Whales – Elementary/Middle School

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The Whale Kit provides a full teacher’s manual with background information, handouts, games, and laboratory exercises related to all aspects of whale biology– from the massive blue whale to the smallest harbor porpoise.

15 hands-on activities take students on an undersea tour of whale anatomy, evolution, feeding strategies, migration, communication, behavior, conservation, and cultural tales.

This extensive kit contains:

• Whale Kit Manual
• Whale Kit Reference CD
• Humpback Whale Fluke Matching Game Binder
• DVD: “Whales in the Wild II”
• Dichotomous Key Activity Folder (12 laminated sheets)
• 2 sets Whale Behavior Cards (17 laminated cards in each)
• 6 pairs felt flippers
• 1 felt fluke
• Blue fabric
• Killer whale tooth
• Sperm whale tooth
• Land to Sea: A Whale Evolution Game
• 12 thermometers
• 6 mirrors
• Bag of flat marbles
• 6 combs
• 6 brushes
• 6 metal tongs
• 6 plastic trays
• 9 length-comparison cords
• Books:
  • Whales by Gallimard Jeunesse
  • Ibis: A True Whale Story by John Himmelman
  • Great Migrations: Whales, National Geographic Readers (4 copies)
  • Do Narwhals Have Blowholes? by Gilson Holub
  • Whales by Jen Green (3 copies)
  • Whales! Strange and Wonderful by Laurence Pringle (2 copies)
  • The Life Cycle of a Whale by Bobbie Kalman
  • Narwhal: Unicorn of the Sea by Janet Halfmann (includes audiobook CD)
  • Zoobook Whales by John Wexo (2 copies)
  • Secrets of the Sleepless Whales…And More! by Ana Maria Rodriguez

Teachers must supply:

• Paper towels
• Hand sanitizer
• Pencils, pens, markers
• Graph paper
• Water
• 3 large balloons
• Per group:
  • 1-quart yogurt container
  • 2 small yogurt containers
  • Buckets of ice
  • 2 cups shortening
  • 1 small handful of carrot slices (pieces of pasta also work)
  • 2 tsp parsley flakes
  • 1 tsp ground pepper