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. We are going to start with a video from Mystery Science. 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 watch the video
.
2. Listen to If a Dolphin Were a Fish.
3.. Pick a species to combine with a dolphin. You cannot do 🐬 + 🦈 .
4. Be creative with art supplies and the dolphin outline to create your new species.
5. Write a summary on paper 📝 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 ___."
6. Take a
of your new dolphin species.
7. Click
to open the template.
8.
your
.
9. Use the
tool to name your new species. Be creative. 🐬 + 🦈 = Sholphin
10. Use the
to record your written summary.
11. Click the green
to save.
Teacher Notes (not visible to students)
Writing Template https://docs.google.com/document/d/1dXeYtT04ai8Dcqrd2LG_G8zAbB2VYYwS/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=111045552462609588390&rtpof=true&sd=true Display 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. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1128bfRWb0TMfIgZnUCTJADmCB3cO2CF0/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=111045552462609588390&rtpof=true&sd=true