1992 SUBJECT INDEX 1) ANATOMY Activity 1: Explore life-size plastic whale 2: Weigh objects to equal whale weight Activity 1: Draw whale stencils 2: Arrange whale tangrams 3: Use cuisinaire rod activity 4: Make a life-size whale 5: Measure length of whales 6: Play whale "memory" card game Activity 1: Enlarge whale picture to construct actual size whale 2: Enlarge plastic whale prototype and measure 3: Estimate actual flipper size Activity 1: Review information on whales and compare with familiar objects 2: Cut string to match different species lengths 3: Measure whale length with human bodies 4: Measure objects and compare to whale length 5: Compare human body weight to whale weight 6: Make whale-shaped cookies Activity 1: Compare size of whales to familiar objects 2: Graph size of whales 3: Paint scaled-down whale pictures Activity 1: Use common objects to measure whale to scale 2: Sketch practice scaled-down drawing of whale 3: Outline whale to scale on playground Activity 1: Cut string to actual whale size 2: Measure whale size with human bodies Activity 1: Compare student length to whale length 2: Compare student length to whale fin and fluke length 2) BEHAVIORS Activity 1: Act out studied behaviors 3) COMMUNICATION Activity 1: Compare recordings of humpback and orca whale sounds 4) DEBATES Activity 1: Discuss the evolution of whales 2: Discuss the mystery of whale Strandings Activity 1: Organize a hearing for interest groups to present their views 5) DENSITY CURRENTS Activity 1: Mix cold water with colored warm water solution 2: Mix tap water with colored salt water solution 6) ECHOLOCATION Activity 1: Use echolocation display board 3 - 6 Activity 1: Experiment with sound vibrations 2: Produce sound through shapes 7) ECOSYSTEM/COOPERATION Activity 1: Assemble puzzle in small groups 2: Create block structure together 3: Play connecting-hands game 4: Arrange selves as whale body parts 8) FEEDING BEHAVIORS Activity 1: Perform baleen feeding experiment Activity 1: Observe strip of baleen 2: Exhibit baleen feeding experiment 3: Compare familiar food chains to aquatic food chains 4: Create a food chain web as a group Activity 1: Inspect krill and baleen 2: Perform baleen feeding experiment 3: Play "Catch the fish" game Activity 1: Compare human diet and eating with whale intake 2: Demonstrate different ways to gather food 3: Calculate amount of food intake of whale Activity 1: Draw the food chain of a right whale 2: Create food web/add a humpback food chain 9) FIVE SENSES Activity 1: Find the popcorn game 2: Locate the sand lance game 3: Show sound vibration reflections 4: Compare sound in air and water 10) GENERAL INFORMATION Activity 1: Write and illustrate a whale tale 2: Design crossword or word search puzzle Activity 1: Read and discuss humpback whale books 2: Draw and describe a whale scene 3: Create a book on whales Activity 1: Listen to ten pieces of information about whales 2: Listen to a whale poem and book 3: Form whale figures with connect-the-dots and label parts 4: Describe new knowledge of whales 5: Listen to whale book 6: Decode a word scramble 7: Play "Whale Trivial Pursuit" game Activity 1: Assemble a book written from whale point of view 2: Investigate displayed whale trivia questions 3: Play whale behavior board game Activity 1: Create clues for the "Whale Detective Stories" 2: Complete whale crossword puzzle Activity 1: Read whale stories 2: Discuss information collected 3: Make whale displays 4: Mold life-size sand whale 5: Play whale word hunt game 6: Complete whale crossword puzzle 7: Write a cinquain about whales Activity 1: Guess the organism of the week 2: Use dichotomous key to distinguish species 3: Organize two teams to guess stated whale characteristics 11) HEARING IN WATER Activity 1: Discover whether bones and oil sink or float 2: Show how bone conducts souns 3: Broadcast sound/View sound with a megaphone 4: Discuss how noise in tanks disorient whales 12) IDENTIFICATION Activity 1: Compare and identify individual whales based on representative photographs Activity 1: Draw whale stencils 2: Arrange whale tangrams 3: Use cuisinaire rod activity 4: Make a life-size whale 5: Measure length of whales 6: Play whale "memory" card game Activity 1: Match pairs of humpback fluke patterns 2: Classify different types of fluke patterns 3: Design and identify a new humpback fluke Activity 1: View humpback whale slide presentation 2: Create a humpback fluke directory Activity 1: Play "Whale Concentration" game Activity 1: Arrange humpback fluke photographs into catalogue Activity 1: Use charts to identify humpback flukes 13) MIGRATION Activity 1: Draw migration pattern of particular whale 2: Note the feeding and breeding grounds Activity 1: Transcribe migration patterns on wall map 2: Prepare a time line 3: Identify and date specific whaling countries Activity 1: Study coastal community in another country 2: Draw migratory routes 3: Name countries and cities along routes Activity 1: Draw migration routes of gray and humpback whales 2: Answer Student Sheet 14) NAUTICAL KNOTS Activity 1: Tie & Exhibit five nautical knots 15) PEOPLE & WHALES Activity 1: Compose letters to protect whale sanctuaries Activity 1: Discuss definition of blubber and insulation 2: Demonstrate blubber experiment 3: Draw and send pictures to marine mammal organizations 4: Create a petition to send to organizations Activity 1: Attend whaling museum 2: Practice methods used for whale strandings Activity 1: Construct a time line of whale population change 2: Discuss necessity of whale products used in the past and today Activity 1: Research how whaling has affected the whale population 16) SALINITY & DENSITY Activity 1: Make a hydrometer 2: Compare the density of salt and tap water at various temperatures using hydrometer 17) SEA WATER CHEMISTRY Activity 1: Examine reaction of magnesium chloride to various added elements 2: Test for presence of chloride in 
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stated whale characteristics 11) HEARING IN WATER Activity 1: Discover whether bones and oil sink or float 2: Show how bone conducts souns 3: Broadcast sound/View sound with a megaphone 4: Discuss how noise in tanks disorient whales 12) IDENTIFICATION Activity 1: Compare and identify individual whales based on representative photographs Activity 1: Draw whale stencils 2: Arrange whale tangrams 3: Use cuisinaire rod activity 4: Make a life-size whale 5: Measure length of whales 6: Play whale "memory" card game Activity 1: Match pairs of humpback fluke patterns 2: Classify different types of fluke patterns 3
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