Orangutans and the Destruction of the Rainforest

11/12/2020

Listening to Phillipe Cousteau and Justin Grubb as well as watching the documentary on orangutans this week was powerful! The threat to these amazing animals is real and is being driven by humans and human greed. A big reason for the deforestation of the jungles is due to the palm oil industry and plantations. When the rainforest is cut down to make room for more palm oil plantations, the whole planet suffers. Check out this video of one company’s response to deforestation.
For your blog this week, you have two jobs to do.

Find five products in your house that contain palm oil. This website can help you figure out which products are likely to have it and ingredients that it can be listed as.
Write a 2-3 paragraph story from the perspective of an orangutan. Imagine what a day would be like. You can include any concepts that we learned about in class.

Antonie

11/12/2020 05:32:44 pm

items. bread, soap, ice cream, shampoo, detergent.

story. its just another day as I wake up in my favorite branch in the hole jungle as I then swing along to find some food. it takes me an hour to find enough food now because most of the trees in this forest are the same for some resin so it takes forever now. wile I was looking for some food I see something weird looking orangutans walking on the floor, I come over to have a closer look and when I got close enough I saw that those weren't orangutan's. I then go back to finding food. after I'm done I then go see my friend but when I get there is see that that part of the forest is burnt down to the ground and at the other end of the burnt forest were those same weird looking orangutans with fire in there hands. i then realized that they started the fire after that horrific event I go find more food. and wile I'm almost finest finding food, I see more of those strange orangutans. but instead of holding fire they were holding cages. as i got closer they opened them and out came little orangutan's and as the orangutan's came out the weird orangutan's started to smile and it came on me that they care for the orangutan's. I guess those things are weird I thought as I went to sleep.

Leah

11/13/2020 06:00:53 pm

1. Shampoo
2 .Packaged bread
3. Lipstick
4. Chocolate
5.Margarine

Leah

11/13/2020 06:19:39 pm

1. Shampoo
2. Packaged bread
3. Lipstick
4. Chocolate
5. Margarine

my paragraph: well just another day in the forest. Well time to do my morning noise ahahahahahahah. As I go through the jungle through favourite trees I see my breakfast. Time to go eat it. Whoa oops I accidentally knocked down a tree oh well. Oh no I smell palm oil that's not good I have to get out of here. yum that banana was delicious but I should probably get further from the palm oil. This looks like a really good tree it has very good branches I'll make a pillow out of it.

Oh look it's raining I have to my special Raintree that is the perfect tree to use as an umbrella. Oh no I mean getting harder I should probably build a shelter here to sleep in tonight time to find some branches oh these ones are perfect. I will use these. yay I'm done building my shelter and my pillow. Well then it's very late I should probably go to bed GOOD NIGHT.

Christopher

11/15/2020 01:57:12 pm

Items~ bread, shampoo, cookies, ice cream, bars of soap

Writing~ *YAWN* When I wake up I am very H U N G R E Y. I go and get food AAAAAoh shoot I just broke the tree I was living on guess I'll go to the next one.
Oh no it started raining I should make an umbrella I'll put it above my nest where I sleep. I go back asleep and that's the end :D.

TEOMAN $)

11/15/2020 02:43:43 pm

1. chocolate
2. instant noodles
3. margarine
4. bread
5. shampoo

Weeeeee!!!!!! I'm jumping between trees in the deep dark forest and excitedly exercising until my breath kept me going. After a while it stared raining so I broke a branch and used it like an umbrella until I found shelter. After it stopped raining I decided to climb a tree and eat as many leaves as possible, as my exercise made me hungry. However, I ate so many leaves that I almost fell to the ground. Oh, it was awesome! Later on, I found some other apes like me. They where monkeying around and naturally i joined and spent the night with them laughing.

The next morning my buddies got hungry for some insects On the way picking up ants, we found piles of sweet honey hanging from the trees and some fruits, just to shake it up a little. My sweet god of forest, wasn't that the best breakfast ever.

After a while of eating and playing, I had to part with my friendly group and go back to my own monkey family that was by now surely asking about where i was. I said bye and left my friendly monkey gang. I went home, rested a bit, made a pillow out of my favorite cocoa leaves and started snoring in peace.

Layla

11/15/2020 05:41:28 pm

1.Shampoo
2.Lipstick
3.icecream
3.margarine
4.chocolate
5.Pizza bases

Story: Just another day, I wake up and roll over just to remember that I'm on a tree, I adjust myself back to the position that I was previously in, and stand up and let out a long "AuaAgGHAGHEH" and then give the world a kiss *smooch* I hop onto a branch just for it to come falling down as expected, I eat and begin my day, what happens in my day you may be wondering..... *snoring intensifies cutely* zzzz, yep and that's my day, wake up, break some branches, eat , sleep, repeat.

THE END

Nic

11/16/2020 03:39:23 pm

5 Items containing Palm Oil:
1. lipstick
2. shampoo
3. instant noodles
4. ice cream
5.detergent

One Day as an Orangutan:

I woke up to a forest fire. They have fires because people burn the trees down and use the space for palm oil. I was scared. I took my fruits and plants and ran away. I was running with my family and with my friends.

We ran away to a dark area of the forest across the river where the fire can't spread and we made a new home and were happy. The end.

Eli :(

11/17/2020 04:31:35 pm

Items with palm oil:
1. instant noodles
2.shampoo
3. chocolate
4.bread
5.lipstick (I like to wear it)

A: day in the eyes of an orangutan

This morning I heard some loud noises and I have been hearing from my friends that there are some trees falling down and some weird things cutting them down. I am scared that they are gunna get to us so me and my friends have been planning to scare them off when they come, so I am kind of scared kind of exited.

they came yesterday and we scared them off but I don't think they are gone for good so I am still a little scared that every thing will go BAD!

Spencer

11/18/2020 05:25:09 am

5 items that contain palm oil
1. Chocolate
2. Skittles
3. Almond Butter
4. Soap
5.Crackers

Story: I woke up and for a second i just played down motionless. I rolled over because i knew i had to get up at some time but then I saw it, there was this reddish orange dot in the distance. i hollered for the other orangutans we all swung through trees. The red dot got bigger and I got hotter. The mean guys were burning down the money trees that I planted and were going to replace them with palm oil ones, but I couldn't let that happen so I went to a tree that was right above a river. Then i did a cannonball in to the river, the hole forest got splashed, the fire was out, and my money trees were safe.

THE END

Maya

11/18/2020 03:19:57 pm

shampoo, potato chips, lip stick, chocoaltte, skittles, soap

Story:I woke up one sunny day and I smelled smoke.I did not know where it was coming from so i jumped from tree to tree and saw a reddish orange glow. at first I thought it was the sun but then the smoke grew and it was soooo strong that I could berly see.Then I had an idea so iI climed form tree to tree and saw a lake so I jumped in it and it made a huge spash that it put out the fire and I was safe
THE END!!!!

Paige

11/18/2020 04:18:01 pm

Shampoo
soap
chocolate
Bread
Lip stick

Sorry: One day i was sleeping and it was time to do my morning wake up call. It then started to rain so I made my leaf umbrella. I could smell some smoke. I was scared because my rain forest keeps getting Burt down. I could hear the burning of the trees and it was getting foggy. I tired running but then

I MADE IT!!!!!!!!!
YAY!

THE END

Kate!!!!

11/18/2020 04:19:17 pm

5 items that contain palm oil
1. Chocolate
2.potato chips
3. shampoo
4. ice cream
5. instant noodles

Story:I woke up and then I had to do my morning call. then i went out to the little stream it was crystal clear I put my hands out and slurped the water , then I saw this person I decided to ignore him then it, then there was water fall from the sky I tried to drink the water but the human was using a the round thing with a stick to stop the rain from coming on him so I climbed a nice big tree and pulled out a small brach with leafs on it and it stop me fro m getting wet. I was really happy. Then i used the technique that that human showed me when i first got here so I grabbed wood and I slurped all the little bugs on it then I was really tired so I went to bed!

COLE

11/18/2020 04:58:19 pm

items instant noodles,chocolate, bread, shampoo, detergent

I woke up and made some calls.then I slid down my tree and saw a river. I sat down and cooled myself off. Then i saw a log full of insects and slurped them all off."yum yum yum" uh oh its raining guess i'll make an umbrella out of a branch. lets hope i'll stay warm

DOUGLAS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

11/19/2020 05:07:21 am

ITEMS! 1 GRAVY 2 CHOCLATE 3 TOOH PASTE 4 SHAMPOO 5 LIPSTICK.
STORY Sleepy I wake Up and I make A smooching NOISE. I JUMP FROM TREE TO TREE and break some done. I have a baby so I need to keep it save from predators. my wife and my son go find food while I make the beds. my wife and son come back with lots of food.

It starts to poor so we all make a big umbrella using branches. We start to eat then we finish and it stops raining. We all go out for a family jump and then it starts to get cold. we come home and have some more food. then we all get sleepy and go to sleep and make pillows out of branches. THE END.

Harry

11/19/2020 01:28:18 pm

Items with palm oil:
1 instant noodles
2 chocolate
3 shampoo
4 bread

As I slowly woke up I climbed around in the trees for a bit. I started making weird sounds and it woke up the orangutans near me. I started to go look for food and then I found food. I realized the forest was on fire. I got the young orangutans then ran away through the trees.

Grcae

11/19/2020 01:34:57 pm

1. shampoo
2.chocolate
3. hand wash
4. lipstick
5. detergent
there I just woke up and I was ready to start the day it was raining so I must take cover the first thing that im going to do is collect sticks I swung for tree to tree trying to find A couple of good sticks I broke a couple of tree branches well I was doing it I had even broke a tree I had found a good spot to set up the first thing im going to do is put my pillow in my new spot im going to place my sticks up agents the tree so it will stay up 'next thing im going to do is rip of some leaves so that it will make me stay dry im going to lay out the leaves of the sticks I had made it big enough so that me and my family would stay dry all I need is mud to make it stick I also need dirt and vines then It will be all good I done my shelter now im going to spend time with my family bye that is a day in the life of an orangutan when it is raining hope you learned bye.

Ryan

11/19/2020 01:47:55 pm

Soap shampoo chocolate chips sour Skittles are my items

DOUGLAS

11/19/2020 02:48:17 pm

ITEMS! 1 GRAVY 2 CHOCOLATE 3 TOOHTPASTE 4 SHAMPOO 5 LIPSTICK.

REAL STORY Sleepy I wake Up and I make A smooching NOISE. I JUMP FROM TREE TO TREE and break some Trees. I have a baby so I need to keep it safe from predators. My wife and my son go find food while I make the beds. My wife and son come back with lots of food.

It starts to pour so we all make a big umbrella using branches. We start to eat then we finish and it stops raining. We all go out for a family jump and then it starts to get cold. We come home and have some more food. Then we all get sleepy and go to sleep and make pillows out of branches. THE END.

Adrie

11/19/2020 03:03:25 pm

Items: Shampoo/ Hand Soap/ Bread/ Lip Stick/ Chocolate Chips:)

Story:
I wake up in a tall tree in my beautiful forest, I slowly get out of my tree to go searching for food. Once I find my food I calmly take it back to my tree, about half way to my tree it starts to rain, so I climb up a tall green tree and rip a branch off. I use the large branch as an umbrella to stay dry under, after a while the rain starts to calm down, so I grab a small leaf for a tall green tree and make a pillow. I lay my small head on the leafs and fall asleep calmly:) When the sun comes up the next day I make a loud unusual noise that all orangutans make, I take a big stretch and then head out to start my day.

Eva

11/19/2020 03:52:24 pm

Items, Ice cream,soap, lipstick, chocolate, bread,

Story,
It was just another regular day as I woke up in my nest.The beautiful vibrant forest was beaming with life as I crawled out of my tree and into the forest to find something to eat. I found some beautiful termites in a hollow log,they were delicious! I then went and found some more to eat...fruit! I was just doing my regular stuff like swinging in the trees when dark clouds came over me and it started pouring rain. I quickly ran and gathered leaves and sticks to make something to cover me with so I wouldn't get drenched I also grabbed extra big leafs to make something for my head to rest on. I then created a shelter and rested down on my leafs to settle down for a nap and waited until the rain had stopped.

callum

11/20/2020 05:17:40 am

1. Potato Chips
2. Ramen noodles
3. Bread
4. Tooth paste
5. Crackers

I an Orangutan woke up to my friends knocking down trees. Then I was hungry so I ate a lot of termites. Later on It rained. So I pulled a group of leaves together to use as an umbrella.
When It stopped I climbed tree to tree. Then I went to find my friends. A few minutes later I found my friends. Then we went to a river because we were thirsty. When we got to the ground It shaked for a couple seconds. Minutes later we got to the river and then we drank the water and then went back to our nests to sleep.

Sawyer

11/20/2020 05:43:36 am

These are the things in my house that have palm oil.
1. Crackers
2.Worthers
3.Doritos
4.gum

My paragraph:

Swinging from trees as they fall down after because I am so heavy it starts to rain as I go back to my nest and build an umbrella to cover me from the rain. When the rain is done I call out to my orangutan friends and swing over to them.

I meet my friend and we go to the other side of the forest, swinging along trees to get one more of our friends. We get to our other friend and start heading to the river to get water and food. As we get there we see a massive log filled with termites we eat all of them and then we get some water. After that we head home to all of our nests.

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