Search Over 150,000 Teacher Reviewed Lesson Plans and 75,000 Worksheets
- Grade Range
- 9th - 12th
- Rating
Students experience, through a "dig," the historical discovery of fossils which increasingly link whales to earlier land-dwelling mammals. They encounter the intermediate forms which show changes that lead to the modern whale. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 2nd
- Rating
Students 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. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 4th - 6th
- Rating
Students study humpback whale migrations, feeding, social organization, population, scientific investigations and compare humpback whales , research to explore a specific type of whale, and create their own replica of a whale. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 3rd - 5th
- Rating
Students perform activities and explore echolocation in Whales. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 10th
- Rating
Students research a database on whaling. They search for photos that represent the whaling industry. In the classroom they use a projector and give a five-minute presentation. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 6th - 10th
- Rating
Students participate in an online whale watching game. They identify the reasons for migration and describe the route. They make predictions on what would happen if the ways did not migrate. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 5th - 8th
- Rating
Students complete a worksheet while watching a film about whales. They examine the human impact on whale migration and identify adaptations the whale has acquired in able to survive. They discover how global warming has effected the whales as well. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 3rd - 5th
- Rating
Students culminate their study of right whales by designing a portfolio of their work. They illustrate the facts they studies and design an informational brochure about the right whale that can be used as a resource by others. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 3rd - 5th
- Rating
Students study the products that were made from right whales during the 1800's. They read an associated worksheet about whale hunters and answer comprehension questions. They look at images of items such as scrimshaw, oil, jewelry, and soap. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 3rd
- Rating
Students research information on the right whale and gain an understanding about right whale facts. They work in small groups in order to work as a team in order to read whale literature and generate whale facts that will be posted for all of the class to record in their science journals. Full Review »
Link to This
Email This
Share