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Unit Plan
TES Global

Blendspace: Introduction to Island of the Blue Dolphins

For Students 4th - 7th
A ten-part learning module with links to images, videos, and texts to introduce Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O'Dell.
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Handout
BBC

Bbc: Nature Wildfacts: Pantropical Spotted Dolphin

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource provides information about the pantropical spotted dolphin.
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Handout
Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian National Zoo: Zoogoer Magazine: River Dolphins of No Return

For Students 9th - 10th
Robin Meadows's article, "River Dolphins of No Return," focuses on the four types of dolphins worldwide that live only in rivers (Amazon River dolphin, Yangtze River dolphin, Indus and Ganges river dolphins).
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Handout
BBC

Bbc: Nature Wildfacts: Amazon River Dolphin

For Students 9th - 10th
Click here at the British Broadcasting Corporation to learn more about the Amazon river dolphin and to examine some nice photos of them.
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Unit Plan
Other

The Dolphin Institute: For Kids!

For Students 3rd - 8th
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...
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Handout
BBC

Bbc Nature: Whales, Dolphins and Porpoises

For Students 9th - 10th
Whales, dolphins, and porpoises belong to the order Cetacea. These are aquatic mammals that have streamlined bodies highly evolved for swimming. Learn more about whales, dolphins, and porpoises in this well-constructed overview produced...
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Website
Paul Munsey & Cory Suppes

Dolphin Stadium

For Students 9th - 10th
Find all the information you want to know about Dolphin Stadium, home of the Miami Dolphins football team. Includes interesting facts and details about the facility and team, history of the venue, and news.
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Unit Plan
The Best Notes

The Best Notes: Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O'dell

For Students 3rd - 8th
This is an online study guide/notes for the children's novel Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O'Dell including author information, literary elements, chapter-by-chapter summaries/notes, study questions, and analysis. This novel is...
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eBook
Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: "The Cruise of the Dolphin" by Thomas Bailey Aldrich

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the complete text of the short story "The Cruise of the Dolphin" by Thomas Bailey Aldrich. It is an episode from The Story of a Bad Boy, the narrator being Tom Bailey, the hero of the tale.
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Website
NOAA

Noaa: Whales, Dolphins, and Porpoises (Order Cetacea)

For Students 9th - 10th
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
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Interactive
ABCya

Ab Cya: Dolphin Dash Counting Money

For Students 3rd - 4th
Dolphin Dash is an educational multi-player game for kids that allows students from anywhere in the world to compete against one another while practicing counting money!
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Handout
Other

The Dolphin Place

For Students 3rd - 8th
If you're interested in dolphins, then you've come to the right place! Get great information that covers intelligence, physiology, and communication of the dolphin. There are even links to pictures and other sites that contain...
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Handout
NOAA

Noaa: Fisheries: Cetaceans: Whales, Dolphins, and Porpoises

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn more about the marine mammal group of cetaceans. Take a look at their status on the Endangered list and find out what situations put them on that list.
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Website
Ducksters

Ducksters: Dolphins

For Students 1st - 8th
Kids learn how dolphins eat, sleep, and live together. Bottlenose dolphins and orcas travel the ocean in pods.
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Article
Mocomi & Anibrain Digital Technologies

Mocomi: Dolphin Facts

For Students 3rd - 7th
Provides general facts about dolphins including communication, types, and other unique characteristics.
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Interactive
Arcademics

Arcademics: Dolphin Feed

For Students 2nd - 4th
Feed the dolphin selecting the coins that make the given amount of change.
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Interactive
Cool Math

Coolmath: Coolmath4kids: Dolphin Feed

For Students 2nd - 4th
Count money quickly to feed the dolphins and win the game!
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Interactive
Cool Math

Coolmath: Coolmath4kids: Dolphin Feed Counting Money

For Students 1st - 3rd
Count money quickly to feed the dolphins and win the game!
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Handout
Smithsonian Institution

National Museum of Natural History: American Mammals: Pantropical Spotted Dolphin

For Students 4th - 8th
As its common name suggests, the pantropical spotted dolphin is a spotted dolphin that occurs in tropical waters around the world. It is one of the species that fisherman tend to follow as a means of finding yellowfin tuna, which swim...
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Handout
Smithsonian Institution

National Museum of Natural History: American Mammals: Striped Dolphin

For Students 4th - 8th
The striped dolphin is the largest of the five relatively small dolphins in the genus Stenella. Shy and wary of boats in some areas of the Pacific, and seen riding the bow waves of boats in other places, these dolphins make long, shallow...
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Smithsonian Institution

National Museum of Natural History: American Mammals: Clymene Dolphin

For Students 4th - 8th
The Clymene dolphin is distinguished from the very similar spinner dolphin by the shortness of its beak and its color pattern. Like spinners, they "spin," leaping high out the water and rotating (not a somersault, but a sideways roll)...
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Smithsonian Institution

National Museum of Natural History: American Mammals: White Beaked Dolphin

For Students 4th - 8th
White-beaked dolphins have similar habits to Atlantic white-sided dolphins and live in similar cold-water regions of the North Atlantic. They eat fish, squid, octopus, and crustaceans. Learn more about the Lagenorhynchus albirostris,...
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Lesson Plan
PBS

Pbs Teachers: Scientific American: Dragon Science: Dams and Dolphins

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Explore environmental impact of building of a dam in China's Yangtze River on endangered fresh water dolphins. Observe the presence and effects of osmotic pressure, measure and compare sedimentation in a waterway and build a turbine.
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Handout
Smithsonian Institution

National Museum of Natural History: American Mammals: Atlantic Spotted Dolphin

For Students 4th - 8th
The Atlantic spotted dolphin is seen in coastal waters from the Carolinas south to Brazil, usually staying within about 350 km of the coast. Another population is known from the Gulf Stream near New England. Learn more about the Stenella...

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