mrs. vardaro grade 2 ocean animals
DESCRIPTION
Grade 2 students learned researching skills by researching information about various sea animals. Online Encyclopedias, and books were used to find out about what various sea animals looked like and other interesting information. Students painted a picture of their assigned animal in art. Everything was brought together in a presentation to their 5th grade book buddies that helped them learn good research skills. Students also learned a few basic features of Powerpoint.TRANSCRIPT
Sand Dollar
Angel
Ms . Vardaro
What My Sea Animal Looks Like
• Half Buried in Sand• 3 to7 feet
Other Interesting Facts About My Sea Animal
• Like a star• Mouth center of under
side• Top surface has small
breathing holes• Thin circular body
Bass
Shaun
Ms. Vardaro
What your Sea Animal Looks Like
• 2 fins on back• Many have spots• Long yellowish
greenish bodies
Other Interesting Facts About My Sea Animal
• Fish• Fight when caught• People eat them• two groups black, true
Puffin
Evelyn
Ms. Vardaro
What My Sea Animal Looks like
• Odd looking birds• Mostly black and
white.• Flat beak
Other Interesting Facts about your Sea Animal
• Some feathers• Eats fish• Lives on rocks• It is not very big
Whale
Athena
Ms. Vardaro
Other Interesting Facts About My Sea Animal
• Mammal• Eat fish• Blubber• Live in pods
What My Sea Animal Looks Like
• Huge sea animal• Long body, two side
fins and tail fins• Some have tusks• 100 feet
Crab
Carl
Ms. Vardaro
What My Sea Animal Looks Like
• 5 pairs of legs • Tipped with long
claws• Jointed legs • Hard shell
Other Interesting Facts About My Sea Animal
• Only few live in burrows, or holes, on the seashore
• Live in shallow water along sea shore
• Some are found in deeper water
• Some good to eat• eats plants and algae
Lobster
Daniela
Ms. Vardaro
Want My Sea Animal Looks Like
• Crusteans• Hard shell• Jointed of legs • Body with sections
Other Interesting Facts About My Sea Animal
• Lays thousand of eggs at daytime
• Body with sections • Eggs stick to body
until they hatch• Live in ocean Bottom
Killer Whale
Devin
Ms .Vardaro
What My Sea Animal Looks Like
• Mammal• Black tops• Has teeth• Eats other fish
Other Interesting Facts About My Sea Animal
• Travel in packs• They live in cold
water• They live in all oceans• Eats small fish and
big fish
Starfish
Golda
Ms. Vardaro
What My Sea Animal Looks Like
• Spiny skins• Thick arms • Five arms some have
more• Arms lined with tube
feet• Mouth on underside
Other Interesting Facts About My Sea Animal
• Eats animals with shells
• Lives in all oceans of the world
• Arms regrow• Produces young by
releasing eggs in sea
Sponge
Hudson
Ms.Vardaro
What My Sea Animal Looks Like
• Have young by forming eggs
• Have small • They can be many
shapes, sizes, and colors
Other Interesting Facts About My Sea Animal
• Most live in sea water• Have young by forming
eggs and buds that turn into babies
• Live attached to rocks and other surfaces
• Most have hard skeletons some have soft
Penguin
Juliette
Ms. Vardaro
What My Sea Animal Looks Like
• Bird• Underside white• Short, thick feathers• Bull shaped bodies• Tall• Short legs
Other Interesting Facts About My Sea Animal
• Eat fish, crabs, shrimp
• Stand upright on land• Fast graceful
swimmers• Lives in ocean• good swimmers• can not fly
Octopus
Luis
Ms. Vardaro
What My Sea Animal Looks Like
• Round body• Large eyes • Eight long arms
Other Interesting Facts About My Sea Animal
• eats crabs, clams, snails
• eaten by seals, whales, certain fish
• Escapes enemies by swimming backward quickly
• Hides itself by squirting cloud of inky liquid
Tuna
Myriam
Ms. Vardaro
What My Sea Animal Looks Like
• 14 kind• 45 miles• Sport and for food• Weighs nearly 2,000
Other Interesting Facts About My Sea Animal
• Fastest fish• Cross Ocean• Caught for sport• Swim long distances
Seal
Nicolette
Ms.Vardaro
What My Sea Animal Looks Likes
• Eared Seals have ear flaps that cover their opening
Other Interesting Facts About My Sea Animal
• Can live both land and water
• Most types live where are plenty of fish
• Walruses are the only seals with tusks
• Most live along edges of continents and islands
Sea Gull
Sarah
Ms. Vardaro
What My Sea Animal Looks Like
• Gray above• White at bottom• Related to tern• Long winged birds• Black or brown
feathers• About big as pigeons
Other Interesting Facts About My Sea Animal
• Live near oceans• Also live on the great
lakes• Related to tern• Do not fly as graceful
as tern
Turtle
Shaelyn
Ms. Vardaro
What My Sea Animal Looks Like
• Have no teeth• Ribs• Long neck• Back bone
Other Interesting Facts About My Sea Animal
• Use hard beak to cut food
• Cold blooded• Pull neck into shell by
bending it
Shark
Zach
Mrs. Vardaro
What My Sea Animal Looks Like
• Meat eating fish• Only some
dangerous to some humans
• Several rows of teeth• Body shaped like a
torpedo• May have curved
tails
Other Interesting Facts About My Sea Animal
• Meat eating fish• Only some dangerous
to humans• Some live in rivers
some live in oceans • Half aren’t dangerous
Walrus
Colin
Ms. Vardaro
What My Sea AnimalLooks Like
• Sea animal• Lives far north• Uses flippers• Uses tusks to swim• In summer rests on
ice
Other Interesting Facts About My Sea Animal
• Floats on blocks of ice
• Stiff hairs on upper lip• Favorite food is clams
Jellyfish
Mattie
Ms. Vardaro
What My Sea Animal Looks Like
• Big or small• 7 feet• Small as pea• Has tentacles
Other Interesting Facts About My Sea Animal
• Sting can be painful• Sting can even be
poisonous• Tentacles are stinging
cells
Manatee
Jaden
Ms. Vardaro
What My Sea Animal Looks Like
• Large water animals
• Front legs shaped like paddles
• 13 feet/4 meters long
• Gray skin• Tail is rounded• No back legs
Other Interesting Facts About My Sea Animal
• Feeds on water plants• Good grip on plants as
eats• Live
– Amazon River– Caribbean Sea along coast– Northeastern South
America– Southeastern United States– Western Africa
• Good grip on plants as eats