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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.