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Ocean Animal Fact Books & Activities
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Kate Merian http://funinecse.blogspot.com/
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Activities Included: Animals Included: Crab, fish, lobster,
octopus, shrimp, starfish, whale, shark, clam
• Vocabulary word cards
• Animal Fact Books
• My favorite sea creature recording page
• Fun facts I learned writing page
Print vocab cards on cardstock and laminate. Cut apart. Have students tell you what they know about each animal. (great KWL opportunity).
Book Directions: print 1 to 2 sided and cut in half. Fold.
crab fish
lobster octopus
starfish shrimp
clam shark
whale seaweed
ocean
Crab Fact Book
Crabs live in the ocean and on
land.
Crabs tend to walk to one side.
Robber crabs are able to climb
trees.
Crabs eat algae. Male crabs have larger claws than
the females.
Horseshoe crabs date back to 200 million years ago.
Crabs have a short tail, exoskeleton
(shell) and a pair of claws.
Fish Fact Book Fish are vertebrate animals (a spine
covered by cartilage).
Fish have gills that extract oxygen
from around them.
Some flatfish use camouflage to hide themselves on the
ocean floor.
Fish are covered in scales.
Fish have been on earth for more than
500 million years!
Fish are cold blooded (body temperature changes to
surroundings).
A person who studies fish is called
an ichthyologist.
Lobster Fact Book
Lobster aren’t red. They are green,
yellow or blue. They turn red when
cooked.
Lobsters shed their shells or molt.
Lobsters can swim forward and backward.
Lobsters usually feed on clams,
snails, and crabs.
Lobsters can grow to 4 feet long and
40 pounds.
Lobsters can live as long as 100 years
old.
Lobsters have a crusher claw and a
pincer claw.
Octopus Fact Book
Octopus have 8 long legs
(tentacles).
An octopus can re-grow a tentacle if it
loses one.
Two rows of suckers line their
tentacles for taste.
An octopus is a mollusk (soft-
bodies invertebrate with a shell).
An octopus has a beak to open up their food (crabs
and clams).
Octopus can camouflage to their
surroundings.
Octopus can release ink if
scared.
Shark Fact Book
Sharks have been around for about 400 million years.
Sharks range in size from 6 inches
to 45 feet.
Sharks have the most powerful jaws
on the planet.
A shark can grow and use 20,000
teeth in its lifetime.
If a shark loses a tooth, another spins
forward from the rows of backup
teeth.
Sharks skin is made of denticles instead
of scales.
Sharks eat about 10 people a year, but people kills thousands of sharks a year.
Clam Fact Book
A clam is a mollusk that lives on the sand or in the
water.
A clam has no head, mouth, legs, or
arms.
Clams are made up of two shells and a
soft inner body.
The clam shells are connected by an
elastic hinge (like a ligament).
Clams eat plankton.
The gills of clams remove oxygen and food particles from
the water.
A clam cannot hear, taste, or smell.
Shrimp Fact Book
Shrimp are crustaceans found at the bottom of
the water.
Shrimp have an exoskeleton that is
colorless or transparent.
Shrimp live on riverbeds and ocean floors
around the world.
Shrimp are eaten by fish, crabs, starfish,
birds, whales, dolphins, and other sea animals.
Shrimp feed on algae, plant
particles, tiny fish, and plankton.
A female shrimp can lay up to a million eggs.
Shrimps stay in schools.
Starfish Fact Book
Starfish are echinoderms (spiny
skinned sea urchins).
Starfish cannot swim.
Starfish do not use gills to breathe.
Starfish’s spiky shell protects them from
birds and otters.
Some starfish have more than 5 arms (up to 40 arms)!
Starfish come in many colors and
patterns.
Starfish can regenerate arms.
Whale Fact Book
Whales are mammals (babies grown inside the
mother).
Whales breathe air and need to come
up to the surface to get air.
To breathe, whales have a blowhole at
the top of their head.
The blue whale is the largest animal in the
world.
Some whales can stay underwater for
90 minutes.
To rest, whales sleep only half their
brain so they remember to take
air in.
Some baleen whales sing.
Name_______________________________________
My favorite sea creature is a….
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My favorite sea creature facts are:
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Draw a picture of your favorite sea creature: