Materials
White construction paper with pre-drawn people figures (draw 10 per child) Scissors
Crayons4 pieces of pre-measured string, 25' (7.5 m), 60' (18 m), 80' (24 m), 100' (30 m)Large piece of paper
Instructions
1. In advance, make a graph on the large piece of paper by dividing it into four sections top to bottom. Put a picture of a killer whale (25') on the left side of the first section, a sperm whale (60') below it in the next section and follow with the fin whale (80') and the blue whale (100') in the remaining sections.
2. Let the children each decorate 10 people on construction paper, to look like themselves, if they wish, and then cut them out.
3. Go outside and place each string on the ground, one at a time.
4. Ask the children to stand in a line holding hands and stretching their arms out.
5. Count how many children it takes to cover the length of each whale string.
6. Go back into class and place a paper child on the graph for each child it took to cover the length of each whale.More to doLanguage: Discuss with children characteristics of whales, such as breaching, blowing, jumping. Write in journals a few of these characteristics. Draw pictures to go along with the descriptive words.
