Our 3^rd graders loved learning about whales.  We read several fiction and non-fiction books, (see our book list and more whale books ) and did projects and activities in Language Arts, Math, Science, Social Science, and Art. Thinking maps made with Inspiration helped us create our final projects using HyperStudio, and we inserted the pictures we drew in HyperStudio into our Inspiration projects. Inspiration, HyperStudio and art make the curriculum accessible to students of all abilities – regular ed, GATE, special ed, and English Language Learners. Inspiration thinking maps connect California Standards in Language Arts, Mathematics, Science, and Social Science.

Here are a few examples of our Inspiration and art activities:

Inspiration 7.0

Art

Humpback

Narwhal

Orca

Gray

Gray

Narwhal

Orca

Mr. Cody’s Book List

Baby Whale’s Journey, Jonathan London

Do Whales Have Belly Buttons? Questions and answers about whales and dolphins, Melvin and Gilda Berger

Great Whales The Gentle Giants, Patricia Lauber

Whales of the World, June Behrens

Whales, Dolphins, and Porpoises, Mark Carwardine, a See and Explore Book

Whales, Gilda Berger

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