What are the two most surprising facts you discovered?
Why do you think this fish looks like a stone?
For your notes think about these questions: Where dose it live? How does it feed? How does it protect itself? What does it eat? What special features or adaptations does it have?
Keyword - Respiration - This means breathing Watch and listen to this video - make some notes in your journal about how fish manage to breath underwater.
If you find out something that really interests you could add the fact to our class collage wall.
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My Questions
Hang On
What about sea
mammals like whales, seals and dolphins?
Try to hold your breath
(ready steady go)
(how long can you hold your breath for?)
for more than 2-3 minutes and you could pass out!
So What About This!
On one breath the sperm whale can dive for more than one hour
to depths greater than 1,200 meters, with average dives of 45 minutes, to
depths of 600-1,000 meters.
Elephant seals can spend up to two hours in depths
over 1,500 meters, but average dives last only 25-30 minutes, to depths of
about 500 meters.
Cuvier's beaked whales dive to maximum depths of
nearly 1,900 meters with a maximum duration of 85 minutes. The average foraging
dive for Cuvier's beaked whale is to a depth of 1,070 meters with a duration of
58 minutes.
Sea creatures have special features that allow them to live in different parts of the ocean.
Some have special features that help them to be superb hunters and others have special defense abilities. Some need sunlight while others can live in very deep water with no light at all.
Take a look at these info-graphic / picture information diagrams. What do you notice? What creatures live in the deep?
The next step towards creating a report about jellyfish is to use the information from the notes you took yesterday to write some clear factual sentences. Use the basic organising ideas we used for the note taking to group and begin your sentences.
Under each starter heading write a minimum of 3 sentences Opening sentence A jellyfish is... is not... (what is it - classify it - eg a car is a form of transport with wheels that drives on roads) Has Jellyfish have (describe what they look like including their colour, size, body parts, special features) Lives / Does Jellyfish live (explain where they live and what they do)
Note Taking - Finding Information Watch these three videos and use everything you see and hear to make some notes about jellyfish. We will use the notes you take to help us write a short report together. Important Headings - basic organising ideas for your report: A jellyfish is - has - does - lives What questions do you still have?
