Cora the Coral Reef

Cora the coral reef has been living in the ocean for the last 400 years. She enjoys all of the variety of fish and marine life that live on and around her. Cora is proud that she is beneficial to both animals and people. Draw Cora as she is benefiting the animals and people.

2. Uh oh…the temperature of the water is warming, and Cora is undergoing coral bleaching. Draw a picture of Cora.

3. The ocean is becoming more acidic as it absorbs excess carbon dioxide. Cora is having trouble growing as quickly in this more acidic environment. Draw Cora.

4. Oh man, the sea levels are rising because of melting ice caps and the expansion of the ocean water as it warms. Cora is finding that she is too low in the water to now get adequate sunlight. Draw Cora.

Silly Sally from the Southwest

1. Silly Sally lives in the southwest 1. Silly Sally lives in the southwest. She has noticed that spring is coming earlier and earlier each year. With that, she has noticed that the amount of snow to melt seems to be less and less each year. Draw Silly Sally of the southwest near her river that has less water.

2. Silly Sally goes to the store to buy bottled water, and notices that the price has gone WAY up because there is not as much water available. Draw Silly Sally.

3. Silly Sally can no longer water her lawn because of water restrictions, and there is not as much water available for humans, which means that there is less and less for the animals as well. Draw Silly Sally and her animal friends.

Eddie the Estuary and his friend Wally the Wetland

1. Eddie the Estuary and Wally the Wetland have lived as neighbors for millions of years. Eddie the Estuary flows past Wally the Wetland as he meets Oscar the Ocean. Draw Eddie, Wally and Oscar.

2. Oscar the Ocean has continued to grow, causing Wally the Wetland to become flooded. Wally would normally just move inland, but he can’t because there is lots of development (cities, homes, etc.) that blocks his movement inland, so he begins to get flooded and is disappearing. Draw Wally and Oscar.

3. Oscar the Ocean is getting warmer because of global warming that causes the temperatures on earth to rise. Because of this, Wally and Eddie are developing “dead zones” where the oxygen levels are too low for most of their native species to live, but invasive species and algae are blooming. Draw Wally and Eddie.

4. There has been a giant flood from a recent hurricane, and Wally and Eddie become flooded, which causes Eddie to change his path through a farm. Unfortunately as Eddie travels through the farm, he is picking up fertilizer and other pollutants that now are traveling along with Eddie the Estuary and polluting the waters. Draw Eddie.