. I also did not know that different sloths sleep in different kinds of sloths sleep in different ways. I did know that sloths grew algae on them but I did not know why.

Inward-looking: It reveals that I like reading about animals more that other things like makeup. I have changed my thinking about sloths because I thought that they were just boring animals that I would not really want to learn about. I chose this article because it was appealing to me and I thought that it might be a good article and it was. The information affected me and how I think about sloths.

Outward-looking: It affects the community to know more about sloths. It affects the environment because when people see sloth they might know more about it and it would be a cooler experience. It affects the future because people could be planing to go see sloths and it would be cooler if they knew about it and if they were not they might go.

Forward-looking: I do not really have any questions but if I did I would look them up on Google. If I had to give feedback to the author I would ask if he could go more into what they eat and if they like the water or if they do not like it like cats.

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Surprise: I was surprised when I was reading the article. It was surprising when the article said that it that when a new male joins a pride it is common that the male will kill all of the cubs. It was surprising because I never thought that a male would KILL ALL or MOST of the cubs because with other animals like cats they do not usually KILL their children. I can learn that things that seem natural for us to KILL our children but for other creatures it could be common.

Summary: The article was about lions and if they all stay together or if they go alone. Most lions stay in prides but for other animals they call it other names like for example Zebras live in herds. It is also about what happens when males come into the pride and how many lions and lionesses live in a pride. It mainly gives facts about lions, for example a male lion in a pride will go and roar as loud as five miles to warn predators.

Complete Citation: "Lion." Lion. National Geographic, n.d. Web. 14 May 2015. 

just in case here is the link because I forgot how to use easy bib and my dad could not figure it out in the short time he had from work.     http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/animals/lion/

Backward looking: I knew that lions stayed together and that lionesses sometimes lets another lionesses cub feed on their milk instead of their mothers. I also knew that they hunt in the night while it is sunset or dark, but I did not know that the females did it. I did not know that a lion's roar can be as loud as to go five miles for other animals not to come. I also did not know that the dad Killed his own cubs when he just came to the pride. 

Inward looking: The article to me reveled that when I read or see something that I do not expect I stop and think it in my mind to my self then I keep going. I changed my thing of what male and female lions will do like females hunt and they hunt with other females and for the male that they roar at night and kill their cubs. It changed my mind because I thought that male lions would be super protective of their cubs. I chose this article because it was apealing to me and I love cats. The information affected how I think about lions and what they do.

Outward looking: It affects the community by the community knowing a lot about what lions do and what they do in their life. It affects the enviorment by knowing what all their sounds mean and what they eat. It affects the future for if you ever were near lions you would mostly know what to do like if you heard a loud roar that usually means back off.

Foward looking: When I read the article I had a question about can a pride have not males or are they always in every pride? I answered it by my dad giving his thinking and he said that a pride will most likely that if a pride had none they would get one quick. If I could ask the author to put something I would ask him to put if a pride has no males what would happen.