mrs. bousquet grade 2 sea 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
Sponge
Anthony
Mrs. Bousquet
What My Sea Animal Looks Like
• Round• Comes in many sizes• Has lots of holes• Comes in many small
shapes
Other Interesting Facts About My Sea Animal
• Lay eggs• Attach to rocks• Live in oceans
Sea Anemone
Aria
Mrs. Bousquet
What My Sea Animal Looks Like
• has tentacles• comes in many
different colors• looks like flowers
Other Interesting Facts About My Sea Animal
• throws poison at its enemies
• moves slowly• usually stays
attached to rocks
Crab
Braedon
Mrs. Bousquet
What My Sea Animal Looks Like
• Have hard shell• Jointed legs• Have five pairs of legs• Shell covers upper
part of body
Other Interesting Facts About My Sea Animal
• Four different types: ghost, rock, female pea, pine
• Lives in burrows, holes, on shore, shallow
• water• Eats many kinds of water
animals• Eats mostly things called
algae• Some are good to eat• Most walk sideways
Turtle
Cloe
Mrs. Bousquet
What My Sea Animal Looks Like
• Shell has two layers • 4 to 8 feet long• 1.2 to 2.4 meters long
Other Interesting Facts About My Sea Animal
• Can’t live in cold regions• About 250 kinds• Sea turtles are fastest• Shell has two layers• No teeth• Out layer made of dried
skin• Use their hard beak to cut
food• Only reptile with shell
Swordfish
Dominic
Mrs. Bousquet
What My Sea Animal Looks Like
• brownish blackish body
• Long flattened upper jaw
• Smooth muscular body curved fins
Other Interesting Facts About My Sea Animal
• swims fast• has no teeth• lives in deep sea• eats deep sea fish
and squid
Dolphin
Emma
Mrs. Bousquet
What My Sea Animal Looks Like
• 4 to 13 feet tall.• looks like it’s smiling • yellow brown stripes on side
Other Interesting Facts About My Sea Animal
• river dolphins live in fresh or salty water
• closely related to whales
• throws balls• jumps through hoops
Manatee
Esperanza
Mrs. Bousquet
What My Sea Animal Looks Like
• Large water animals• Gray skin
• Bristly hairs • Front legs like paddles
• Grows up to 13 feet 4 meters long• Rounded tail
Other Interesting Facts About My Sea Animal
• Eats water plants• Upper lip is divided in
to haves
Barracuda
Gabriel
Mrs. Bousquet
What My Sea Animal Looks Like
• Large jaws and sharp teeth• Long thin bodies.
• Can grow to about 6 feet long • Tail fins are shaped like the pointed ends
Other Interesting Facts About My Sea Animal
• Are 20 species of them.
• Great one is the largest.
• Usually eats other kind of fish.
• Can weigh to about 100 pounds
Penguins
Julianna
Mrs. Bousquet
What My Sea Animal Looks Like
• Have short legs and tall bullet shaped bodies
• Covered with short thick feathers
• Seventeen kinds
Other Interesting Facts About My Sea Animal
• Flew millions of years ago
• Tallest one is emperor• Comes on land to
build nests• Lives in cold waters
west of the equator
Starfish
Muhammed
Mrs. Bousquet
What My Sea Animal Looks Like
• Thick arms• Spiny skin• Most have five arms
Other Interesting Facts About My Sea Animal
• Mouth is on its underside• Eggs become tiny swimming
larvae that grow into starfish• Use their long arms to walk
along the ocean floor• Produce their young by
releasing eggs into the sea• Arms are lined with small tube
feet
Porpoise
Raphaella
Mrs. Bouquet
What My Sea Animal Looks Like
• Grow from to feet long• Weigh up to 200 pounds• Look like small dolphins
• Thick body • Dark gray to black
Other Interesting Facts About My Sea Animal
• Eats small fish and squid
• Found in Pacific and Atlantic Oceans
• Small back fin• Six kinds
Squid
Edward
Mrs. Bousquet
What My Sea Animal Looks Like
• Looks like octopuses• Has one eye • Has two fins• Has 8 arms and 2
tentacles• A giant one grows up to
60 feet
Other Interesting Facts About My Sea Animal
• Swims by taking water into their bodies and squirting it out through a tube
• Eats tiny sea animals• Squirts ink at prey• Related to octopuses
Sea Otter
Rio
Mrs. Bousquet
What My Sea Animal Looks Like
• Furry• Grows 4 to 5 feet• Flipper- shaped back
feet • Thick fur traps air
Other Interesting Facts About My Sea Animal
• Swims with back feet• Eats shellfish and
octopus• Sleeps on seaweed
Lobster
Roberto
Mrs. Bousquet
What My Sea Animal Looks Like
• All different colors• Five pairs of jointed
legs • Hard shell• Body with sections
Other Interesting Facts About My Sea Animal
• Heavy claws• Eats clams, crabs,
snails, small fish, other lobsters
• Lives on ocean bottom
• Kills other animals by tearing its food apart
Walrus
Ryan
Mrs. Bousquet
What My Sea Animal Looks Like
• Short stiff hair• Two ivory tusks• Flat flippers on
feet• Grows about 12
feet• Weighs about
3,000 pounds
Other Interesting Facts About My Sea Animal
• Tusks are upper teeth, tusks as hooks
• Lives far north• Rests on shore• Clams favorite food
Gull
Santos
Mrs Bousguet
What My Sea Animal Looks Like
• Long winged bird• Are small• Their color is gray
Other Interesting Facts About My Sea Animal
• Are small• Some are black
• Long winged birds
Whale
Steven
Mrs. Bousquet
What My Sea Animal Looks Like• Looks like a dolphin
• Some have baleen or peg like teeth• Breathe though blowholes
• Can be different colors• Long body
Other Interesting Facts About My Sea Animal
• Baby blue gains about 200 pounds per day
• Blue whale largest animal• Sperm whales largest toothed
whales• Blubber helps keep it warm in
cold waters• Mother humpback whale
swims with her baby called a calf
• Whales can hold breath for a long time
• Swims by moving its tail up and down
Killer Whale
Aidan
Mrs. Bousquet
What My Sea Animal Looks Like
• Shiny black backs• White underneath • Up to 30 ft long
Other Interesting Facts About My Sea Animal
• Live in cold water• Called orcas• Eat salmon, other
fish, seals, dolphins, and whales.
• Have own language• Travel in pods
(groups)• Large sea animals
Puffin
Rebeca
Mrs. Bousquet
What My Sea Animal Looks Like
• Odd looking bird• Eat mostly fish
• Very good swimmers• Thick body
Other Interesting Facts About My Sea Animal
• live in the colds waters of the far northern Atlantic
• Lay eggs• Chicks stays in nest for
seven to eight weeks• live land mainly in June
and July• lay eggs in cracks of
rocks • very good swimmers