Research & Development: CETOLOGIST
Training
Dolphins - how clever are they?
Bottlenose dolphins smile at each other when they
play - new study reveals how and why: Circle the Sage
Using the
Question Grid: Interrogate this Article!
WebQuest:
Sensory Biology and the Plight of the Right
Whales
Finding Nemo, Finding Dory, What next...? (under Film Producer)
Training
Dolphins - how clever are they?
Middle
Secondary
Australian
Curriculum General Capability:
Literacy
Australian
Curriculum General Capability: ICT Capability
Philosophy
Cooperative
Learning Activity
1. In groups of 4 - 5
students, read the following article from
The Conversation 19 September 2018
2.
Discuss as a group, the research involved in this article. Is this a surprise to you? Why? Why not?
3. To know more about the ability of dolphins, view this video
YouTube: How smart are
dolphins? - Lori Marino
https://youtu.be/05PpTqtGhGU
4.
At the end of this video, there
were three statements made. What were they? List them and discuss as a
group.
5. For a long time, the military have been using
dolphins in various ways. Read the following article
from
National Geographic and add to your overall knowledge of what
dolphins can do.
Here is another article on Military Cetology that you might like to read.
6. As a class, form a Community of Inquiry and discuss the three statements made at the end of the video above.
7.
Reflection.
How did the use of dolphins in the military effect you?
Middle
Secondary
Australian
Curriculum General Capability:
Literacy
Australian
Curriculum General Capability:
Critical and creative thinking
Teacher
If you need refreshing for this learning strategy, click here.
You are going to select or get 4 - 5 students to volunteer to read the following article from The Conversation 17 December 2024. They will be the Sages!
Then there will be teams of 3 - 5 students and they will go to the different sages to find out about the content of the article. These students will ask questions of the sages.
Get the students to follow "Circle the Sage" strategy.
Students
1. The selected or volunteer students (4- 5) of you,
are to read the article from
The
Conversation 17 December 2024 to become "Sages" about this article.
2. The rest of the class are to form teams of 3 - 5 students. These students are to go to different "Sages" (break up the teams to do this) and to listen to the "Sage" tell you about this article.
3. The team members are to then ask the Sages questions about the article.
4. If there is a query the Sage can't answer, then the team can ask another Sage.
Using
the Question Grid: Interrogate this Article!
Secondary
Australian
Curriculum General Capability:
Literacy
Australian
Curriculum General Capability:
Critical and creative thinking
Cooperative
Learning Activity
1. In groups of 3 - 5 students, read the following
article from
The Conversation 7 February 2025
2. Using the Question Grid, each student is to take one question from each of the 4 levels, and apply the question to the article. Write down all the questions and the answers. Share within with group.
WebQuest:
Sensory Biology and the Plight of the Right
Whales
[Word Doc
Local Copy
here]
Secondary
Rating:
Australian
Curriculum General Capability:
Information and Communication Technology Capability
Cooperative
Learning Activity
Designed for students in Years 9 - 12 but talented students in Year 8 could attempt this well constructed WebQuest. Students now have the added challenge to update this WebQuest to reflect the Southern Right Whale.
Resources to use:
Australian Museum: Southern Right Whale
SWIFFT - State Wide Integrated Flora & Fauna Teams - Southern Right Whale
