Follow up to the Sant Ocean Hall Exhibit

In order to check your work on the worksheet you completed at the museum this morning, click on the link below. 

http://www.mnh.si.edu/exhibits/ocean_hall/Galleries/introduction.html

If you finish this, you may finish your Puffin project,

Then, do Ticket to Read, Type to Learn or Dreambox!

Puffins!

To tie in with your Language Arts study of "Night of the Pufflings", we will spend some time researching puffins and pufflings using a mini webquest:

You will use the following links to find the answers to your questions:

http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/kids/animals/creaturefeature/atlanticpuffin/



http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/birds/printouts/Puffinprintout.shtml


http://www.brucemcmillan.com/FRB_PuffinPage.html


You will answer the following questions:

Puffins!
Atlantic puffins are birds that live at _____ most of their lives.	Because of the size of their beaks, Atlantic puffins are sometimes called:
Puffins eat small fish, such as __________ and ______________.	Another nickname for puffins is:
Puffins flap their wings over _______ times a minute.	The Atlantic puffin is about ____ inches long.
Puffins often become mates for:	The Atlantic puffin weighs about_______.
Puffins nesting sites are often found on _____________________ Where the birds and their eggs are safe from predators.	The color of the bill of a puffin is _______, ________, and ___________.
Puffins line their nests with: ________________________ _______________________.	The color of the legs of a puffin are:
The breeding ground for about 60 percent of the world’s Atlantic puffins is:__________________	The main predator of puffins is: _______________________.
The scientific name of the puffin is: _____________ ______________________.	The parents will abandon the puffling, who will leave the nest after about a week to search for ____________.
The Atlantic Puffin may live to be more than ___ years old.	Atlantic puffling population is _____________
Puffins are the provincial birds of _________ and ________.	Their bodies, similar in shape to the Penguins, are wonderful for:
Both parents feed a puffling for about ___ Weeks.	Pufflings are true seabirds because they come ashore to _______ and then spend most of their lives in the___________.

Pixie Geometry Drawings

Your challenge today is to use a variety of lines and angles to create a Pixie picture.  Mrs. Khanijoun tells me you have studied the following terms:

You can be wildly creative, and use them in many ways to illustrate a picture.  I would like to see you use... AND LABEL at least five of the terms above.  Here are a few samples from last year's class:

Wow me, please!!

Mrs. Morello

Where in the World was Mrs. Morell??

Last week, I had the opportunity to travel to West Africa for a bit of an adventure.  Can anyone figure out where I was?

Ocean Websites for Research

Hi Third Graders,

You are about to embark on research for your Ocean Life project, so we have put together a bank of resources to help you.  It is always wise to begin with online Encyclopedias, such as Britannica and Groliers, then move to the other websites.  You will spend today exploring the following sites, and filling out information in your fact sheets. 

Have Fun,

MB

Baltimore Aquarium

http://www.aqua.org/explore/animals#location=.l01

 

Britannica Online

http://school.eb.com/

Enchanted Learning Ocean Animal printouts

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/themes/ocean/animals.shtml

 

Groliers Online

http://go-middle.grolier.com/

 

National Geographic – Animal Fact Sheets

http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/kids/animals/creaturefeature/

 

New England Aquarium –

http://www.neaq.org/animals_and_exhibits/index.php

Sea World Animal Bytes

http://www.seaworld.org/animal-info/animal-bytes/

 

Shedd Aquarium – Explore by Animal

http://www.sheddaquarium.org/explore_by_animal.html

Dreambox!

When you finish the Ghana ComicLife project, you may try Dreambox!:

https://play.dreambox.com/login/rgsc/holyts

Just click on 3rd Grade, and then your name to get started.  It should be great fun - can't wait to see how you like it! 

Mrs. Morell



Ghana Webquest with National Geographic Kids

http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/kids//places/find/ghana/

Today, we will use the National Geographic Kids page on Ghana to learn a bit about this African nation.  Once you complete the webquest, you may begin a ComicLife project on Ghana.

Happy questing!