Whales and

Dolphins Written and Illustrated by Class 2-316 Ms. Kosor Ms. Feliciano

Second Grade Science Research and Nonfiction Publishing Project P.S. 239 – Ridgewood, NY Robin L. Connolly, Principal Stella Kostopoulos, Lisa Impieri, Debra Rudolph Assistant Principals ©2009-2010

Table of Contents Table of Contents ................................................................................................................ 2 Introduction......................................................................................................................... 3 What does a whale look like?.............................................................................................. 4 Nabin and Joshua ....................................................................................................... 4 Where do whales live? ........................................................................................................ 5 Johnathan and Alex T. ................................................................................................ 5 What do whales eat? ........................................................................................................... 6 Arman and Hector....................................................................................................... 6 How are baby whales born? ............................................................................................... 7 Richard and Andrew ................................................................................................... 7 How fast do whales swim? .................................................................................................. 8 Erik and Christopher .................................................................................................. 8 Interesting Facts ................................................................................................................ 9 Erik and Christopher .................................................................................................. 9 True or False..................................................................................................................... 10 Anderson, Jeremiah and Subham ............................................................................. 10 What do dolphins look like?.............................................................................................. 11 Kiomara and Shirley ................................................................................................. 11 Where do dolphins live?.................................................................................................... 12 Talina and Katherine ................................................................................................ 12 What do dolphins eat? ...................................................................................................... 13 Alex M. and John H. ................................................................................................. 13 How are baby dolphins born?........................................................................................... 14 Danya and Nicole ..................................................................................................... 14 How fast do dolphins swim?? ........................................................................................... 15 Jasmine and Charisma .............................................................................................. 15 How do dolphins learn tricks? .......................................................................................... 16 Grisvel and Raychelle ............................................................................................... 16 Friends and Enemies......................................................................................................... 17 Michelle..................................................................................................................... 17 Glossary ............................................................................................................................ 18 Readings............................................................................................................................ 19 About the Authors ............................................................................................................. 21

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Introduction

This book represents the culminating activity of an inquiry based research project that integrates information literacy with nonfiction and science. Every child participated in the process of posing questions and researching material. Children learned the value of reading for information from books and web sites and working together in groups. They also learned important nonfiction skills such as organizing information into chapters, illustrating text with diagrams using captions and labels and defining new vocabulary words in a glossary. As you read, you will notice the glossary words appear in bold type. We wish to take this opportunity to thank the following people for supporting us in researching, writing and illustrating this book about whales and dolphins. They are: Ms. Kosor Ms. Feliciano Ms. Shaw Ms. Jacobs Ms. Komae Ms. Impieri

Classroom Teacher Classroom Paraprofessional Technology Teacher Science Teacher Library Teacher Assistant Principal

A special note of thanks goes to Esperanza Cancel and Nancy Rivera of our Parents Association for binding the books. We are forever in their debt. And finally, we wish to take this opportunity to formally thank Councilwoman Diana Reyna for upgrading our lab with new computers last spring (2009).

Thank you one and all!

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What does a whale look like? Nabin and Joshua

A whale is a mammal because it feeds its baby. Whales are related to dolphins.

Illustration by Carmen, 5th grade

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Where do whales live? Johnathan and Alex T.

Whales live in every ocean like the Pacific Ocean and the Atlantic Ocean. If you go to Maine for a vacation, you can go on a boat. They take you out into the ocean and you can watch the whales swim.

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What do whales eat? Arman and Hector

Whales eat fish, jellyfish and plankton. Whales eat crab, squid, octopus, sea stars, snails, seals, sea lions, seabirds and krill.

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How are baby whales born? Richard and Andrew

Baby whales come out of the mom’s belly. About one year after mating the mommy whale gives birth to a single baby called a calf. She nurses her calf for a few months.

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How fast do whales swim? Erik and Christopher

Whales can swim over 48 kph.

This picture shows a big whale chasing a smaller whale. The smaller whale swims fast to escape.

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Interesting Facts Erik and Christopher

1. Dolphins are little whales. 2. Dolphins are not like other mammals: dolphin babies are born tail first. 3. Dolphins have very little sense of smell. 4. Dolphins are like cows: they have two stomachs. 5. Dolphins can dive as deep as one thousand feet.

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True or False? Anderson, Jeremiah and Subham

True

False

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Dolphins have babies

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Dolphins eat people

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Dolphins are mammals

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Dolphins can survive without water

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Dolphins raise their hand to say, “Hi!”

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Dolphins have weddings

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Dolphins are friendly

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Dolphins watch TV

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What do dolphins look like? Kiomara and Shirley

Dolphins have a long mouth. They are grey. They also have fins. Dolphins have a blow hole. They squirt water out of the blow hole. That’s how they breathe.

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Where do dolphins live? Talina and Katherine

Dolphins live in deep oceans. Some live in an aquarium so that we can observe them. One aquarium is SeaWorld in Florida. Dolphins live in different oceans. Most dolphins live in salt water. Some dolphins live in really deep water and some dolphins live in shallow water.

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What do dolphins eat? Alex M. and John H.

Dolphins eat small fish and squids.

Ivana

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How are baby dolphins born? Danya and Nicole

A baby dolphin is called a calf. The mommy dolphin is pregnant for a whole year. The mommy dolphin will stay with her baby for two or three years.

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How fast do dolphins swim?? Jasmine and Charisma

Dolphins can swim up to 25 to 40 MPH. If they are hunting or being chased dolphins can get up to 55 MPH.

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How do dolphins learn tricks? Grisvel and Raychelle

You can train a dolphin to do many different kinds of tricks. They can jump and they can swim very fast. They can play basketball and they can paint a picture. The trainer says, “Good Job!” and gives them treats when they do a trick the right way. That’s how they learn.

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Friends and Enemies? Michelle

Dolphins are very friendly animals.

A dolphin’s enemy is the orca because the orcas can eat them. Other enemies are tiger sharks, dusky sharks and bull sharks. Dolphins pretend they are dead. This makes the shark think another animal already killed it. This is how a dolphin protects himself against enemies.

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Glossary

Baleen Whalebone that has lots of little ridges to catch small fish. Calf Name of baby whale of dolphin. Krill Tiny animals that look like shrimp. KPH and MPH Stands for kilometers per hour and miles per hour. Plankton Tiny animal and plant life that floats or drifts in the ocean or in bodies of fresh water. Almost all animals that live in water eat plankton. Shallow Water that is not deep at all.

And did you know? FACT: the biggest whale is the blue whale: it is even bigger than the biggest dinosaur!

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Readings Books Amazing Dolphins! By Sarah L. Thompson Children’s Ocean Life Encyclopedia By Sally Morgan Compton’s Encyclopedia and Fact-Index Division of Encyclopedia Britannica, Inc. Face to Face with Dolphins by Victor Gentle and Janet Perry Gareth Stevens Publishing, Milwaukee WI - 2001 Humpback Whales by Flip Nicklin and Linda Nicklin Ocean Animals Science Vocabulary Reader: Whales By Jack Prager Whales (Early Bird Nature Books) By Leslie A. DuTemple

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Web Sites Ask Jeeves for Kids http://www.askkids.com/

Encyclopedia Britannica http://www.school.eb.com

Mr. Donn http://animals.pppst.com/dolphins.html

Dolphins Animal Planet http://animal.discovery.com/features/dolphins/tour/tour.html

Enchanted Learning http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/whales/activities/whaletemplates/Sp otteddolphin.shtml

National Geographic for Kids http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/kids/stories/animalsnature/dolphin-language/

Scholastic http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/explorer/oceanlife/main.asp?template=fiel d_sites&article=dolphins_field1

Whales Animal Corner http://www.animalcorner.co.uk/marine/whales/whale_anatomy.html

Whale Facts http://majictwins.tripod.com/whalefacts.html

Sea World http://www.seaworld.org/infobooks/baleen/birthbw.html

Whale Info http://www.whale-info.com/AnatomyofWhales.html

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About the Authors

Class 2-316 is a class of 2nd graders and we love exploring under-water creatures. Our curiosity led us to want to learn more about whales and dolphins. We researched these huge but friendly animals by searching the internet and by reading lots of books. We wrote about what we learned in this amazing and highly informative book.

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