Year of the Right Whale: Curriculum

Introduction to Right Whales

Right Whale Activities

IDENTIFICATION

• Right Whale Identification Activity (Includes printable PDF and a quick video)
• North Atlantic Right Whale Catalog (with video)

MIGRATION

• Where Do Those Females Go? (with printable PDF and video)
• Where Do the Males Go? (with printable PDF)
• Learning About Lifetimes (with printable PDF)
• Changes Over Time (with printable PDF)

ACOUSTICS

• Introduction to Acoustics (with printable PDF)

OTHER FUN ACTIVITIES

• Right Whale Origami
• Right Whale in Your Driveway

Additional Curricula About Right Whales

• Activities from the North Atlantic Right Whale Consortium
  • Online scavenger hunt, mapping, entanglement, historical uses of whale products, identification, and more!
• The World of North Atlantic Right Whales (Grades 6-8) – NOAA Northeast Regional Office
• Whale Traveling Trunk (Grades 3-6) – Cape Lookout National Seashore
• Whales: Activities Based on Research from the Center for Coastal Studies (Grades 1-4)
• Cetaceans 4^th Grade Curriculum – University of Florida/IFAS Extension
  (Lessons 11-17 are focused on right whales)
• North Atlantic Right Whale Coloring Book – Georgia Port Authority
• Facts About North Atlantic Right Whales – The Ocean Conservancy
• Chasing Bayla (Grades 9-10) – Curriculum Created for Boston Globe Foundation’s News in Education