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Sensational Sharks in This Resources Pack Resources Pack Sensational Sharks In this resources pack p2 p3 p4 Fin-tastic Detective Shark Scramble Colouring: Shark Spotter p5 p6 p7 Poster: Whale Shark Illustration: Eco Kids Quiz Planet Endangered Sharks Poster: Caribbean Colouring: Save the Castaway Reef Sharks p9 Goblin Shark p10 p11 Make Your Own: Glossary Answers Flower Potions p12 p13 p15 ecokidsplanet.co.uk 41 Claremont Rd, Barnet, EN4 0HR Fin-tastic Detective Ever wanted to be a marine biologist? One of the most helpful ways to identify a shark is by looking at their fins. Using your magazine, can you identify to which shark species each fin belongs? 1 2 _____________________________________ _____________________________________ 3 4 _____________________________________ _____________________________________ 5 6 _____________________________________ _____________________________________ Did you know: Shark fins only poke Find the out if they swim to the surface to answers on investigate something up there – or if page 15 they’re in extremely shallow water. 2 ecokidsplanet.co.uk Shark Word Scramble KASGINB KEOCOI RUTTEC NLGBOI PITWEHTI MAREDMAHHE TEHSERRH Find the answers on TEGIR page 15 MAOK INSTRUCTIONS Unscramble each of the clue words. Take the letters that appear in boxes and unscramble them for the final answer. 3 ecokidsplanet.co.uk Colouring: Shark Spotter Find the answers on page 15 You need shark vision for this game. Find and colour the following objects: 1) Pair of antlers 5) Turtle 8) Cloud 2) Anchor 6) Foot 9) Hat 3) Bird 7) Pair of glasses 10) Crab 4) Angler fish 4 ecokidsplanet.co.uk Whale Shark at the Surface, ©Alex Mustard/naturepl.com Caribbean Sea Quiz Planet Jaw-some Crossword Across 2. Sharks don’t have bones; what are their skeletons made of? 4. The largest shark in the world 5. Which shark has a saw for its snout? 6. This shark looks like an old rug! 8. What shape is the great white shark’s body? 9. The tail of this shark could be as long as the rest of its body Down 1. A spectacular behaviour when a shark propels itself out of water to catch prey! 3. A huge beast 5. The shark’s main super-sense 7. This shark has a remarkable ability to walk on its fins Spot Eight Differences 7 ecokidsplanet.co.uk Shark Grid Game Can you work out where each of these spectacular sharks fits into the grid? All of the words should be written vertically, from the top to the bottom. The letters running horizontally in the orange boxes should spell out a word that describes all these sharks. GOBLIN GREENLAND HAMMERHEAD LEOPARD NURSE MEGALODON MEGAMOUTH TIGER Joke Corner Q: What did the mum shark say to the kid shark? Q: How did the hammerhead do on A: Watch that sharkasm, his test? young man. A: He nailed it! Q: What do you call a shark that delivers toys at Christmas? A: Santa Jaws! Cartoon Scott Nickel by Find the answers on page 15 8 ecokidsplanet.co.uk A Shiver of Caribbean Reef Sharks, Caribbean Sea ©Alex Mustard/naturepl.com Colouring: Goblin Shark Save the Castaway Oh no! What a shipwreck! Help the castaway swim to the island without getting eaten! Find the answers on page 15 11 ecokidsplanet.co.uk dry dark place. They can take up to a week to fully dry. Step 3: Pull the dried flowers from their stems and add them to a pestle and mortar. The petals will be dry and crunchy! What a great sound they make. Have a go at grinding them down. Step 4: This is where the magic begins! Separate your flowers as colour groups into your jars. Top them up with water. Make your Own: Step 5: Add a vibrant Flower Potions splash of colour with a couple of drops of Nothing captures the imagination like the food colouring. scents and colours of swirling potions. Use nature’s magnificent blooms as special Step 6: For a special ingredients for casting different spells! fragrance, add a couple of drops of scented bath oil or essential oils. What you need: y Jars Step 7: For extra magic, add a dusting of y Flowers edible or biodegradable glitter. Swirl it all y Water together and watch your ingredients come y Edible or eco glitter alive! Remember, this is your potion. Be y Natural food colouring as creative as you like! How about mixing y Pestle and mortar (for dried different colours together? Or keeping flowers – optional) one potion dry for sprinkling? y Child-friendly natural essential oils (optional) Foraging list: What to do: Dandelions – bring sunshine Step 1: Go on a nature hunt! What Forget-me-knots – bring memories magical treasures can you find? Make Buttercups – bring happiness sure you don’t take too many wildflowers Daisies – bring love – save some for the bees. Try to pick Blossom – brings beauty them with their stems for drying out Bluebells – bring wisdom (next step). Avoid picking berries and Cowslips – bring fortune mushrooms in case any of them are toxic. Use our ‘foraging list’ to see what flowers are known for their powers. Step 2: Dry out some of your flowers. Any that have stems can be tied together with string. Hang them upside down in a 12 ecokidsplanet.co.uk Glossary – Sensational Sharks Ampullae (noun, plural) Estuary (noun) Special electroreceptor The mouth of a river, where it organs on a shark’s nose, eyes reaches the sea. and mouth. Mangrove (noun) Basihyal (noun) A type of tree that grows along A shark’s tongue. tropical coasts. Behemoth (noun) Megalodon (noun) A huge beast. The largest extinct species of shark. Cold-blooded (adjective) When an animal’s body temperature is controlled by the Scythe (noun) temperature of its environment. A long, curved blade used for cutting grass. Constellation (noun) A group of stars that forms a Vertebrae (noun, plural) recognisable pattern. Small bones that form a spine. Find the answers on page 15 13 ecokidsplanet.co.uk Glossary Sentences ampullae basihyal behemoths cold-blooded constellation estuaries mangrove megalodon scythe vertebrae Use the above words to complete the sentences below. Write your answers in the blank spaces. 1 Thresher sharks are pretty terrific fish. You could say they’re tail-tastic! They’re quite literally STUNNING! Because that’s what they do. They stun smaller fish with their tremendous, __________________-like tails! 2 ______________________ teeth were almost three times larger than the teeth of a modern great white shark! 3 Have you ever heard of the ______________________ of Lorenzini? No, this isn’t a famous Roman emperor but special electroreceptor organs on a shark’s nose, eyes and mouth. These special sensory organs help sharks locate prey even if it’s buried in the sandy ocean floor. That’s because they can sense temperature change and electromagnetic fields! 4 The daggernose shark’s small size (it measures up to 1.5m long) and paddle- shaped pectoral fins mean it can also move easily through the tangle of tree roots in underwater ______________________ forests. 5 Scientists found a way of testing the sharks’ ______________________ to discover their age. 6 Not a lot is known about the daggernose shark. This mysterious fish is only found along a small section of the South American coast. It lives close to the coast in shallow seas and ______________________. 7 Whale sharks are covered with white spots, like an underwater ______________________ of stars! Their beautiful markings are as unique as human fingerprints. 8 Whale sharks are omnivores but they are truly gentle giants. So, rather than avoiding them, tourists flock to swim with these peaceful ______________________. 9 Sharks have a small piece of cartilage on the floor of their mouth called a _____________________. It’s not your typical tongue – for a start, it has no taste buds. 10 Most fish are ______________________– yet again, some sharks are in a league of their own. Great white sharks have a special system called a countercurrent heat exchange. This keeps their body about 10 degrees warmer than Find the the ocean around them. answers on page 15 14 ecokidsplanet.co.uk ANSWERS Fin-tastic Detective: 1) Daggernose shark 3) Great white shark 5) Thresher shark 2) Whale shark 4) Epaulette shark 6) Cookie-cutter shark Shark Scramble: Shark Spotter: B A S K I N G C O O K I E C U T T E R G O B L I N W H I T E T I P H A M M E R H E A D T H R E S H E R T I G E R M A K O G R E A T W H I T E Quiz Planet Save the Castaway Jaw-some Crossword Shark Grid Game b M c a r t i l a g e b e H E e w h a l e A G s a w s h a r k c L M G A M m e h e m i E M R L E N l w o b b e g o n g O E E O G G U l t p g P R E D A T O R h a u A H N O M I B S l R E L N O G L E t o r p e d o t D A A U E I t h r e s h e r D N T R N e D H Spot Eight Differences Glossary Sentences 1. scythe 6. estuaries 2. megalodon 7. constellation 3. ampullae 8. behemoths 4. mangrove 9. basihyal 5. vertebrae 10. cold-blooded 15 ecokidsplanet.co.uk.
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