Whales Unit Study

We are working through Considering God's Creation this school year and we recently came up on a week study of whales. Because we are ahead of the game and we already worked on the human body (last year), I decided to work on a whale unit study. I used Evan-Moor's whale unit as the backbone for our study, as well as books from the library and the notebook pages from the Science curriculum.

J worked on the whale vocabulary by matching the words with the definitions.

She read some cards with whale sentences and had to decide whether it was true or false. We did this before actually learning about whales to see what she already knew.

I purchased a whale Toob and printed some whale card (link below). She matched the whales to their cards and we learned about them. The whales were a hit with all of the kids. They were played with in the bathtub for weeks after the unit was over.

J measured the size of a Narwal's tooth and she couldn't believe it!

J researched whale facts from the multiple books that I checked out of the library.

She made her whale tail cover of her pocket book. It turned out cute.

J divided the whale cards between toothed whales or baleen.

She made a model of baleen whales and plankton that get caught in it.

After the unit was over, I gave her a mini test. This is the look she gave me. I told her that it wasn't going to be a problem because she already knew so much about whales. I just wanted her to see how much she knew.

Photos of her finished Whale book.

This is her cover of her Whale pocket book.

She had a pocket for baleen whales and any mini books that she did, I added them to the opposite pages.

Her pocket for toothed whales. All of her projects and mini books were added to each pocket, sort of like a lap book. It was nice to check off another project from my list, yay! This moving thing really altered my plans but we finally got it done. I am glad we took the time to learn more about whales. Have a wonderful weekend....I think I have another box to unpack:(

Links

Evan-Moor - has the basis of my study in an easy download for $5.99.

Homeschool Share - has a free printable Whale lap book.

Pinky Homeschooler - has free printable whale and dolphin cards to go along with the matching Toob.

Step into Second Grade - has a few free printables you can use in your whale unit.

Mrs. Home Ec - has some super cute whale alphabet matching printables for the younger crowd.

Birch Fabrics - has a free printable whale softie pattern if you have one who likes to sew.

Pretty Toys - also has a printable pattern for sewing a whale. It is in a different language but looks easy enough to figure out.

Alpha and Omega - has a blubber experiment page.

Wildflower Ramblings - has a free printable pattern for a felt whale, add a felt W on the back for younger children.

Two More Minutes - has a pattern for a whale tag toy for youngers.

Learn Create Love - has a few printable whale craft printables.