Sea Creatures Watercolor and colored pencils th By 5 graders Mrs. Bolton’s and Mr. Wells’ classes Stony Point Elementary School April 2015 Sea Creature Project Our sea creature projects were a long and hard process. We started out with finding an interesting animal that we wanted to learn more about. Then, we took some small notes and a sketch of the animal. After that, we did a more detailed sketch. Our class drew a final drawing on a piece of strong art paper. We painted the paper blue and put salt on it to make it look like the ocean. Soon after that, we took colored pencils and made our animals have color. We had to do it in layers, so that they would look bold. After the coloring, our class took more detailed notes and divided them into headings. We went to Word and put the notes onto pages. We made covers, put in pictures, and other cool pages. When we were all done, we used the color printer to print them. And that is how we made our sea creature books! Hope you like them. “I decided to do a narwhal because they’re awesome. First, I researched it and sorted it on cards. Then I typed it up and put pictures to make my pages interesting.” Lionfish By AustinBy Austin Venom needle fins Look out, don’t get close to oneclose one They have lightning fast reflexes Red and white zebra stripes turkeyfish, dragonfish worldwide, 15 inches long Grouper Large mouth, small teeth Special teeth to handle prey Eats everything that comes to it Lives on rocky sea beds Over-fished by people Tasty to eat ‘cause they have a bunch of meat By Amontae McCoy Spotted Dolphin By Alexis Waldemar Babies have no spots When age 4, they get their spots They leave mom when they are 5 They eat fish and squid They live in tropical water They have lots of pointed teeth SPERM WHALE Sperm whales are awesome they have a gigantic brain in the good book Moby Dick tail hangs floppily lives at surface of ocean eats giant squid for dinner -Ben SPERM WHALE HABITAT The sperm whale (physeter macrocephalus) can be found in any ocean, cold or warm water. FOOD CHAIN Giant squid is 80% of the sperm whale’s diet. The rest is octopus, shrimp, fish, crab and other creatures. It can be dangerous for whales to get its food because the squid fight back. The sperm whales’ only predator, besides humans, is orcas that will attack weak adults and babies. INTERESTING FACTS 1. Sperm whales have the largest brain of any animal in existence (5 times the size of a human’s). 2. Sperm whales are the largest toothed mammal. 3. They live to be about 60 years old. 4. Adult males live alone, and women and calves live together. 5. Adults can eat up to a ton (2,000 lbs.) of food per day. PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS The head of a sperm whale is squared, with a small jaw. The head is large and is ⅓ of its body length. They have one blow hole on the left side of their head. This blow hole projects forward instead of up. BEHAVIORAL CHARACTERISTICS Sperm whales do a low blow as they come up to the surface of the ocean. They spend most of their time at the surface. When they come up only their head comes up and their tail hangs floppily down. Sometimes two or more groups of sperm whales combine to make a group of twenty to thirty sperm whales. Female sperm whales spend most of their time at the surface, and twenty five percent of their time sleeping. All of this is done in the day time. Manta Ray by Carter Flying through water Floating plankton in my mouth Swimming in a coral reef Black and white colors No stinger on tip of tail Two black and white wings to swim o Manta rays are the biggest rays. They can grow up to 25 feet long! That’s more than half the length of a school bus! They have two types of fins; the cephalic fins that are stuck to their faces, and the pectoral fins that they use to move and steer. Male mantas are bigger than female mantas. Two types of fins, pectoral and cephalic Pectoral are for swimming MANTA RAY cephalic are the things Anatomy stuck to their face WHOA! That’s a big ray. Manta rays are no doubt, BIG FISH. They can grow up to 25 feet long and weigh 3000 pounds. cephalic fins Cephalic fins are not just fins stuck to a face of a Manta Ray, they have a use. Feeding The cephalic fins help with feeding by filtering plankton out from the water. Giant Squid By Case Norford A dull red color Eats smaller squids and small sharks Lives in cold arctic waters Weighs about a ton Longer than colossal As long as a semi-truck WHAT DID THE GIANT SQUID SAY TO THE NEWSCASTER? WHAT? YOU’RE SQUIDDIN ME RIGHT KNOCK KNOCK WHO’S THERE? GIANT GIANT WHO GIANT SQUID! HELP BOLT THE DOOR!! WHAT DO YOU GET WHEN YOU CROSS A SQUID AND A DOG? WHAT? A VERY FRIGHTENED MAILMAN! Giant squids grow up in places that are safe. Most live in Arctic waters. Their only predators are deep sea sharks. Giant squids have been spotted off the coast of New Zealand. Giant squids live in the midnight zone. Green Sea Turtle Gliding through water Eating sea grass and algae Migrating long distances Cute little hatchlings Scurrying to the ocean Returning to where they hatched Amazing Green Sea Turtles By Charlotte Do I see a shark?!! Green Sea Turtles live in tropical and subtropical areas. These turtles are slow, even in water. Green Sea Turtles are the largest hard shelled turtles. Sea Turtle Jokes What did the Green Sea Turtle say to the Sea Grass? Pleased to eat you! Predators Adult Green Sea Turtles only predators are sharks, because they are big and have hard shells. Baby Green Sea Turtles are a different story. They’re small, and their shells are soft. At hatching time, there are thousands scurrying to the ocean. Crabs, raccoons, and seabirds all get an easy meal. Food Green Sea Turtles eat sea grass and algae FUN FACT Green Sea Turtles are one of the only vegetarian turtles. GREAT WHITE SHARK GREAT WHITE SHARK SEA KING SWIMMING THROUGH THE OCEAN FAST SHARP TEETH SWIFTLY MOVING CLOSE EATING FISH IS MEAL MOVING ABOUT WATER GRAY GRAY, HUNGRY, PREDATOR, SHARK BY: CHRIS SEA SNAKESSEA SNAKES Glares in the light of a summer night, Traps its prey with a venomous bite, Glides through the water with its prey in its mouth, It’s a feast without a doubt. by Grayson Mitchell Sea snakes eat eels, crustaceans, fish, and sea cucumber. They drink the water off the top of the ocean. Sea snakes are also called coral reef snakes. There are over 50 species of sea snakes. One of these is hydrophiinae. Sea snakes may swim up rivers. They have been seen 160 kilometers (99 mi.) from the sea. Orca Orcas are awesome killer whales are cetaceans they are as big as a bus They are black and white they live in polar regions orcas weigh up to 6 tons By: Hayleigh Moneymaker Clownfish Sedoka None in Atlantic I am born male dies female Eaten by shark larger fish Side fins help them steer Covered in slime and mucus Fecal provides nutrients By: Kaitlyn Craddock NUDIBRANCH Very Colorful sandy shallows and the reefs feed on sponges and algae move around a lot enormous amounts of food some can even swim away By Kasia Buyaki There are two things a nudibranch likes to do- 1. Move around alot 2. Eat enormous amounts of food If they are disturbed some can even swim away. These creatures have complex sense organs which are able to detect their food. This nudibranch feeds on sponges, algae, and anemones. They eat enormous amounts of spicy foods without paying the consequences. You can find these nudibranchs almost anywhere. When you snorkel, you may see them in the sandy shallows and reefs. They go all the way down to the murky waters of 1 mile down. These nudibranchs are cute, but did you know some physical characteristics of this creature? They’re snails without a shell, so like a slug. They crawl on their belly flesh, it might sound gross. It also has a rasp-like tongue. Whale shark Whale sharks are awesome Biggest fish on the planet Live in warm temperate seas Weigh twenty five tons Up to forty feet in length They have three thousand small teeth -Lach NarwhalNarwhal By: Lucas Garrett Glide through the water The unicorn of the sea Clicking and swimming they go They like cold water Holes in the ice help them breathe They are as big as a bus Blue-ringed Octopus really cool creatures all over the world today but if you don’t see them then but my favorite you’re about to be sea creature is the blue ringed in for a surprise trip to octopus, because the old hospital it is very colorful eating crabs is their very and when you see blue favorite snack flashing lights in the water and you will it is a warning be a good snack too by Luke LONGHORN COWFISH Have deadly toxins Are yellow and have white spots Can be 20 inches long Are bottom feeders No known actual gender Very territorial By Madalynn Roberson Hammerhead Shark Longest 20 feet Eyes on side of hammer head They live in the Atlantic They are carnivores Name from the shape of their head Use their head as a weapon By Mekhi Brown MANDARIN FISH NEED SPECIFIC FOOD GLIDING THROUGH THE CORAL REEF I LIVE IN THE PACIFIC CAREFUL AROUND ME MULTIPLE COLORS ON ME BRIGHT LINES BACK AND FORTH Written by: Melani Burkhart MANDARIN FISH Did you know that the mandarin fish is one of the most breath- taking fish ever found? HABITAT The mandarin fish is native to the Pacific Ocean.