Student Instructions
There are 38 species of dolphins. The Bottlenose dolphin is the most well-known species of dolphin. Bottlenose dolphins live in the Indian River Lagoon. Today, you are going to use your creativity skills to invent a new dolphin species. This project is based on the book, If a Dolphin Were a Fish by Loran Wlodarski. We are going to start with a video from Mystery Science. In the video, Doug combines a dolphin and a shark to get a Sholphin. Even though this is impossible, it is fun to pretend. 1. Click the to watch the video . 2. Listen to If a Dolphin Were a Fish. 3.. Pick a species to combine with a dolphin. You cannot do π¬ + π¦ . 4. Be creative with art supplies and the dolphin outline to create your new species. 5. Write a summary on paper π using the pattern in the book. "If a dolphin were a fish it would ___. But a dolphin is not a fish. A fish ___. A dolphin ___." 6. Take a of your new dolphin species. 7. Click to open the template. 8. your . 9. Use the tool to name your new species. Be creative. π¬ + π¦ = Sholphin 10. Use the to record your written summary. 11. Click the green to save.
Writing Template https://docs.google.com/document/d/1dXeYtT04ai8Dcqrd2LG_G8zAbB2VYYwS/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=111045552462609588390&rtpof=true&sd=true Display After students record their summary, I print the QR Codes. I attach the QR Codes to their art project and hang them in the hall. Everyone loves scanning the codes to hear about the new species of dolphin. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1128bfRWb0TMfIgZnUCTJADmCB3cO2CF0/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=111045552462609588390&rtpof=true&sd=true