This week we are going to be concentrating on Dolphins. I've allowed my girls to choose what we will be learning about next. So per their request, It's Dolphin week. We live about 30 minutes from the ocean and have seen dolphins as recent as a couple of weeks ago so I'm really excited to use the resources that are close. We will be learning about dolphin anatomy, Ocean foodchain, Ocean ecology and niche,and we will be looking at things we can do to help those who are helping dolphins. There are so many online resource to help with this weeks lesson. I will be sharing with my children the live webcam at the Florida Dolphin research center. We will be learning about things that scientist are finding out about Dolpins including Dr. Herzing's wild Dolphin project, and we will be working on fun art projects and actually entering them in to the Jason Project artistic contests this year (more info in the Jason Project link below). So grab your snorkel and fins and join us in learning more about the underwater world of Dolpins.
Lesson Plans
Dolphin research Center
This is a really great site. They have a live webcam and lots of activities for kids to do.
Dolphin Poetry
This would be great to go along with a lesson on Emily Dickinson
First Grade lesson plans - Winter's Tail
First Grade oceans lesson plan
Free Printable ocean
Division of Natural Resources
Outer Banks Dolphin Research
Dolphin Science
Wild Dolphin Project Video
http://www.wilddolphinproject.org/
after oil spill
Wired.com
Dolphin Technology
Sea Breacher
Sonar disarming sea mines
Darwin
Winter's Tail
Dolphin Math
http://www.mathgametime.com/games/dolphin-feed-money-game
Article about dolphins ability to do math
Projects
The Jason Project
The Five Gyres
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