Wish For A Fish

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Wish For A Fish

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Hark! A Shark!
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SHARK NOMENCLATURE CARDS
HAMMERHEAD SHARK LEOPARD SHARK
WHALE SHARK MAKO SHARK
THRESHER SHARK GREAT WHITE SHARK
STING RAY BLUE SHARK
HAMMERHEAD SHARK LEOPARD SHARK
WHALE SHARK MAKO SHARK
THRESHER SHARK GREAT WHITE SHARK
STING RAY BLUE SHARK
WHALE/DOLPHIN NOMENCLATURE CARDS
HUMPBACK WHALE NARWHAL
SPERM WHALE BELUGA WHALE
PACIFIC WHITE SIDED

KILLER WHALE/ORCA DOLPHIN
SPOTTED DOLPHIN BOTTLENOSE DOLPHIN
HUMPBACK WHALE NARWHAL
SPERM WHALE BELUGA WHALE
PACIFIC WHITE SIDED

KILLER WHALE/ORCA DOLPHIN
SPOTTED DOLPHIN BOTTLENOSE DOLPHIN
OCEAN ANIMALS NOMENCLATURE CARDS
STARFISH MORAY EEL
OCTOPUS SEAHORSE
SEA SNAIL CORAL
BLUE TANG FISH SQUID
SPIDER CRAB SEA URCHIN
SAND DOLLAR SEA LION
STARFISH MORAY EEL
OCTOPUS SEAHORSE
SEA SNAIL CORAL
BLUE TANG FISH SQUID
SPIDER CRAB SEA URCHIN
SAND DOLLAR SEA LION
Ocean Animal Classification
Print this page, laminate (optional), and cut out squares. Have child classify animals
using charts on following pages.
Sea cucumber
starfish sea urchin sand dollar
oyster
squid
octopus clam
shrimp seahorse
crab lobster
shark eel fish

ray
dolphin whale sea lion walrus
Answers: Mammals-dolphin, whale, sea lion, walrus, Fish-shark, eel, ray, fish,
seahorse, Crustacean-crab, lobster, shrimp, Echinoderm-starfish, sea urchin, sand
dollar, sea cucumber, Mollusk-octopus, squid, clam, oyster
Vertebrates-Mammals, Fish, Invertebrates-Mollusk, Echinoderm, Crustacean
Mammals Fish Mollusk Echinoderm Crustacean
Vertebrate Invertebrate
Diving Depth in Meters
100 200 300 400 500 600 700 800 900 1000
Whale/Dolphin Diving Depths
Use the below numbers to chart each sea creature’s diving depth* and then answer the
questions below.
Sperm Whale 1000 m Beluga Whale 300 m
Dall’s porpoise 100 m Pacific White-sided Dolphin 200 m
Pilot Whale 600 m Bottle-nose Dolphin 500 m
Which whale/dolphin has the least diving depth? ____________________________
Which whale/dolphin has the most diving depth? ____________________________
*Approx. depth numbers from Sea World Teacher’s Guide: http://www.seaworld.org/just-for-teachers/guides/pdf/whales-k-3.pdf

Who Am I? Ocean Creature Game
1.) I am the largest animal alive on Earth. I am a mammal. I like to jump out of the water,
called breaching. There are two kinds of me: toothed and baleen. Sometimes I like to
sing under water. (Answer: Whale)
2.) I look like an umbrella or mushroom. I have many tentacles that can sting. Sea
turtles like to eat me and sometimes confuse plastic bags for me. I swim in a group
called a bloom. I can come in many different colors including pink, orange, or blue. Who
am I? (Answer: A Jellyfish)
3.) I am a very intelligent animal. I like to swim fast and jump out of the water and am
very playful with humans. I communicate by clicking and whistling. I am a meat-eater.
(Answer: Dolphin)
4.) I am a crustacean and am protected by a hard outer exoskeleton (shell). My body is

flat and roundish. I have 8 legs and 2 claws. I often walk sideways. (Answer: Crab)
5.) I am a reptile with a hard shell to protect me. I have 4 flippers that help me swim but
I can also walk on the beach to lay eggs. I usually eat plants but sometimes I like to
treat myself to jellyfish. (Answer: Sea Turtle)
6.) I am a type of fish. I do not have bones but I do have cartilage instead. If my teeth
fall out I grow new ones. I have great hearing and smelling senses. I can smell a drop of
blood in as much water as a swimming pool. (Answer: Shark)
7.) I have 8 arms and each arm has suckers on them. I am capable of opening the lid off
a jar. I can change the color and texture of my skin to camouflage into my surroundings.
I can shoot ink out to confuse and distract predators while I swim away. (Answer:
Octopus)
8.) I am a very small funny looking fish. I use my curved tail to hook onto plants to avoid
being swept away. I have a small fin on my back that flutters to help me swim around. I
use my long snout to suck in plankton to eat. If I am male I keep the eggs in my pouch
until they hatch. (Answer: Seahorse)
9.) I am a cousin of the shark but have a flat round body and thin long tail. I have a
sharp spine in my tail that can cut humans and my tail can also deliver venom. My
mouth is on the bottom of my body and my eyes are on top. I prefer to swim in shallow
water. (Answer: Stingray)
10.) I have 8 arms and two longer tentacles. I use my tentacles and arms to bring food
to a small beak mouth in the middle. Sometimes I can grow to be very big, so much that
my eye will be as big as your head. Deep down in the ocean I sometimes fight with
sperm whales. I can also shoot ink like the octopus. (Answer: Squid)
TYPES OF SHELLS NOMENCLATURE CARDS
PECTINIDAE (SCALLOP) MUREX (SNAIL)
COCKLE (CLAM) OLIVE (SNAIL)
WHELK (SNAIL) CONCH (SNAIL)
COWRY (SNAIL) TOP SHELL (SNAIL)
PECTINIDAE (SCALLOP) MUREX (SNAIL)
COCKLE (CLAM) OLIVE (SNAIL)
WHELK (SNAIL) CONCH (SNAIL)
COWRY (SNAIL) TOP SHELL (SNAIL)
Ocean Layers
Print this page, laminate (optional), and cut out squares. Have child place animals according
to the layer its found in.
sea cucumber
tubeworms vents giant clams
tripod fish sea spider angler fish gigantura
gulper eel whipnose giant squid

flashlight fish
eel ray fish

sperm whale
dolphin shark
orca jellyfish
Answers: Trench-tubeworms, vents, giant clams, Abyss-sea cucumber, tripod, sea spider,
Dark-angler, gigantura, flashlight, gulper, whipnose, Twilight-giant squid, sperm whale,
Sunny-everything else
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“Cat in the Hat Learning Library”

Wish For A Fish

HAMMERHEAD SHARK LEOPARD SHARK

WHALE SHARK MAKO SHARK

THRESHER SHARK GREAT WHITE SHARK

STING RAY BLUE SHARK

HAMMERHEAD SHARK LEOPARD SHARK

WHALE SHARK MAKO SHARK

THRESHER SHARK GREAT WHITE SHARK

STING RAY BLUE SHARK

HUMPBACK WHALE NARWHAL

SPERM WHALE BELUGA WHALE

PACIFIC WHITE SIDED

SPOTTED DOLPHIN BOTTLENOSE DOLPHIN

HUMPBACK WHALE NARWHAL

SPERM WHALE BELUGA WHALE

PACIFIC WHITE SIDED

SPOTTED DOLPHIN BOTTLENOSE DOLPHIN

STARFISH MORAY EEL

SEA SNAIL CORAL

BLUE TANG FISH SQUID

SPIDER CRAB SEA URCHIN

SAND DOLLAR SEA LION

STARFISH MORAY EEL

SEA SNAIL CORAL

BLUE TANG FISH SQUID

SPIDER CRAB SEA URCHIN

SAND DOLLAR SEA LION

shark eel fish

dolphin whale sea lion walrus

Sperm Whale 1000 m Beluga Whale 300 m

Dall’s porpoise 100 m Pacific White-sided Dolphin 200 m

Pilot Whale 600 m Bottle-nose Dolphin 500 m

Which whale/dolphin has the least diving depth? ____________________________

Which whale/dolphin has the most diving depth? ____________________________

*Approx. depth numbers from Sea World Teacher’s Guide: http://www.seaworld.org/just-for-teachers/guides/pdf/whales-k-3.pdf

4.) I am a crustacean and am protected by a hard outer exoskeleton (shell). My body is

PECTINIDAE (SCALLOP) MUREX (SNAIL)

COCKLE (CLAM) OLIVE (SNAIL)

WHELK (SNAIL) CONCH (SNAIL)

COWRY (SNAIL) TOP SHELL (SNAIL)

PECTINIDAE (SCALLOP) MUREX (SNAIL)

COCKLE (CLAM) OLIVE (SNAIL)

WHELK (SNAIL) CONCH (SNAIL)

COWRY (SNAIL) TOP SHELL (SNAIL)

tripod fish sea spider angler fish gigantura

gulper eel whipnose giant squid

eel ray fish

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