Curated OER
Beluga Balancing Act
Learners study beluga whale populations and the issues they face. In this beluga instructional activity students compare the issues that the whales are facing and name ways people can help.
Curated OER
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.
Curated OER
What is Cultural Evolution?
Students comprehend what is meant by Cultural Evolution and that it primarily applies at Human Evolution, but that there are examples in higher mammals such as a killer whales, dolphins and great apes of particular groups by exploring...
Curated OER
Orca United Nations
Students study the differences between sets of data and explain how organisms are adapted to their environment. In this marine mammals instructional activity students analyze data based on set criteria.
Defenders of Wildlife
Defenders of Wildlife: Killer Whale
A concise site from that looks at the size, population, lifespan, range, habitat and diet of the Killer Whale.
PBS
Pbs Jean Michel Cousteau: Parasite Perils Data Analysis Game
This lesson is designed for Grades 7 and 8 and has young scholars gather and analyze data from research on salmon populations and the impact of the sea louse on their survival rates. They then apply their findings by looking at how orca...