Discovery Education
Sonar & Echolocation
A well-designed, comprehensive, and attractive slide show supports direct instruction on how sonar and echolocation work. Contained within the slides are links to interactive websites and instructions for using apps on a mobile device to...
Curated OER
Whales and Dolphins Multiple Choice Quiz
In this multiple choice quiz worksheet, 7th graders answer 10 questions based on the book, Whales and Dolphins by Susanna Davidson.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Echolocation Stations: Exploring Sound
Fourth graders explore the concept of echolocation during a unit on whales. They listen to the book and watch the Reading Rainbow video for "Humphrey: The Wayward Whale," explore various websites, and conduct experiments to demonstrate...
Curated OER
Echolocation and Communication
Learners participate in a role-play activity to determine how whales use the properties of echolocation to communicate.
Curated OER
Echolocation and Communication: Body Language Charades
Young scholars participate in a variation of the game charades to explain how whales use their bodies to communicate.
K12 Reader
They See with Their Ears
Sometimes bats get a bad rap, even though they are fascinating creatures! Teach your class about echolocation with a reading passage. After reading, class members respond to five questions based on the text.
Curated OER
Whale Echolocation
Young scholars demonstrate how a whale uses echolocation to track food and identify one other animal that also uses echolocation. For this echolocation lesson, students play a game where one child (the whale) is blindfolded and gives a...
Curated OER
Waves
Young scholars identify the different parts of a wave. In this physics lesson, students explain how animals communicate using sound waves. They discuss the effect of Navy's sonar on dolphins and whales.
Curated OER
Dolphin Communication
Pupils listen to a lecture on dolphin communication methods. They consider ways in which humans communicate and participate in an activity to assess the role of smell in human communication.
Curated OER
Echo Location
Students participate in a role-playing activity that demonstrates how whales use sound as an adaptation to their environment.
Reed Novel Studies
Dolphins of the World
Pair a novel study of Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O'Dell with a presentation on dolphins. The 37-slide PowerPoint shows different types of dolphins all around the world, includes a brief description of each, and provides a photo...
Curated OER
Mammals Crossword
In this mammals worksheet, students complete a crossword puzzle with 37 questions about characteristics, behavior and types of mammals.
Curated OER
Dolphin Documentary
Students use their knowledge of dolphin natural history to create a "movie."
Enchanted Learning
Enchanted Learning: Sperm Whale
This clear and concise resource on sperm whales includes a diagram and information on its diet and echolocation.
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: How Whales Breathe, Communicate and Fart With Their Faces
Comparative anatomist Joy Reidenberg explains how majestic whales "fart with their face" (a process more formally known as echolocation) to send their unique sounds through the water. [6:24]
NOAA
Noaa: Whales, Dolphins, and Porpoises (Order Cetacea)
Learn about the over 70 species of Cetaceans, or whales, dolphins, and porpoises in the ocean. Read about their behaviors, strandings, and their special sense: echolocation
BBC
Bbc: Nature Wildfacts: Beluga, White Whale
Here are some interesting photos of and a detailed fact sheet on the Beluga whale.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Echolocation Stations: Exploring Sound
During this lesson young scholars will have the opportunity to explore sound. This lesson should be taught during an ongoing unit about whales. Students will navigate different websites to learn more about whales and sound. This lesson...
Other
Fishin for Facts Library
A comprehensive site that includes a wealth of information on whales, sharks, penguins and squid.
Other
The Dolphin Institute: For Kids!
Great interactive site for elementary and middle school students. Learn about the order cetaceans, mysticetes, odontocetes, (baleen whales and toothed whales) and bottlenose dolphins. Then play some interactive games after learning about...
Ducksters
Ducksters: Dolphins
Kids learn how dolphins eat, sleep, and live together. Bottlenose dolphins and orcas travel the ocean in pods.