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Minds On
Minds On
Option #1:
Display the object to the students and ask them -
What does this make you think of?
What do you notice?
What do you wonder?
Option #2: Discuss the following questions-
- What do you know about the creatures who live in our oceans?
- What do you wonder about the creatures who live in our oceans?
- Do you think of yourself as a scientist? What makes someone a scientist?
Read the Story Together
Read the Story Together
Inquiry
Inquiry
Learn More
Learn More
National Geographic for Kids has put together a YouTube playlist to help you learn more about sharks.
How can you share the information you learned? A video? A podcast?
Writing Code for Sharks
Writing Code for Sharks
Honour the contribution of Eugenie Clark from Shark Lady (and Grace Hooper- a computer scientist) by working through this coding challenge on Scratch. How will you make your shark sprite move? What information will your share to help others learn?
Origami
Origami
Create a cool shark just by folding paper!
Research other origami ocean creatures you can make and put them together to create an ocean scene. How could you share your learning with others?
Sharing Our Learning.
Sharing Our Learning.
See what other classes have created after reading this book.
Shapes, Sharks and Math! Oh my!
Shapes, Sharks and Math! Oh my!
Ms. Domenichini's Grade 1 class created a book all about sharks after reading Shark Lady. To help them prepare for their drawing inquiry they watched this video-
What shapes do you see?
What shapes do you see?
Can you name each of the shapes?
Can you name each of the shapes?
What other animals could you draw using shapes?
What other animals could you draw using shapes?
Check out some of their drawings below!
Check out some of their drawings below!
Connecting with the author!
Connecting with the author!
Jess Keating commented on Ms. D's class book saying that she loved the drawings!
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