SHARKS IN THE CLASSROOM

Shark Crafts and Activities

SHARK COLORING BOOK A shark book you can print out and color in.

OCEAN DIORAMA Make an ocean scene in a box. Print out the sharks and whales, then color, cut, and hang them in a decorated box.

SCARY SHARK POP-UP CARD Make a pop-up card that a friend will always remember!

Spelling and Writing Worksheets:

Sharks: Cloze ActivityFill in the blanks in the short reading passage using words from the word bank. Or go to the answers.	Rewrite the Paragraph about SharksRewrite the paragraph, correcting the capitalization and adding punctuation marks. Or go to the answers.	Great White Shark: Word Hunt WorksheetHow many words can you make using the letters from "Great White Shark"? Sample answers: target, gash, heart, ... Go to worksheet with 30 blanks or a worksheet with 50 blanks.
Shark Poem - Poetry PromptWrite a poem about a shark. The lines of the poem begin with: It sees, It hears, It feels, It understands, It moves, It needs, It runs, It wants, It eats, and It dreams.	Shark Thoughts: Writing Prompt Write inside the thought bubble, expressing the thoughts of the shark. Or go to a pdf of the worksheet.	Write Ten Things About SharksA one-page printable worksheet. Write ten things about sharks (plus one thing you would like to change).
Sharks: Illustrated Acrostic PoemDraw a shark, then write an acrostic poem about it. Start each line of your poem with the letter on that line. Or go to a pdf of the poem.	Shark: Fact or Opinion? Color the picture of the shark, then write 5 facts and 5 opinions about sharks. A fact is supported by evidence and can be proven; an opinion is how you feel about something and is open to debate. Or go to a pdf of the worksheet (subscribers only).	Unscramble Adjectives: Adjectives Describing A Great White Shark  Unscramble the adjectives describing a great white shark. Go to the answers. Or go to a pdf of the worksheet and the answers (site subscribers only).

Math and Graphing Worksheets:

First Grade Math Games - PrintableThe student does simple addition problems and letter substitutions to answer a shark question.

Graph Shark SizesGraph the lengths of many sharks, then answer simple questions about the data.

Sharks: Reading and Understanding Tables Use the table to answer the questions about sharks. Or go to the answers. Or go to a pdf of the quiz and the answers (site members only).

All About Sharks: A Shark Information Site:

All About SharksLearn facts about sharks, see where they live, what they eat, and find out which sharks are the biggest, smallest, fastest, etc.

Shark Printouts to Read and Color:

Shark AnatomyLabel the shark external anatomy diagram. Answers	Shark: Printable Read-and-Answer WorksheetA printable worksheet on sharks with a short text, a labeled picture, definitions to match, and questions to answer. Or go to the answers.	AngelsharksBottom-dwelling, relatively harmless sharks with flattened bodies and a blunt snout.	Atlantic Sharpnose SharkA harmless requiem shark with a sharp snout.
Basking SharkA huge filter feeder and the second largest fish.	Basking Shark (Simple version)A huge filter feeder and the second largest fish.	Blue SharkA sleek, fast-swimming shark with blue skin.	Bull SharkA blunt-nosed, dangerous, gray shark that can also live in fresh water rivers and lakes.
Bull Shark (Simple version)A blunt-nosed, dangerous, gray shark can live in fresh water rivers and lakes.	Cookiecutter SharkA small shark that takes circular bites out of its prey. Also known as the luminous or cigar shark.	Dogfish SharkSmall, very common, relatively harmless sharks found worldwide.	Galapagos SharkA large predator found near islands in warm water.
Goblin SharkA bottom-dweller with a long, flattened snout.	Great Hammerhead SharkLarge predators with a hammer-shaped head.	Great White SharkAn enormous, ferocious predator found worldwide.	Great White Shark Simple VersionEnormous, ferocious predators found worldwide.
Greenland SharkA large, slow-swimming shark with glow-in-the-dark eyes.	Lemon SharkLarge, yellowish predators found near the surface and at intermediate depths.	Luminous SharkA small shark that takes circular bites out of its prey. Also known as the cookiecutter or cigar shark.	Mako SharkLarge predators that are the fastest fish!.
MegalodonA huge, extinct shark.	MegamouthA large, filter-feeding shark that was only discovered in 1976.	Nurse SharkLarge bottom-dwellers with rounded fins.	OrthacanthusA spined, extinct shark.
Port Jackson SharkA shark from waters off southern Australia.	Sandtiger Shark (Sand Shark) A shark that is cannibalistic before birth.	Thresher SharkThe Thresher Shark is a shark whose tail fin has a greatly elongated upper lobe.	Tiger SharkLarge predators found worldwide in warm seas.
Whale SharkThe largest fish and a filter feeder that eats tiny marine organisms and small fish.	Zebra Bullhead SharkA bottom-dwelling shark with zebra-like stripes.

Rays:

Manta RayThe largest ray.

RayFlattened fish that evolved from sharks.

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Shark Glossary

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ACANTHODIAN Acanthodians were the earliest jawed vertebrates. These early fish (Class acanthodii) lived from the Ordovician to the Carboniferous period. Although most Acanthodians were small, averaging roughly 5-6 inches (13-15 cm) long, some were much larger (for example, the genus Xylacanthus, known from its huge jaws, is thought to have been perhaps 3 feet (1 m) long). Some Acanthodians may have been primitive shark-like fish.

ACTINOPTERYGII Ray-finned fish (class Actinopterygii) are the largest group of fish. These bony fish evolved during the very end of the Silurian, about 408 million years ago. These fish dominate the seas today. Sharks are not ray-finned fish.

AMMONITE Ammonite was an early mollusk, a fast-moving predatory marine invertebrate. These cephalopods are now exinct.

AMNIOTE Amniotes are animals whose eggs contain an amnion, a membrane that surrounds the embryo and helps retain fluids. Mammals (including whales), birds, dinosaurs, turtles, and lizards are amniotes.

AMPHIBIAN Amphibians (meaning "double life") are vertebrate animals that live in the water during their early life (breathing through gills), but usually live on land as adults (and breathe with lungs). They include frogs, toads, newts, salamanders, etc.

AMPHIPODS Amphipods (meaning "double foot") are tiny shrimp-like crustaceans that live in the water. They are marine invertebrates under an inch long that have an exoskeleton and jointed legs. They are eaten in huge numbers by filter feeders such as the whale shark, the basking shark, the megamouth shark, and baleen whales.

ANADROMOUS Anadromous means migrating to fresh water (from salt water) to breed. For example, some salmon are anadromous.

ANAL FIN Anal fins are paired fins near the tail end of some fish. Some sharks have an anal fin, including the follwing orders:Carcharhiniformes, Lamniformes, Orectolobiformes, Heterodontiformes, and Hexanchiformes.

ANAPSID Anapsids include the turtles and their extinct kin. They are distinguished by having no holes in the sides of their skulls.

ANGELSHARK Squatina, also known as monkfish, are flat-bodied, bottom-dwelling sharks with a blunt snout.

ANTARCTICA Antarctica is an icy continent around the South Pole.

ANTERIOR Anterior means located on or near the front of an animal's body.

APLACENTAL VIVIPARITY Aplacental viviparity (which used to be called ovoviviparity) is when animals hatch from eggs, but the eggs hatch and the babies develop inside the female's body. There is no placenta to nourish the pups. Great white sharks reproduce in this manner.

ARCHITEUTHIS (pronounced ark-ee-TOO-this) Architeuthis is the giant squid. It is the largest squid and the largest invertebrate (animal without a backbone), but it has never been seen since it lives very deep in the oceans. The largest-known Architeuthis was 57 feet (17.5 m) long. It has eight arms, two longer feeding tentacles, a beak, a large head, and two eyes larger than basketballs! These soft-bodied cephalopods are fast-moving carnivores that catch prey with their tentacles, then poison it with a bite from beak-like jaws. They move by squirting water through a siphon, a type of jet propulsion. Only dead examples of Architeuthis have been found. Its only enemy is the sperm whale who hunts it deep in the ocean.

ARCTIC The Arctic is the area around the North Pole. There is no land under the arctic ice, but it is home to many animals. The only shark that remains in Arctic waters year-round is the Greenland shark.

ARTHROPODS Arthropods are a group of animals with exoskeletons made of chitin, segmented bodies and jointed limbs. Insects, arachnids, trilobites, crustaceans (like amphipods, krill and copepods), and others are arthropods.

ATLANTIC SHARPNOSE SHARK The Atlantic Sharpnose Shark (Rhizoprionodon terraenovae) is a harmless, edible, requiem shark (Family Carcharinidae). The Sharpnose is a small, slender shark with 5 gill slits, two dorsal fins, an anal fin, no fin spines, the mouth behind the eyes, and nictitating eyelids. It has a long, sharp snout, black-edged dorsal and caudal fins (which fade with age), and furrowed or wrinkled corners of the mouth. It is brown to olive-gray colored with white countershading on the belly and is from 2 to 4 feet (60-120 cm) long. A carnivore, it eats small fish, mollusks, and shrimp. The sharpnose is viviparous, with litters of 4 to 7 pups. Classification: Order Carcharhiniformes

ATOM Everything is made up of tiny atoms. An atom is the smallest part of an element that has the properties of that element.

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