As a cooperative effort between Mrs. Posthlewait, Mrs. Weber and Mrs. Heban, the teachers developed a whale unit over two weeks that offered the students in the three classrooms a wide variety of whale activities. Students used a tic-tac-toe board of whale activities with the center square being a book report. Each student had to choose a tic-tac-toe that went through the center so that each week, a book report was written with two additional choice activities to complete the tic-tac-toe. Each of the classrooms had different activities, so the children moved to the rooms that offered their choices. Some of the activities were computer research, video, painting, whale mobile, fantasy story, and pattern block whales. Please see the Whale Tale presentations of Mrs. Weber and Mrs. Postlethwait for their contributions.

In Mrs. Heban's Bee room, a whale ABC activity was developed that had 10 whale shaped cards. On one side was the name of a whale. On the other side were facts about that whale such as baleen or toothed, weight, length and where it lives. The children had to put the ABC whales in order and read the names to the teacher. They then were challenged to sort the whales by type, to order them by weight, length, etc. The whale cards were very interactive and informative.

Another activity the children did very well with was making a labelled drawing using the overhead. Transparencies of whales from the Enchanted Learning website were made. The children had a choice of which whale they wanted to enlarge and copy. Some went on to complete the underwater scene while others stayed with a detailed labelled drawing. The children enjoyed the various activities, having the freedom to choose and move about responsibly, and to learn about whales in so many different media.