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Our friend, Calvin, built a hammerhead shark! |
We made a special shark center for all the wonderful shark books we borrowed! |
The shark center is VERY popular! |
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Friends working on our KWL (What do you KNOW about sharks? What do you WANT to know about sharks? What have you LEARNED about sharks?) chart! |
What do you KNOW about sharks? |
What do you WANT to know about shaks? |
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What have you LEARNED about sharks? |
The class voted and decided to learn about and build a tiger shark. We have been reading about tiger sharks in books and on the Internet. We have made a HUGE web of facts. |
Everyone signed up for a construction crew to help build the tiger shark. |
| The Framing Crew found out that tiger sharks can grow to be 17 - 20 feet! This was a too big for the Green Pod, so they decided to build a younger tiger shark who is 9 feet long. Also, they found out that the tiger shark's stripes get lighter as they get older. By making a younger shark, our shark can have distinguishable stripes. |
They began by measuring out 9 feet of paper and several smaller pieces for the fins and tail. |
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 Then, using a picture from a book, they drew the body, tail, and fins. |
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 Lastly, each piece of the shark was cut out. |
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 We saved all the scrapes from the Framing Crew for the Stuffing Crew to use later! |
The Painting Crew decided the shark should be a blue/grey. They also determined that the underside of the shark should be white. They laid large pieces of black paper down first, to protect the carpet. As they got started, this crew realized their job was too big for a few friends, so they invited others to help! |
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| The Stuffing Crew will get together to work on putting all of the tiger shark pieces together... |
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The Painting Crew came to work again on the tiger shark's stripes, gills, and eyes... |
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We reevaluated the shark and realized he/she was missing a second dorsal fin, nostrils, and teeth! The children quickly got to work to add the final touches... |
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The Habitat Crew met next to determine what the tiger shark needed for his/her environment... |
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After we had everything hung, including water and seaweed for the habitat, the children realized our shark did not have a remora fish. In every shark book we read and looked at, tiger sharks had remora fish that lived on or near them. The remora fish eat all the shark's scraps. We quickly began researching the remora fish to determine how big and what color it need to be.... |
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Once we had everything hung, the children worked to sort all the books we borrowed by owner. Then, they wrote thank you notes and delivered them to the teachers. |
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Be sure to check out our tiger shark and remora fish next time you visit the Green Pod! |
