Ocean Animals

Jentrey WaughUnit 3 Project

Directions

Shapes in Yellow are required.

Shapes in other colors are optional.

Enjoy learning about sea animals.

Start Here for an Ocean Creature introduction.

Lets follow along as the story is read to us

Sharks

Great White Shark Video

Things to remember:1. I’m a fish2. I’m smart and fast3. I’m a natural hunter4. I have lots of teeth5. I use my sense of smell

the most Bull Shark Video

Click and go to the Video and Sound

tab

“Find Me” shark game

Shark Puzzle

JellyfishClick and go to the

Video and Sound tab

Jellyfish fact video

Jellyfish life video

Jellyfish vocab

Jellyfish puzzle

Things to Remember:1. I have no brain, no heart, no bones.2. My body is over 95% water.3. I come in all sizes large and small.4. I live in ALL ocean water.5. My tentacles have stinger cells used to

catch prey.

Sea turtleClick and go to the Video and Sound

tab

Sea turtle nesting

Sea turtle life

Sea turtle Swimming

Sea turtle Puzzles

Things to Remember:1. Baby sea turtles are born on land and find their

way to the sea.2. Sea turtle cannot tuck their head into their shell.3. Sea turtles are color blind.

Sea turtle jigsaw

SeahorseClick and go to the

Video and Sound tab

Things to Remember:1. I’m very small.2. I don’t chew my food.3. I’m a master at

blending into my environment.

4. The male sea horse carries babies in his pouch.

5. I can eat up to 3,000 brine shrimp a day.

Seahorse living video

Seahorse life video

Seahorse counting

Seahorse maze

Stingray

Things To Remember:1. My tail is my defense

against predators.2. My tail can have venom

in it. 3. I like to live in shallow,

warm water.4. I’m good at hiding on the

floor. I blend in with the mud or sand.

5. On average I can live for 15-25 years in the wild.

Click and go to the Video and Sound

tab

Stingray life video

Stingray puzzle

Stingray “word guess” game

Giant Stingray video

OctopusClick and go

to the Video and

Sound tab

Octopus ocean life

Octopus survival

Octopus Body

Octopus Jigsaw

Octopus vocab

Things to Remember:1. I have 8 legs, a large head, and large

eyes.2. I have a sack of ink I spray when I want

to distract my attacker.3. I can change my body color to match my

surroundings.4. I can “loose” an arm to get away from a

predator.

FishWatch the videos below to learn about a

few fish of the sea!

Angle fish video

Fish Symbiosis

Fishy Disguises

Things to Remember:1. We come in all shapes,

sizes, and colors.2. We don’t sleep. We rest

while still being alert for dangerous predators.

3. We are color blind but we can see shades of light and dark.

4. Some fish can swim backwards.

5. We breath oxygen. Our gills help our bodies take the oxygen out of the water.

Fishy Counting

Counting Fish

Fish Games

CrabWatch the videos

below to learn about a few crabs

of the sea!

Sand bubbler Crabs

Carrier Crab

Save the Crabs with Diego

Crabs of greater numbers game

Things to Remember:1. We can be several dark hues to blend in

with the sea floor.2. We come in many sizes big or small.3. Every year 1.5 million tons of crab are

eaten all over the world.4. Our diets are complex. Some of us eat

only plants. Some of us eat other ocean meat.

5. Crabs are crustaceans. We have an exoskeleton.

Dolphin

Dolphins together

Pink River Dolphin

Dolphin Olympics

Things to Remember:1. We are mammals. Our babies

drink mother milk.2. We can’t breath underwater.3. We can stay underwater for

up to 15 minutes.4. We eat fish and squid.5. We like to be social. We are

curious of humans too.

Killer Whale

Bottlenose Dolphins

Click and go to the Video and Sound

tab

SealWatch the videos

below to learn about seal life.

Leopard Seals

Seal life

Things to Remember:1. We spend most of our time looking for food.2. We give live birth to seal pups.3. We like to eat fish and squid best.4. We have excellent eye sight.5. We use our whiskers to since movement of

creatures around us.

Seal pup jigsaw

Whale

Blue Whale

Whale puzzle

Things to Remember:1. We breathe air through

our blowholes.2. Only half our brain can

sleep at a time.3. We are mammals. 4. We can swim up to 30

miles per hour.5. Our most dangerous

predator is humans.Whale talk

Click and go to the Video and Sound

tab

Watch these whales too!

Whale sonar

Penguin

Click and go to the Video and Sound

tab

Penguins

Penguin Family

Watch this video too!

Things to Remember:1. Dad keeps the baby warm while mom does

the hunting.2. We are birds that can’t fly.3. We eat snow for fresh water.4. We use our flippers to talk to other penguins. 5. We take small naps in the water.

Puzzle

StarfishThings to Remember:1. We are not truly fish because we

don’t have fins or gills.2. Not all starfish have five arms…

some of us have more.3. We can “loose” an arm like

octopus to help us get away from attackers.

4. We do not have blood. 5. We move using our tube feet.

Types of Starfish

Starfish video

Click and go to the Video and Sound

tab

Starfish Walking

LobsterWatch the videos

below to learn about a few crabs

of the sea!

Lobster Trails

Things to Remember:1. Not all lobsters have claws.2. We molt once a year to give ourselves a new shell.3. We can live over a 100 years.4. We like to eat live food.5. We are invertebrates.

Blue Lobster

WalrusClick and go to the

Video and Sound tab

Things to Remember:1. Walrus is Latin for “tooth-

walking sea cow”2. Male and female walruses

have tusks. Babies do not.3. We breathe air. We can stay

underwater for 30 minutes.4. Our skin is brown and gray.5. I can smell better than I can

see but I’m not blind. Walrus life

New born life

Watch this video also!

Walrus Puzzle

SquidClick and go to the

Video and Sound tab

Things to Remember:1. We are fast swimmers.2. We are invertebrates.3. We change colors to communicate with other squid.4. We suck in water and shoot it out fast to swim fast.

Squids Alive

Squids Video

Polar BearClick and go to the

Video and Sound tab

Polar Bear

Fast Food in the North

Watch this video too

Polar Bear Matching

Things to Remember:1. We are the largest bears on earth. 2. Newborn bears are smaller than a

rat. They grow quickly.3. My fur is not white! It looks white

because it reflects the ice surface.4. I like to eat meat mostly. In the

summer I do enjoy berries too.5. My home is melting! (ice caps)

Review Questions1. Which of the 5

senses do Sharks use most?

2. Jellyfish are made of 95% of what?

3. Can a sea turtle tuck its head in its shell?

4. Does the male or female carry babies in their pouch?

5. What body part does a stingray use as weapon of defense against predators?

6. How many legs do Octopus have?

7. What do fish use to breath?

8. What animal has an exoskeleton?

9. Can a dolphin breath underwater?

10. What does a seal use to sense movement around them?

11. How fast can a whale swim?

12. Penguins are birds. Can they fly?

13. What can a starfish loose and live without?

14. Not all Lobsters have _________?

15. All mature Walrus’ have what?

16. How do squids communicate with each other?

17. What are the largest bears on earth?

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