WHALE Scavenger Hunt
Richard Zawalykut
Grade 402
John F. Kennedy

Instructions:

Your mission, if you decide to accept it, is to complete as many of the items below as you can. Begin by typing the designated URL into your web browser's URL address window. When you connect to the site, write down the title of the site and hunt for the information that you are asked to find. If you can't connect to a site right away, press STOP on the toolbar and type in another address. You can always return to a site later. Good luck and good hunting.

  1. What is a Whale?
    http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/whales/allabout/
    What is the classification name for all whales?
  2. Whale Myths
    http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/whales/allabout/Myths.shtm
    Whales are gigantic breathing fish that breathe through their gills. TRUE or FALSE? If false rewrite as a true fact.
  3. Whale Classification
    http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/whales/classification/index.shtml
    Name the two groups of whales and one species in each group.
  4. What is a Whale?
    http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/whales/allabout/
    List four characteristics by which you can identify a whale.
  5. What is a Whale?
    http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/whales/allabout/
    Do whales migrate? Yes or No? If yes, list two reasons for their migration.
  6. What is a Whale?
    http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/whales/allabout/
    Whales perform four activities while swimming. Name them and describe each one.
  7. What is a Whale?
    http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/whales/allabout/
    Whales are social animals. What is a whale family called and how do they live together?
  8. What is a Whale?
    http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/whales/allabout/
    How does a mother whale care for her young?
  9. Whale Classification
    http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/whales/classification/index.shtml
    What is "echolocation" and why do whales use it?
  10. What is a Whale?
    http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/whales/allabout/
    What do the two groups of whales eat?

Conclusion:

If you want, include some other interesting facts you have learned about whales here: