Expedition 10 Activities : Poetry

Acrostic Poetry submitted by Mary Cook, a teacher from Southside Middle School in Batesville, Arkansas.

Assignment: Select a word from the Dive and Discover website that you have found particularly interesting and create an acrostic poem. Below are samples from the students.

Dive
In Under
Very
Enormous icebergs
By Sara Smith

Salps
Ate
Little
Plankton for
Supper
By Jordan Molke

Salp
Catching
In cold weather
Exploring deep water
Nocturnal
Time consuming job
Investigation everyday
Sometimes successful, sometimes not
Tomorrow might bring better discoveries
By Jacob Jernigan

Salps
Are
Lousy
Pets
By Adam Smith

Krill
Real
Important
Little
Lifeforms
By Mitchell Hill

Salty little
Animals
Live
Pleasantly
By Peyton Brewer

Diving
Is
Very
Exciting
By Shyanna Sutter

Study
Create
Invent
Experiment
Never quits
Talent
Intelligent
Science
Teach
By Whitney Hardin

Giant
Long
Antarctica
Cold
Icy
Erode
Really slick
By Aaron Burgess

Deep in Antarctica
In the frozen waters they
Venture out and
Explore the salty deep in search of salps
By Autumn Hudson