FINTASTIC

SHARKS

GENEROUSLY SPONSORED BY:

NAME:

Come meet Manny, our

friendly white shark

mascot. *Manny is our life-size model of a great white shark

IN PARTNERSHIP WITH:

COLOR YOUR SHARK! JAWSOME FACTS

Sharks do NOT have bones. Their

skeleton is made of cartilage.

Sharks have an 6th sense. They

sense electricity.

Sharks feel like sandpaper. Their

scales look like tiny teeth.

Sharks feel like sandpaper. Their

scales look like tiny teeth.

The largest fish in the ocean is the

whale shark.

Sharks lose teeth everyday. Some

sharks can have over 35,000 teeth

in a lifetime.

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N O T K N A L P Y T A H N J F T K J M K

Coastal Word Search

Aquarium

Reduce

Reuse

Recycle

Plankton

Kelp

Shark

Fish

Whale

Octopus

Sea star

Trash

Trashcan

Earth

Protect

Planet

Turtle

Litter

Water

Ocean

UNDER THE SEA MAZE

COLOR ME WHALE SHARK SHARK SCRAMBLE

MAREDMAHHE

KAMO

GETRI

Unscramble the letters to discover the shark words!

NOMLE

NFI

LULB

LAMOOEGDN

AJSW

LIGLS

RDAEOLP

SHARK STORY Create your own story about Manny the shark. Draw a

picture of your shark and tell your story!

COLOR ME THRESHER SHARK

Across 3. Where does trash belong?

5. What fish use to breathe 8. Sandy area near the ocean

9. The 1st “R” 10. The 2nd “R” 11. Most of the __________ we breathe is made by algae in

the ocean, like seaweed. 12. The number of arms a sea star has

15. Wind creates these by pushing on the ocean. They constantly crash on the shore.

16. When it rains, trash from the street is washed down the _______________, which flow out outfalls and onto the

beaches. 17. Sometimes sea turtles think plastic bags are their favor-

ite food, which can make them sick. They really like to eat Sea _______.

Down 1. The largest animal ever to live on earth

2. Plants and animals (often small) that drift and float in the ocean. Examples are diatoms, copepods, and krill.

4. Animals like clams and snails make these. Along with rocks, they make up the sand on our beaches when

crushed by the waves. 6. An animal with cartilage instead of bones and 7-10 rows

of teeth 7. The 3rd “R” 8. Whales like humpbacks use this to filter plankton out of

the water 13. The number of arms an octopus has

14. The largest Ocean 18. The easiest way to keep the oceans clean is not to

______, but always put trash where it belongs.

COASTAL CROSSWORD PUZZLE COASTAL CROSSWORD CLUES Answer Key: Across: 3. Trashcan 5. Gills 8. Beach 9. Reduce 10. Reuse 11. Oxygen 12. Five 15. Waves 16. Stormdrains 17. Jellies

Down: 1. BlueWhale 2. Plankton 4. Shells 6. Sharks 7. Recycle 8. Baleen 13. Eight 14. Pacific 18. Litter