Overview: Life and Times of Humpback Whales
In this unit, students begin to understand more about whales by investigating the similarities and differences of whale fossils to their present day form. Using data compiled by marine scientists, students accurately plot whale migratory routes on maps, and pinpoint sites where whales feed in Alaska, and give birth and mate in Hawai‘i. They also study the adaptability of whale body features, and the crucial roles these features play in their summer and winter environments as well as during migration. Students also note the feeding and behavioral dissimilarities displayed by different whale types in these environments.
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Hawaii State Standards:
- Hawaii Content and Performance Standards III
- 4th Grade
- SC.4.1.2 Differentiate between an observation and an inference
- SC.4.2.1 Describe how the use of technology has influenced the economy, demography, and environment of Hawaii
- SC.4.3.2 Describe how an organism's behavior is determined by its environment
- SC.4.5.1 Compare fossils and living things
- SC.4.5.3 Describe how different organisms need specific environmental conditions to survive
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behavioral, birth, data, differences, environments, feeding, fossils, humpback whales, investigating, marine sciences, mate, migration, migratory routes, similarities, students, whales
