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Royal British Colombia Museum (Canada)

Kids Page: Whales [Pdf]

For Students 3rd - 5th
An activity handout for students on the topic of the varied species of whales, dolphins and porpoises found in British Columbia. The handout is in PDF format.
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MarineBio Conservation Society

Marine Bio: Clymene Dolphin

For Students 9th - 10th
Illustrated reference guide features useful information on the Clymene dolphin with facts on physical characteristics, behavior, range, habitat, diet, and conservation status.
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MarineBio Conservation Society

Marine Bio: Fraser's Dolphins

For Students 9th - 10th
Illustrated reference guide features useful information on Fraser's dolphins with facts on physical characteristics, behavior, range, habitat, diet, and conservation status.
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MarineBio Conservation Society

Marine Bio: Rough Toothed Dolphins

For Students 9th - 10th
Illustrated reference guide features useful information on the rough-toothed dolphins with facts on physical characteristics, behavior, range, habitat, diet, and conservation status.
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MarineBio Conservation Society

Marine Bio: Spinner Dolphins

For Students 9th - 10th
Illustrated reference guide features useful information on the spinner dolphin with facts on physical characteristics, behavior, range, habitat, diet, and conservation status.
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MarineBio Conservation Society

Marine Bio: Atlantic Hump Backed Dolphins

For Students 9th - 10th
Illustrated reference guide features useful information on the Atlantic hump-backed dolphin with facts on physical characteristics, behavior, range, habitat, diet, and conservation status.
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MarineBio Conservation Society

Marine Bio: Pacific White Sided Dolphins

For Students 9th - 10th
Illustrated reference guide features useful information on Pacific white-sided dolphins with facts on physical characteristics, behavior, range, habitat, diet, and conservation status.
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MarineBio Conservation Society

Marine Bio: White Beaked Dolphin

For Students 9th - 10th
Illustrated reference guide features useful information on white-beaked dolphins with facts on physical characteristics, behavior, range, habitat, diet, and conservation status.
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MarineBio Conservation Society

Marine Bio: Indo Pacific Hump Backed Dolphins

For Students 9th - 10th
Illustrated reference guide features useful information on the Indo-Pacific hump-backed dolphin with facts on physical characteristics, behavior, range, habitat, diet, and conservation status.
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MarineBio Conservation Society

Marine Bio: Amazon River Dolphin

For Students 9th - 10th
Discover useful information about Amazon river dolphins including description, behavior, range, habitat, diet, breeding, and conservation status.
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A-Z Animals

A Z Animals: Animal Facts: Killer Whale (Orcinus Orca)

For Students 9th - 10th
Investigate the world of the Killer Whale and discover information on the appearance, behaviour, habitat, and conservation status of the biggest member of the dolphin family. Includes images and statistics.
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Defenders of Wildlife

Defenders of Wildlife: Humpback Whales

For Students 3rd - 8th
This concise site looks at the size, population, lifespan, habitat, range, and diet of the humpback whale.
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Mocomi & Anibrain Digital Technologies

Mocomi: Dolphin Facts

For Students 3rd - 7th
Provides general facts about dolphins including communication, types, and other unique characteristics.
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Quia

Quia: Whales Elementary Games for Learning Terms

For Students 3rd - 8th
Match the squares and learn key whale terms. Fun with immediate feedback.
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Other

The Dolphin Institute: For Kids!

For Students 3rd - 8th
Great interactive site for elementary and middle school students. Learn about the order cetaceans, mysticetes, odontocetes, (baleen whales and toothed whales) and bottlenose dolphins. Then play some interactive games after learning about...
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Society for Science and the Public

Science News for Students: Sleepless at Sea

For Students 9th - 10th
Can you go for a month without sleeping? Most mammals can't, but scientists have found some marine mammals that do. Find out why some orcas and dolphins don't sleep for weeks at a time.
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Quia

Quia: Animal Facts Scavenger Hunt

For Students 3rd - 8th
At this website you are given ten questions to answer and links to three websites where you can find those answers.
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Smithsonian Institution

National Museum of Natural History: American Mammals: Northern Right Whale Dolphin

For Students 4th - 8th
With no dorsal fin, a slender body shape that tapers steadily toward the tail, and small flippers and flukes, the northern right whale dolphin appears to be built for speed. It has been clocked at 34 km per hour and can dive as deep as...
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Smithsonian Institution

National Museum of Natural History: American Mammals: Melon Headed Whale

For Students 4th - 8th
This dark gray species is actually in the black dolphin family. It is smaller than almost all the other North American members of this family and is approximately the size of a bottlenose dolphin. Learn more about the Peponocephala...
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Smithsonian Institution

National Museum of Natural History: American Mammals: Dwarf Sperm Whale

For Students 4th - 8th
The dwarf sperm whale is similar to the pygmy sperm whale, but is smaller and has a larger, taller dorsal fin, higher on its back, that looks like the dorsal fin of a bottlenose dolphin. Dwarf sperm whales live in small social groups....
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Smithsonian Institution

National Museum of Natural History: American Mammals: Sei Whale

For Students 4th - 8th
Unlike other rorquals, Sei whales have a dolphin-like dorsal fin. They are also unusual in using two different methods to fill their mouths with water during feeding - they both gulp and skim-feed. Learn more about the Balaenoptera...
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Other

Fishin for Facts Library

For Students 9th - 10th
A comprehensive site that includes a wealth of information on whales, sharks, penguins and squid.
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Other

Sdnhm: Shark Friends Home Page

For Students 3rd - 8th
Educational site that is dedicated to educating people about sharks. Contains tons of learning exercises and activities about sharks, conservation and other sea creatures!
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Natural History Museum

Natural History Museum: Mammals

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the opening page for an online exhibit on mammals. The topics covered in this exhibit include whales, dolphins, bats, humans, chimps, and more.

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