{"id":535048,"date":"2008-05-20T09:37:00","date_gmt":"2008-05-20T17:37:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.centerdeep2.com\/riverbendprep\/2008\/05\/20\/shark-unit-study-day-one\/"},"modified":"2008-05-20T09:37:00","modified_gmt":"2008-05-20T17:37:00","slug":"shark-unit-study-day-one","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.centerdeep2.com\/riverbendprep\/2008\/05\/20\/shark-unit-study-day-one\/","title":{"rendered":"Shark Unit Study-Day One"},"content":{"rendered":"

We began a Unit Study on Sharks today.  I have not decided if we will make a lapbook or not.<\/p>\n

We read the book "A Sea Full of Sharks".  After reading the book, I asked the boys questions to see what they recalled. I gave all the answers here, but the ones bolded are the ones the boys answered.<\/p>\n

How many different kinds of sharks are there? (350)<\/p>\n

Sharks can be a long as (50feet)<\/p>\n

Sharks can be as small as 6 inches (A)<\/strong><\/u><\/p>\n

Most are between 6 to 7 feet (R)<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n

Name five kinds of sharks:<\/p>\n

R:
\nWhale
\nTiger
\nGreat White
\nDwarf
\nGoblin<\/strong><\/p>\n

A:
\nDogfish
\n<\/strong>Hammerhead
\n<\/strong>Bull
\n<\/strong>Black Tip
\n<\/strong>Saw<\/strong><\/p>\n

Of the 350 kinds of sharks, (25) have been known to attack people.  Of the 25 kinds that have been known to attack people, only (5) are considered dangerous to humans.<\/p>\n

Name the five kinds of sharks that are dangerous to people:
\n1) Hammerhead (A)
\n2)Great White Shark (R)<\/strong>
\n3)Tiger
\n4)Bull
\n5)Blue<\/p>\n

What kind of animal is the shark? Fish (R)<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n

All sharks live in water (Both)<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n

All sharks have alot of teeth (A)<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n

Name the differences between sharks and other fish:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Sharks<\/strong><\/td>\nFish<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
skeleton is cartilage<\/td>\nskeleton is bone<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Denticles<\/strong>-(tooth like spikes on skin)(R)<\/strong><\/td>\nScales (A)<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sharks have to keep moving or they will sink and drown-(A)<\/strong><\/td>\nFish can float and swim backwards (A)<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Sharks have a great sense of:<\/p>\n

    \n
  1. eyesight (A)<\/strong><\/li>\n
  2. smell (R)<\/strong><\/li>\n
  3. hearing (R)<\/strong><\/li>\n
  4. feel the vibration and movement in the water<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    When a shark loses a tooth, a new one replaces (A)<\/u><\/strong> it.<\/p>\n

    What kind of shark can live in both the ocean and in fresh water lakes and rivers. (Bull)<\/p>\n

    What are two ways that sharks are born:<\/p>\n

      \n
    1. hatched from an egg outside the mom’s body (A)<\/strong><\/li>\n
    2. live birth (most are born this way) (A)<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      True or False:  Sharks are known to eat other sharks. True (Both)<\/strong><\/p>\n

      Why do sharks attack humans? They are looking for food (Both)<\/strong><\/p>\n

      Why do humans kill sharks? <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
      All answers<\/strong><\/td>\nA’s Answers<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
      Cartilage-burn treatment chemicals<\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
      Skin-Leather goods and polishing aids<\/td>\nSkin- make boots, purses, belts<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
      Eye- Cornea transplant<\/td>\nEyes- transplants<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
      Jaws and Teeth-Souvenirs, Jewelry, Spear Points<\/td>\nTeeth-Jewelry<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
      Blood-Heart Disease Medicine<\/td>\nBlood-Medicine<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
      Stomach-Feed for Fish Hatcheries<\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
      Liver-Vitamins, Oil for makeup, Paint Base<\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
      Flesh-Meat, Fertilizer  Fins: Soup<\/td>\nFins- Soup<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

      I  had the boys practice writing ‘shark’ and ‘bull’ on the dry erase boards before we stopped for the day.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

      We began a Unit Study on Sharks today.  I have not decided if we will make a lapbook or not. We read the book "A Sea Full of Sharks".  After reading the book, I asked the boys questions to see what they recalled. I gave all the answers here, but the ones bolded are the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-535048","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general-homeschool"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.centerdeep2.com\/riverbendprep\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/535048","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.centerdeep2.com\/riverbendprep\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.centerdeep2.com\/riverbendprep\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.centerdeep2.com\/riverbendprep\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.centerdeep2.com\/riverbendprep\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=535048"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.centerdeep2.com\/riverbendprep\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/535048\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.centerdeep2.com\/riverbendprep\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=535048"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.centerdeep2.com\/riverbendprep\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=535048"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.centerdeep2.com\/riverbendprep\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=535048"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}