https://padlet.com/sstoklos/xeefvi5hwaum The purpose of this padlet is to make explicit connections to the science of orca whales. en-us 2018-02-19 15:21:28 UTC 2024-09-30 06:51:49 UTC hello@padlet.com sstoklos https://padlet.com/sstoklos/xeefvi5hwaum/wish/232955074 Chapter 1 takes place in Dyes Inlet where Marisa and her friend Lena are fishing for salmon. Both girls spot a pod of orcas in the inlet, which is an extremely rare sight in that area. The chapter ends with Maris spoting an orca with an interesting marking above its eye and seems to immediately recognize the whale. ]]> 2018-02-19 15:27:36 UTC https://padlet.com/sstoklos/xeefvi5hwaum/wish/232955074 sstoklos https://padlet.com/sstoklos/xeefvi5hwaum/wish/232955474 Once Marisa and Lena get their rowboat out of the inlet, they notice a large crowd starting to observe the pod of Orcas. In this chapter, it is revealed  Marisa's mother left, but no reason is given for why. ]]> 2018-02-19 15:28:40 UTC https://padlet.com/sstoklos/xeefvi5hwaum/wish/232955474 sstoklos https://padlet.com/sstoklos/xeefvi5hwaum/wish/232955640 This chapter is where we are first introduced to Marisa's father. He invites her to skip school and help him in the Inlet at the Mud Bay Kayak and Rowing Center since the pod has drawn a lot of attention to Dyes Inlet. Marisa decides go to school, but still visits her father at the Inlet. Before she visits him, she visits their PO box and sees a letter postmarked from Pasadena, California. Marisa gets rid of the letter after realizing it is probably from her mother. ]]> 2018-02-19 15:29:04 UTC https://padlet.com/sstoklos/xeefvi5hwaum/wish/232955640 sstoklos https://padlet.com/sstoklos/xeefvi5hwaum/wish/232955736 In Chapter 4, we are introduced to Marisa's science teacher, Mr. O'Connor. He is discussing orca's classification as well as why the orcas are in the inlet. He also offers an extra credit opportunity for students who want to work with the research scientists who are studying the pod. ]]> 2018-02-19 15:29:20 UTC https://padlet.com/sstoklos/xeefvi5hwaum/wish/232955736 sstoklos https://padlet.com/sstoklos/xeefvi5hwaum/wish/232955809 This chapter begins with Marisa in the lunchroom, learning her friend Lena signed her up to work with the research crew for extra credit, which Marisa is not so happy about. In this chapter we learn a little bit more about how Marisa's mother and father met and  that Marisa's mother would take her to watch orcas along the beach. In fact, four years previous, they spot an orca calf, which they find out from the Whale Museum has not been spotted before. Maris gets to name the calf they spot and chooses to call him Muncher. Maris realizes from watching the news, Muncher is one of the nineteen whales in Dyes Inlet. ]]> 2018-02-19 15:29:31 UTC https://padlet.com/sstoklos/xeefvi5hwaum/wish/232955809 sstoklos https://padlet.com/sstoklos/xeefvi5hwaum/wish/232956119 Orca calves start out as black and orange, rather than black and white. Over time, the orange color will fade to white (p. 36).

]]> 2018-02-19 15:30:21 UTC https://padlet.com/sstoklos/xeefvi5hwaum/wish/232956119 sstoklos https://padlet.com/sstoklos/xeefvi5hwaum/wish/232956147 Orcas are considered in the Class Mammalia, Order Cetacae, Suborder Odontoceti, and family Delphinidae (p. 27).]]> 2018-02-19 15:30:27 UTC https://padlet.com/sstoklos/xeefvi5hwaum/wish/232956147 sstoklos https://padlet.com/sstoklos/xeefvi5hwaum/wish/238085850 Marisa goes to her first day of volunteering with Lena, where she first meets the research crew, Sound Keeper. The director, Kevin, goes over what they will be doing, and Marisa is surprised to find out it is not just grunt work.   Marisa soon realizes Harris and Jesse will be on the boat with her, and becomes concerned Jesse, Harris's little brother, won't be able to handle the boat ride. Harris and Marisa have an altercation after Marisa mentions Jesse not being able to handle being on the boat with the research crew. Marisa ends up not going out on the boat with them after this altercation. ]]> 2018-03-05 14:20:16 UTC https://padlet.com/sstoklos/xeefvi5hwaum/wish/238085850 sstoklos https://padlet.com/sstoklos/xeefvi5hwaum/wish/238085901 Lena tries to talk to Marisa about what is wrong, and asks about Marisa's mother. Maris decides to leave, but run's into her father boss Tal. She meets Tal's dog Mut and offers to walk Mut sometimes. Marisa also has a run-in with Grace, who tries to charge Marisa for walking across her families beach. This is where Marisa realizes the whales maybe becoming a novelty for everyone. ]]> 2018-03-05 14:20:19 UTC https://padlet.com/sstoklos/xeefvi5hwaum/wish/238085901 sstoklos https://padlet.com/sstoklos/xeefvi5hwaum/wish/238088071 Chapter 8 starts with Marisa breaking down in front of her father about her mother, talking about how much she misses her. Her father reveals he knows very little about Marisa's mother's past. Later in the chapter, Maris goes to Lyons Field to volunteer, apologizing to Lena for running off. She gets on a boat called the Wave where she gets to observe some of the orca communications and behaviors. ]]> 2018-03-05 14:23:37 UTC https://padlet.com/sstoklos/xeefvi5hwaum/wish/238088071 sstoklos https://padlet.com/sstoklos/xeefvi5hwaum/wish/238090051 Maris continues to volunteer for the SoundKeeper program. She also starts to look for letters from her mother at the post-office. 
Later in the chapter, the whales start to make an attempt to leave the inlet, but boats start surrounding them, causing the whales to retreat. Marisa is sent to get the police to stop the boats from moving in. The police attempt to stop the boats, but a speed boat gets in the pods way. The orcas stop their attempts and end up turning back into the inlet. ]]> 2018-03-05 14:26:34 UTC https://padlet.com/sstoklos/xeefvi5hwaum/wish/238090051 sstoklos https://padlet.com/sstoklos/xeefvi5hwaum/wish/238090110 After the failed attempt of the orcas to leave the inlet, Marisa makes it her mission to help them to get home. The SoundKeeper program makes a plan to help the whales get home, after witnessing them trying to leave and getting hindered by the public.

 Later in the chapter, Tal and Marisa find Harris and Jesse in a canoe that has capsized. They're both suffering from hypothermia by the time Tal and Marisa find them. ]]> 2018-03-05 14:26:40 UTC https://padlet.com/sstoklos/xeefvi5hwaum/wish/238090110 sstoklos https://padlet.com/sstoklos/xeefvi5hwaum/wish/238090754 Orcas communicate through a series of clicks, pops, squeals, and whistles (p. 61 ). ]]> 2018-03-05 14:27:38 UTC https://padlet.com/sstoklos/xeefvi5hwaum/wish/238090754 sstoklos https://padlet.com/sstoklos/xeefvi5hwaum/wish/238091753 Orcas can be identified by their dorsal fin. They each have a unique shape and saddle patch markings which are almost like fingerprints in identifying them (p. 63). ]]> 2018-03-05 14:29:08 UTC https://padlet.com/sstoklos/xeefvi5hwaum/wish/238091753 sstoklos https://padlet.com/sstoklos/xeefvi5hwaum/wish/245764108 Harris and Jesse are taken to the hospital after their accident in the water. They end up being alright and Marisa talks with Harris about why he went out in the canoe. He claims he just wanted to see the whales up close. Marisa talks to her father about the incident, as it was one of his boats, and asks her father if she can invite Harris and Jesse to the parade the next day. ]]> 2018-03-24 20:16:22 UTC https://padlet.com/sstoklos/xeefvi5hwaum/wish/245764108 sstoklos https://padlet.com/sstoklos/xeefvi5hwaum/wish/245764112 Marisa finds out Jesse and Harris are sent home with Tal and his wife Bette. She also receives a phone call from her mother and tries to convince her to come home, but her mothers says she has to meet someone before she can do that. 

Later in the chapter, Marisa, her dad, Jesse, and Harris head to the parade. Marisa starts to learn more about her mother and her interactions with Harris and Jesse. ]]> 2018-03-24 20:16:27 UTC https://padlet.com/sstoklos/xeefvi5hwaum/wish/245764112 sstoklos https://padlet.com/sstoklos/xeefvi5hwaum/wish/245764120 Marisa's father offers to take a film crew from the Today Show to see the whales. Naomi, one of the SoundKeeper researchers, lets Marisa listen to the orca communication and explains some of their behavior. ]]> 2018-03-24 20:16:30 UTC https://padlet.com/sstoklos/xeefvi5hwaum/wish/245764120 sstoklos https://padlet.com/sstoklos/xeefvi5hwaum/wish/245764124 The chapter starts with Kevin, one of the SoundKeeper researchers, telling Marisa and Harris commercial fishing in the inlet has been restricted while the Orcas are still there. Kevin has them sort photos based identifying the whales by the dorsal fin and gives Marisa and Harris more information about identifying them this way. 

Maris takes Harris and Jesse out to see the whales and they catch a glimpse of them communicating in the inlet. ]]> 2018-03-24 20:16:34 UTC https://padlet.com/sstoklos/xeefvi5hwaum/wish/245764124 sstoklos https://padlet.com/sstoklos/xeefvi5hwaum/wish/245764129 Marisa and her father's house boat is shaken from the wakes of the large boats coming into the inlet. She is set to post "No Wake" signs and is surprised when Grace offers to hang some of the flyers up for her. 

 Marisa ends up staying over Tal and Bette's house that same night. The next morning, at Tal and Bette's while observing the orcas, Harris and Marisa see the whales leave the inlet, but then come back in. ]]> 2018-03-24 20:16:37 UTC https://padlet.com/sstoklos/xeefvi5hwaum/wish/245764129 sstoklos https://padlet.com/sstoklos/xeefvi5hwaum/wish/245764639 The Marine Mammal Protection Act  protects all marine mammals from being hunted or collected (p. 105). 

]]> 2018-03-24 20:23:06 UTC https://padlet.com/sstoklos/xeefvi5hwaum/wish/245764639 sstoklos https://padlet.com/sstoklos/xeefvi5hwaum/wish/245764643 Orcas do something called lobtailing which is a way for them to ward off predators (p. 101).

]]> 2018-03-24 20:23:10 UTC https://padlet.com/sstoklos/xeefvi5hwaum/wish/245764643 sstoklos https://padlet.com/sstoklos/xeefvi5hwaum/wish/246095933 The chapter starts with Harris and Marisa still observing the whales to see if they will swim back out of the inlet, but eventually they give up observing them when the orcas stay in the inlet. 

Bette  reveals a little bit to Marisa and Harris about her own daughter who ran away years previously. Bette also reveals to Marisa she knew about her mother leaving. 

Later in the chapter, Marisa has a dream the orcas are in trouble only to wake-up to her father needing her help to rent out boats at the inlet. When Marisa and her father leave to check on the whales after all the boats are rented out, they run into the SoundKeeper group to find out the orcas are in a defensive position in the inlet due to all of the boats within the inlet. ]]> 2018-03-26 14:17:00 UTC https://padlet.com/sstoklos/xeefvi5hwaum/wish/246095933 sstoklos https://padlet.com/sstoklos/xeefvi5hwaum/wish/246095982 The chapter begins with talks of an emergency meeting at the Sons of Norway Community Lodge in order to discuss what to do about all of the boats in the inlet, causing a threat to the orcas. 

Marisa and Harris observe the Suquamish, a local tribe, perform a ceremony to help the orcas return home safely. ]]> 2018-03-26 14:17:05 UTC https://padlet.com/sstoklos/xeefvi5hwaum/wish/246095982 sstoklos https://padlet.com/sstoklos/xeefvi5hwaum/wish/246096009 Marisa travels to the post office, expecting a letter from her mother. Instead, Marisa finds a letter addressed to her mother. Marisa, after much debate, opens the letter to discover it's from her mother's son, who she gave up for adoption years before.

Marisa and her father travel to the emergency meeting at the Sons of Norway Lodge. Kevin, from SoundKeeper discusses the issues with all of the boats harassing the ocras within the inlet. After the meeting, Marisa gets dinner with her father, Grace, Naomi, Kevin, Tal, Bette, Harris, and Jesse. Marisa learns about Penn Cove, where over 80 whales were captured and then sent off to aquariums around the world. 

]]> 2018-03-26 14:17:08 UTC https://padlet.com/sstoklos/xeefvi5hwaum/wish/246096009 sstoklos https://padlet.com/sstoklos/xeefvi5hwaum/wish/246096068 The chapter begins with Marisa, Harris, and Lena trying to think of ideas to get the orcas out of the inlet to present to Kevin and Naomi. 

Maris decides to go into the inlet by herself when it is surrounded by thick fog, which she knows could be very dangerous.  Two whales, a mother and calf, breach in front of Marisa. The calf ends up being Muncher and Marisa follows them around the inlet for a while, observing their behavior and communication. The chapter ends with Marisa realizing why the whales are staying in the inlet. ]]> 2018-03-26 14:17:16 UTC https://padlet.com/sstoklos/xeefvi5hwaum/wish/246096068 sstoklos https://padlet.com/sstoklos/xeefvi5hwaum/wish/246096095 Marisa immediately leaves the inlet once she realizes why the orcas are won't leave and races to find Kevin. She realizes the reason the orcas won't leave the inlet is due to the traffic and noise across the Warren Avenue Bridge. Initially, Kevin is hesitant to believe Marisa, but once Naomi and him realize Marisa is correct, the question of how and if they can close the bridge is brought up. Kevin is very against this idea, as they've had so much trouble even controlling boat traffic in the inlet. ]]> 2018-03-26 14:17:20 UTC https://padlet.com/sstoklos/xeefvi5hwaum/wish/246096095 sstoklos https://padlet.com/sstoklos/xeefvi5hwaum/wish/249546306 Years ago, it was legal to capture whales with permits. People would finance large captures of whales in order to send them away to aquariums around the world (p. 150). ]]> 2018-04-08 15:54:29 UTC https://padlet.com/sstoklos/xeefvi5hwaum/wish/249546306 sstoklos https://padlet.com/sstoklos/xeefvi5hwaum/wish/249546318 In Alaska, a group of researchers tried to get a pod of orcas to move by using opera music, which sounded similar to their calls, but the whales could differentiate the sounds and wouldn't move (p. 155). ]]> 2018-04-08 15:54:37 UTC https://padlet.com/sstoklos/xeefvi5hwaum/wish/249546318 sstoklos https://padlet.com/sstoklos/xeefvi5hwaum/wish/254151411 Marisa decides to skip school at the beginning of the chapter, in order to think about what to do to help the whales. While Marisa is trying to figure out a plan of action, Tal visits her, asking if she would speak at the council meeting, as he sees her as a key part of figuring out how to help the whales. 

Later in the chapter, Marisa rallies all of her friends in order to share an idea of how to get the whales out of the inlet. ]]> 2018-04-22 16:12:05 UTC https://padlet.com/sstoklos/xeefvi5hwaum/wish/254151411 sstoklos https://padlet.com/sstoklos/xeefvi5hwaum/wish/254153800 Marisa prepares to execute the plan, first checking with her father she can go to Grace's house. Before Marisa departs, she talks about her mother with her father. 

Once Marisa arrives at Grace's, they start making copies of a flier explaining why the orcas are in danger. ]]> 2018-04-22 16:32:31 UTC https://padlet.com/sstoklos/xeefvi5hwaum/wish/254153800 sstoklos https://padlet.com/sstoklos/xeefvi5hwaum/wish/254155897 Marisa prepares to speak at the council meeting, but before she goes to present, she talks with Tal about his daughter and Tal tells Marisa to have courage and not blame herself for what happened. He gives Marisa the charm bracelet, saying it is from Better who sees the same courage in Marisa she saw in Marisa's mother.

Marisa speak to the crown, very fearful at first, but then gains the confidence to tell them how the whales are in danger. She ends with asking the council to close the Warren Avenue bridge so the whales can leave the inlet.  ]]> 2018-04-22 16:52:13 UTC https://padlet.com/sstoklos/xeefvi5hwaum/wish/254155897 sstoklos https://padlet.com/sstoklos/xeefvi5hwaum/wish/254156951 Everyone has to wait Sunday and Monday to hear the council's decision, but they vote to close the bridge for a 24 hour period and set-up no-wake zones. 

Towards to end of the chapter, Marisa and her father read the letter from her mother's son. They find out his name is Ben and he is just trying to reach out to his biological mother. ]]> 2018-04-22 17:01:09 UTC https://padlet.com/sstoklos/xeefvi5hwaum/wish/254156951 sstoklos https://padlet.com/sstoklos/xeefvi5hwaum/wish/254157998 The chapter opens with the day the bridge is planned to be closed. Marisa works closely with SoundKeeper to make a plan to coax the whale out of the inlet. After much debate, they decide to use recorded whale noises to get them to leave the inlet. Finally, the whales start to leave the inlet, diving down and then appearing on the other side of the bridge. Muncher and his mother, though, try to go through the bridge, but end up back in the inlet.


]]> 2018-04-22 17:09:44 UTC https://padlet.com/sstoklos/xeefvi5hwaum/wish/254157998 sstoklos https://padlet.com/sstoklos/xeefvi5hwaum/wish/254159154 The salmon run is critical for orcas to survive. Salmon migrate to oceans to live their adult lives, where orcas will feed on them (p. 205-206). ]]> 2018-04-22 17:19:28 UTC https://padlet.com/sstoklos/xeefvi5hwaum/wish/254159154 sstoklos https://padlet.com/sstoklos/xeefvi5hwaum/wish/254159169 Porpoising is when whales move quickly through the water, arching up to the surface and then back down into the water (p. 202-203). ]]> 2018-04-22 17:19:37 UTC https://padlet.com/sstoklos/xeefvi5hwaum/wish/254159169 sstoklos https://padlet.com/sstoklos/xeefvi5hwaum/wish/254159576 The chapter begins with Marisa jumping into the boat of one of the drummers, so they can paddle over to Marina and Muncher to help them leave the inlet. Through a lot of drumming with their paddles, Marisa and the drummer manage to help get Muncher and his mother safely out of the inlet. ]]> 2018-04-22 17:23:23 UTC https://padlet.com/sstoklos/xeefvi5hwaum/wish/254159576 sstoklos https://padlet.com/sstoklos/xeefvi5hwaum/wish/254167643 The chapter begins with celebrations of the whales making it out of the inlet, where Kevin and Naomi visit Marisa, Grace, Harris, and Lena at school to thank them. Later in the chapter Marisa get a stack of letters from her mother, as well as a slip of paper with her number on it. In the letters, Marisa's mother tells her about Ben, her half brother, and why she left. The book ends with Marisa contacting her mother to tell her about the whales in the inlet. ]]> 2018-04-22 18:34:59 UTC https://padlet.com/sstoklos/xeefvi5hwaum/wish/254167643