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Whale Fun and Activities

Metompkin
Here is an on-line whale story that a teacher or student could read.  This is an interactive site that teachers or students could read the story of a Right Whale named, Metompkin, and see pictures, charts and slide shows that supplement the text. It also provides lesson plans for the teacher to do extended activities.  It has many extra links too.

A Whale of A Quiz
Which whale sings underwater?  What are the two parts of a whales tail called?  What are the colors of the killer whale?

The Whale Concentration Game
Test your memory and learn to recognize different kinds of whales in this fun game!

Echolocation
Here is a great teacher tool that shows a diagram of how echolocation travels.

Whale Net Blubber Glove
Make your own blubber glove and discover how blubber works.  This is a great science activity!

Whales-Preschool/Kindergarten level
In this unit study we learned that whales are mammals, which means they are warm-blooded, and need to breath air to live.  We learned the difference between "flippers" and "fins".  We measured, using a measuring tape outside, the lengths of different whales and compared that to the car, the house, etc.

Special Days and Holidays-Whale Day
These printable whale activities include: dot-to-dot, mobiles, word hunts, math games, whale print-outs, and much, much more.  This is a great resource!

Amazing Orcas-Things to Print
These activities are here for you to print out or copy onto your hard drive. Also, there are many extra links to Orca sites

Ocean Themed Math Pages
Are you looking for a site to supplement your math program while your studying whales?  You will find printable sheets to add to your collection.

Inky The Whale
This is the story of Inky, a female pygmy sperm whale who was found stranded on a New Jersey coast on Thanksgiving Day in 1993. She was rescued with the help of volunteers from the Marine Mammal Stranding Network and a U.S. Coast Guard helicopter. Scientists at the National Aquarium in Baltimore discovered her stomach was full of plastic debris, which was preventing her from getting the nutrition she needed. The story of Inky is important, because it shows how our trash impacts the environment, sometimes far away from where we might think. Although this story has a happy ending, many mammals, sea turtles, fish and birds die every year from eating or becoming entangled in marine debris. The purpose of this activity book is to teach children about the problem of trash and marine debris through the true story of Inky.  This site includes coloring pages that go along with the story.

Whale Mobile
This is an easy way to make a whale mobile.

Whale Print-outs
These activities are designed as simple academic print-outs, for making a whale book, for cut-outs used in whale crafts, for coloring, for stencils, or other use.

Printing Page
Do you need more practice printing the letter ‘w’?  Here is a printable worksheet.

Whale Puzzler Fun Page
Do you know the whale body parts? Test your skills by taking this on-line quiz.

Word Search Puzzle
This is a Gray Whale word search puzzle.  .Simply find the words hidden in the puzzle.

The Teachers Net-Whale Lesson
This site gives you hands on experiments for younger students using materials such as Crisco, baggies, combs and pepper! Lots of fun. Be sure to try these!

How Big Are Whales?
Students will be able to estimate the lengths of at least three of the whales listed.  This activity idea lets you use measuring tape to see how big certain whales are.