Your Name: kiersten krauss

Make a Plan Approx. Time: 10 minutes

Effective communication begins with an idea worth sharing. You are going to locate and research a
complex idea in Curiosity.com and identify a main idea to communicate to an audience.

Goal: identify a complex idea worth sharing

What subject will you explore on Curiosity? Identify the subject in the space provided.

Aquatic life https://curiosity.com

What articles will you use to to support your subject? On each article you will need to to explore and
identify it below.

Article Title: Jellyfish Lake Is Filled With Millions of Harmless Jellyfish

Source URL: https://curiosity.com

Article Title:Giant Squid Have Donuts For Brains

Source URL: https://curiosity.com

Article Title:Octopuses Don't Have Tentacles!

Source URL: https://curiosity.com

Article Title:Why Is The Great Barrier Reef So Important?

Source URL: https://curiosity.com

Goal: identify the main idea

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Your group needs to discuss the articles reviewed and identify a main idea or message to share. Write the
main idea decided in the box below.

Gather Information Approx. Time: 25 minutes

Goal: Identify the supporting points for the main idea, that can be used to help communicate your
message. Refer to your articles or other sources for supporting points.

Brainstorm and draft an outline or insert a screenshot of a visual organizer with the main idea and supporting
points or subtopics presented in the article(s) selected in the space provided.

Audience
Goal: Identify the audience you feel will benefit from your message (classmates, another grade
level of students, parents, community members, etc.)

Middle school students doing a report on aquatic life.

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Assign Parts Approx. Time: 5 minutes

Determine who will creatively communicate the supporting ideas identified in your notes. List each group
member’s name and their assigned part below.

Name: kiersten Supporting point: Because they don't need to use their stinging
cells, those zappers have shrunk so small that they can barely
penetrate human skin. Great news for divers.

Name: kiersten Supporting point: giant squid have some freaky brains. The organ
is small and donut-shaped, with a hole in the middle that
accommodates the squid's esophagus. However, this means
that the squid can't swallow anything too large, as it could
cause its throat to bulge against and damage its brain!

Name: kiersten Supporting point: Many people refer to octopus limbs as

tentacles, but technically, octopuses don't have any tentacles at
all! Instead, they have arms. When you're talking about
cephalopods, tentacles tend to be much longer than arms and
only have suckers at their "clubbed" ends, whereas arms are
shorter, stronger, and suckered all the way down. Tentacles also
typically come in pairs. Squid and cuttlefish have eight arms
plus a pair of feeding tentacles.

Name: kiersten Supporting point: the great barrier reefs ecosystem consists of 3,000
individual coral reefs.

Name: kiersten Supporting point: the Reef is home to a dazzling array of

creatures, including 3,000 varieties of mollusks, more than 100
types of jellyfish, 1,625 species of fish, 133 types of sharks and
rays, and more than 30 species of whales and dolphins. That's
in addition to the many types of soft and hard corals that form
the area's 30 distinct bioregions, each of which are made up of
different types of reefs.

Reflection Approx. Time: 5 minutes

Reflect on the process.
➔ What difficulties did you have? Explain how you overcame them.
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 I had no difficulties

➔ What is something that you learned from this process that you will use in the future?

I learned that octopuses don't have tentacles.

Share this Work Log with your teacher when completed.

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