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| Site | Superb pages | Reasons not to Miss |
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| WhaleNet | Curriculum Guide |
Order form for guide that contains hundreds of K-12 whale activities |
| Whale Center Of New England |
Project Immersion: Whale Curriculum Guide |
K-12 marine mammal activities ready to use |
| New England Aquarium | Teacher Resource Center | Resources available to teachers on site |
| International Wildlife Coalition | Teacher's Guide | A dozen activities geared for younger children that can be used by teachers and/or students |
| Ocean Link | Marine Animal Records | All the facts on what animals are the fastest, slowest, biggest & smallest |
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University of Virginia Whales:Thematic Web Unit |
Teacher Resource Outline | Classroom activities, links, homework ideas |
| SciTech |
Physics of Aquatic Animals and their Environments |
Unique pages explaining on how light, sound, etc. are affected by water |
| Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute | Whale and Dolphin Links | Extensive lists of Oceanography materials online |
| American Cetacean Society | Fact sheets | Expert-reviewed
information, diagrams, and more |
Printed Educational Materials:The World of Whales, Dolphins, and Porpoises: Interdisciplinary Curriculum for Pre-K through High School, J. Michael Williamson, Associate Professor, Science, Wheelock College, 200 Riverway, Boston, MA 02215 ($20.00) The Northern Right Whale from Whaling to Watching, Sarah Virginia Mitchell and Anne Smrcina, Stellwagen Bank Marine Sanctuary, 14 Union Street, Plymouth, MA 02360 "Marine Mammal Biodiversity," Oceanus, Vol. 38, No. 2, Fall/Winter, 1995. Getting to Know the Whales, Larry Wade, Singing Rock Press, PO Box 1274, Minnetonka, MN, 1995 Whales, Dolphins and Porpoises, Mark Carwardine, Dorling Kindersley Publishing,Inc, New York, 1995 Field Guide to the Whales, Porpoises, and Seals of the gulf of Maine and Eastern Canada, Steven Katona, Valerie Rough, and David T. Richardson, Macmillan Publishing Company, New York, 1993 Killer Whales, Sea World Education Department,1100 Sea World Drive, Aurora, OH 44202-8706 Voyage of the Mimi, Bank Street College, Holt, Rinehart and Winston Publishers, New York, 1985 Bottlenose Dolphins, Sea World Education Department,1100 Sea World Drive, Aurora, OH 44202-8706 Teachers' Guide to the Whales of the Gulf of Maine, Catherine Kiorpes Elk, College of the Atlantic, Bar Harbor, Maine 1984 (reprinted 1988 by UME Sea Grant College Program, Coburn Hall, Orono, ME 04469) Discovering Marine Mammals: a learning and activity book, Nancy Field and Sally Machias, Dog-Eared Publications, PO Box 814, Corvallis, OR 97339, 1987 |
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Text by Mary Cerullo.
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Center for Cetacean Research and Conservation
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