Work History

Education

Skills

Fish Farms

Built to Run

Timeline

Jacqueline Merritt

Newport News,VA

Work History

Removed defects for metal engine parts

Baker

Newport News Public School

Baked all types of bread, dinner rolls, hotdog buns, hamburger buns, baked cakes, etc. cleaned up my work area mop floors

Education

War Cast School

Newport News, VA

06.1979

Skills

Baking cleaning worked on production line

Fish Farms

All over the world, farmers plant seeds in the soil and raise crops for food. The same thing can happen with fish. Fish farmers raise fish for food in large tanks or enclosed areas of natural water. They raise fish in both salt water and fresh water, and their farms provide a lot of food.
Why don't people just catch fish in the wild? The answer is simple. Many wild fish populations are growing smaller and smaller because they are in such huge demand. Most countries have laws that limit how many fish can be caught to protect certain fish that are in danger. Farming fish allows wild fish populations to recover and grow.
Some fish farmers put cages into oceans, lakes, or rivers. They “plant” young fish and feed them until they grow to market size. Other fish farmers build their own ponds or ditches filled with water. These containers hold the fish as they grow to full size and weight. Still other fish farmers use indoor tanks to hold and feed the growing fish.
The most common kinds of farmed fish are carp, salmon, and trout. Most of the world's farm-raised fish comes from China. But other countries are catching up. Today, nearly 50% of the fish eaten in the world comes from fish farms. That number is growing every year.

Built to Run

People use horses for entertainment, sport, hard work, and friendship. Humans have been using horses in these ways for more than 3,500 years. Horses’ bodies are built to do one thing extremely well: run.
Baby horses, called foals, are born quickly, and usually at night. Unlike human babies, they can stand up very soon after they are born. They can trot within a few hours. Most can gallop at a fast pace the next day. A newborn foal’s legs are nearly as long as those of an adult horse. That’s why foals look so tall and awkward.
Horses have the unusual ability to sleep standing up. This helps them flee from danger. Their straight backs do not allow them to get up off the ground quickly, so if danger approaches, they may not be able to escape quickly. But a horse that is standing up can get away fast. If you see a group of horses in a field, you might see some of them lying down. But you will likely see one horse standing and guarding the others.
A horse's feet are very important to its ability to live and to run. Imagine holding all of your weight on four fingertips. That’s what a horse can do. Material like a human fingernail grows around one bone to form a hoof. The hooves allow the horse to run like a human on tiptoe. Horse hooves are an amazing example of an animal adapting to a need: to run from danger as fast as possible.

Timeline

Baker

Newport News Public School

War Cast School