AQUATIC SPECIES AT RISK EDUCATION KIT

Table of Contents

Aquatic Species at Risk Education Kit

Teachers' Guide

• Introduction
  • Curricula Connections
  • Included in this kit
• Let's Get Started
  • Important words to learn
  • Aquatic Species at Risk in Newfoundland and Labrador in 2006
• Lesson Plans and how they Work
  • Researching the Species:
• Lesson Plan One: Blue Whales
  • Activity 1: Blue whale – Researching the Species
  • Activity 2: How big is a blue whale?
  • Activity 3: Studying and Identifying whales
• Lesson Plan Two – Wolffish
  • Activity 1: Researching the Species Wolffish
  • Activity 2: Wolffish – Finding ways to work together
  • Activity 3: Wolffish – Educating Others
• Lesson Plan Three – Leatherback Turtle
  • Activity 1: Researching the species – Leatherback turtle
  • Activity 2: Protecting leatherback turtles from balloons
  • Activity 3: Counting leatherback turtles and marine mammals

Student Activity Sheets

• Activity 1: The Species at Risk Act
• Activity One – Blue Whale
  • Researching the Species
• Activity Two – Blue Whale
  • How big is a blue whale?
• Activity Three – Blue Whale
  • Studying and Identifying Whales
• Activity One – Wolffish
  • Researching the Species
• Activity Two – Wolffish
  • Finding ways to Work together
• Activity Three – Wolffish
  • Educating Others
• Activity One – Leatherback Turtles
  • Researching the Species
• Activity Two – Leatherback Turtles
  • Protecting Leatherback Turtles from Balloons
• Activity Three – Leatherback Turtles
  • Counting Leatherback Turtles and Marine Mammals

Species at Risk Fact Sheets

• Blue Whale
• Leatherback Turtle
• Northern Wolffish
• Spotted Wolffish
• Striped Wolffish

Whale ID Fact Sheets

• Blue Whale
• Common Dolphin
• Fin Whale
• Harbour Porpoise
• Humpback Whale
• Minke Whale
• White-beaked Dolphin
• Atlantic White-sided Dolphin