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Endangered Animal Coloring Page
In this endangered animal worksheet, students color a picture of a blue whale. Students then draw its natural habitat all around it.
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Mazes
In this mazes worksheet, pupils figure out how to best help a killer whale who wants to leave the aquarium and go back to the sea. Students, through a maze, help him escape.
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Common Marine Mammals Word Search
In this science worksheet, learners find the names of 20 common marine mammals in a word search puzzle. The word bank has a detailed color drawing of each mammal.
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Killer Whale
In this science and writing worksheet, students look at and color a picture of a killer whale. Ten lines are provided below for the students to write about the whale.
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SeaWorld Word Puzzle
In this SeaWorld word puzzle, students search for words related to SeaWorld in San Antonio, Texas. They identify types of shark and whales, as well as specific locations in the park. A list of 24 words is available with the puzzle. ...
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Whale of a Web Site
Students compare and contrast differences and likeness of whales/fish and toothed/baleen whales and discuss what they know about whales and what they would like to study about whales. They then describe the characteristics of a mammal.
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Is That a Whale?
Pupils research the characteristics and examples of the two main types of whales. They work in groups to study the habitats of each type of whale before developing a slideshow presentation of the information.
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Whale of a Tale
Students apply problem solving techniques to answer a question. After reading a passage, they compare and contrast three species of whale in a quantitative fashion.
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Be a Whale
Students explore the body shape, behavior and history of gray whales by creating origami whale hats. Students role-play whale behavior as they listen to a story.
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Baby Animals
Students study baby penguins and whales. They name the penguin body parts and examine how penguins hatch from eggs. They name whale body parts and their function. They participate in a whale role play activity.
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Whales
Students are read the book, "Dear Mr. Blueberry". They collect pennies to adopt a whale from a foundation. They write letters to their whale asking it questions about what they would like to know about him.
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The Sights and Sounds of Orcas
Students investigate the orca whale. They participate in an online Webquest, listen to whale vocalizations online, answer discussion questions, and locate and read newspaper articles on marine mammals and orca whales.
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A Whale Of A Study
Students get some training as a whale biologist, and study about the kinds of things these researchers do and see over the next four months in their study of humpback whales. Some excellent websites are imbedded in this plan.
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Echolocation and Communication
Students participate in a role-play activity to determine how whales use the properties of echolocation to communicate.
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Feeding: Fast Food
Students calculate the rates of feeding for the average baleen whale, and compare the energy requirements of whales with humans.
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Echolocation and Communication: Body Language Charades
Students participate in a variation of the game charades to explain how whales use their bodies to communicate.
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A Whale of a Tale
Students read "A Very Hungry Caterpillar" and discuss factual information in the book. They research whales and use information to write a narrative story. They take their stories through the writing process.
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HOW BIG IS A BLUE?
Students compare the lengths of whales using different lengths of rope. They illustrate one whale in life-size proportion.
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Whales
Second graders identify the role of whaling in ancient Hawaii and the role of whales in Hawaii today, identify the migration route of whales and identify the whales that migrate to our Hawaiian waters.
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Heat Flow
Students explore how a whale's countercurrent flow of blood is an example of a heat exchange system and conduction. Excellent worksheet provided.
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How Does Whale Blubber Work?
Students perform an experiment to find out how whale blubber keeps whales warm in cold temperatures. They use Ziploc bags lathered in shortening to simulate whale blubber. They put their hands in cold water, both with and without the bags.
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Whales
Students compare and contrast the two types of whales. In this biology lesson, students research the characteristics of their assigned whale. They compile their findings in a folder.
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W for Whales
In this whales instructional activity, students read several texts whales. Students read informational facts about the mammal and a poem.
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W for Whales
In this whale worksheet, students complete a word scramble, word search, word find, and word creation activity that relates to the whale.