Kindergarten - Honu (Green Sea Turtle) and Humpback Whale Research
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Green Sea Turtle (Honu) (Tanaka, Augustin)
What I know
They swim super good. - Sam They have eggs. - Karlie They lay about 100 eggs. - Jack Turtles lay their eggs in the land/sand. Alex They can breathe in the water. - Erin They lay eggs. - Quinn They can swim so fast. - Trevor They can make noise. - Kharsin They can make nest. - Namaka They lay eggs. - Aaliyah They can dig with their flippers. Sofia The eggs hatch. |
What I want to know/wonder
How do they get their head into their shell? - Jack How do they get into the ocean with all of that sand? - Ethan F. What do they have in their bodies? - Karlie Why do they leave their egg/babies by themselves? - Caycee Why do they have shells? - Titan Where do sea turtles live? in the land or the water? - Kaimana What do they eat? Do they drink water? - Jaren How do turtles swim? - Marley How do they get on the sand? Kai What kind of animal are they? Do turtles eat plants? - What do they eat? - Kaiana Can they smell? - Joseph How do they breathe in the water? - Tariah How do the babies get out of the egg? - Sofia How do baby turtles swim? - Chaya What do baby turtles do? - Blaize How long does it take the baby turtles to come out of the eggs? - Namaka Do turtles do tricks? Erin |
What I learned
They eat seaweed. |
Humpback Whale K-W-L (Bartlett, Kalehuawehe, Sparkman, Watson)
What I know
They are very large. - Tyler Their skin covers their ears. - Blake Whales have barnacles, so they have a lot of skin that protects them. - RJ and Tyler They have blowholes that help them breath. - Alessandra They have baleen that helps them eat. When they eat they take out the water. - Jai Humpback whales have eyes. - Ezekiel They can hold their breath for 30 minutes in the water. - Brennan They can swim in deep water. People should not keep their nets out a long time, so whales will not get caught in them. - Lily They have only one baby. - Leon They lift their heads up to breathe. - Justin They blow water out of their hole. - Elias They flap their tales onto the water. - Sienna The whales eat krill. - Dylan They swim. Iliahi They jump out of the water. - Riley S. I see the whales swim. - Riley G. They have white tummies. Mason They come up to breathe. - Ayden They flap their tales in the water. - They jump out of the water and get back in - Tayon They breathe from their back. - Braiannah WHen whales get barnacles they jump out of the water, so they knock them off. - Tyce The whales breach out of the water, so they can get a deep breath and dive down deep. - Charlotte WHen they find fish, they open their mouth to eat them. - Kaiea They live in the ocean. - Alliyanah The whales live in the waters Hawaii - Jayden and the Arctic (North Pole) Humpback whales are special because the moms feed the babies milk. - Kalei They sing under the water. Jonathan Humpback whales run away from Killer Whales. Kogetsu Humpback whales can eat krill (shrimp) - Cadence Humpback whales swim away from Killer whales - Josie Humpback whales live in the arctic and in Hawaii. - Riley Humpback whales have a spot on his back where water comes out. - Kayden Humpback whales migrate. - Riley They migrate 3000 miles. - The baby whales stay with their moms, so the killer whales can't get them. - Aiden |
What I want to know/wonder
How far can jumpback whales swim? - Frank How do the whales move? - Ilima How do they swim? - Andrew How they swim so fast? Aaliyahleigh I wonder if anyone got swallowed by a humpback whale?- Cooper I wonder why they go and jump out of the water? - Healana I wonder if anyone swam with a humpback whale?-Tyler I wonder how deep can whales swim? - Blake I wonder why they have to blow water out of their holes. - Riley G. I wonder why they don't have teeth? - Dylan I wonder why whales eat krill? - Aleena I wonder why they don't have clothes? - Elias I wonder why they don't have ears? - Enjelena Why do they eat such small food when they are so big? What do whales eat? - Riley Where do they eat? - Tayon How do they play?- Aiden Why do they go on the sand? Or get stranded - Kaylin How do they breathe? - Dakota How do they swim in the water? - Kiana How do the whales jump out of the water? - Jose I wonder if they go to the deep side to get krill? - Kalena How big are whales? - Dyzen How far do whales swim when they migrate? - Braeden Why are they called humpback whales? - Teija How do humpback whales swim? - Mikaela How do humpback whales jump out of the water? - Krychalei How do humpback whales sleep? Cadence How do humpback whales eat krill? - Kogetsu Why do the whales go to the north pole? - Riley How fast do they swim? - Riley Why do the whales have holes in their back? - Blissany What else do humpback whales eat? - Brennan |
What I learned
A whale can dive 6 feet deep. Whales can go up on land for an hour. Whales eat krill. Whales can dive 9 meters deep. When there’s barnacles on them they jump up and some barnacles get off and some stay on. Whales can eat little fish. Humpback can eat krill in Alaska. Humpback whales swim away from killer whales. Humpback whales can swim from Maui to Alaska. Whales can swim 90 feet under water. Sharks can eat whales. Humpback whales can kill the sharks. Humpback whales can have babies in Hawaii. The baby whale is called a calf. Humpback whales can open their mouth out wide. Humpback whales eat shrimp. Whales can go to Alaska and they don’t want to have their babies there because there’s predators there that might eat their babies, so they swim to Hawaii to have their babies. Humpback whales could eat krill like a lot Humpback whales can eat deep deep down with krill - a whole school of krill Humpback whales can blow their holes The humpback whales let the calf stay by them so that one killer whale can’t eat them. Humpback whales can get caught in nets and they might get killed that’s why we take care of them and we make sure they don’t get killed Humpback whales can fight sharks. Humpback whales can breathe above the water. Humpback whales can swim under water. Humpback whales can go deep under water. Humpback whales can go in deep ocean. Humpback whales can go really deep. Humpback whales can eat krill in Alaska. Humpback whales can breach. Humpback whales can stay under water for 30 minutes. Humpback whales can 1000 krill in one day. Humpback whales have a blow hole. When humpback whales turn over it means they are getting ready to sleep. Humpback whales have their babies under water in Hawaii. Humpback whales jump out of the water to get the barnacles off. I think humpback whales can splash their tails (flukes). Humpback whales can jump out of the water. Sometimes humpback whales get caught in a fishing net. I think humpback whales can shout in the water. Humpback whales can talk underwater by listening under water. Humpback whales get caught in fishing nets and when fishing nets go on top of all kinds of whales they can’t swim and they die. Humpback whales can live as long as people. |
Our Humpback Whale Drawings
Our Green Sea Turtle DrawingsMigrating Animals
Our Kindergarten classes learned about migrating animals this year in computer and library. Our research projects explored the green sea turtle, and the humpback whale. We practiced using our research website and our iBook and iPads to learn more about whales and turtles. 1. Let's look at the humpback whale. Visit ARKive and look at the humpback whale movies. 2. Let's look at the green sea turtle (honu) Visit Arkive and look at the sea turtle movies. We practiced looking at pictures and identifying different shape elements so that we could draw the pictures. Then we practiced drawing our animals in KidPix. What do you see? Look carefully at the picture below. What do you notice? |
Elements of shape:
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