Student Instructions
There are 38 species of dolphins. The Bottlenose dolphin is the most well-known species of dolphin. Bottlenose dolphins live in the Indian River Lagoon. Today, you are going to use your creativity skills to invent a new dolphin species. This project is based on the book, If a Dolphin Were a Fish by Loran Wlodarski. In the video, Doug combines a dolphin and a shark to get a Sholphin. Even though this is impossible, it is fun to pretend.
1. Click the to open the Learning Sequence. Watch the video ๐ฌ and listen to the book ๐ .
2. Pick a species to combine with a dolphin. You cannot do ๐ฌ + ๐ฆ .
3. Be creative with art supplies and the dolphin outline to create your new species.
4. Write a summary on paper ๐ using the pattern in the book.
"If a dolphin were a fish it would ___. But a dolphin is not a fish. A fish ___. A dolphin ___."
5. Take a
of your new dolphin species.
6. Click
to open the template.
7.
your
.
8. Use the
tool to name your new species. Be creative. ๐ฌ + ๐ฆ = Sholphin
9. Use the
to record your written summary.
10. Click the green
to save.
Teacher Notes (not visible to students)
After students record their summary, I print the QR Codes. I attach the QR Codes to their art project and hang them in the hall. Everyone loves scanning the codes to hear about the new species of dolphin.