Shark Attack

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Shark Attack!
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Created by Ms. Helen Steele
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Purpose

• This game is a follow up to the Ocean Life
  PowerPoint in which 2nd graders were introduced
  to the idea that systems are made up of many
  different animals and each animal has many parts
  serving many different functions.
• This game will help students identify some
  characteristics of the living organisms SHARKS.

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TEKS

• (2.6) Science Concepts
• The student knows that systems have parts and are
  composed of organisms and objects.
• D. Observe and record the function of animal
  parts.
• (2.8) Science concepts
• The student distinguishes between living
  organisms and nonliving objects.
• A.  Identify characteristics of living
  organisms.

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Click on the right answer
or you could be EATEN!!!
READY?
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Where do sharks live?
lakes
oceans
ponds
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Most live in oceans all over the world but some
even live in freshwater rivers!
CORRECT!
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How many kinds of sharks are there?
287
464
1052
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That could have been close!!

• There are 464 species listed but, there are some
  more who have not found their way into the books
  yet...

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How do sharks breath?
gills
skin
mouth
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Good thing you know your stuff!

• They breath through their gills, just like fish
  do!

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How do sharks swim?
waves
fins
backstroke
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SAFE
for now

• Like fish, sharks use their fins to propel them
  though the water.

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What do sharks eat?
plants
fish
people
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You did it again!
The majority of sharks feed on live fish but of
course there are a few of them who would eat you
in less than a minute if you went to pay them a
visit. Nothing personal!
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What is the name of the biggest shark?
Bull Shark
Great White Shark
Whale Shark
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Whew! Youre almost there!

• The Whale Shark is the biggest shark in the
  ocean.
• It is more than 60 feet long and weighing in
  at over 2,000 pounds.

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How many kinds of fins do sharks have?
5
6
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How do you do it?

• Sharks have 5 different kinds of fins.
• 2 pectoral fins lift the shark.
• 2 pelvic fins stabilize the shark.
• 1 or 2 dorsal fins stabilize the shark.
• Not all sharks have an anal fin, but it provides
  stability for the sharks that do have one.
• The tail fin moves the shark forward.

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How are sharks teeth special?
Nice smile
Grow back
Several rows
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Almost Home-Free!

• Sharks have several rows of teeth that grow back
  when they fall out. They can have as many as
  30,000 teeth in their lifetime!!!

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How many senses does a shark have?
6

• .

5
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YOU DID IT!!!

• Six Hearing, vision, smelling, taste,
  vibration, electro-perception

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QUICK!

• Try again!

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CONGRATULATIONS!

• You survived
• Shark Attack!!!!

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References

• Capt. Toms Guide to New England Sharks
  http//www.newenglandsharks.com/shortfin.htm
• Discovery.com http//dsc.discovery.com/convergenc
  e/sharkweek2002/photo/photo.html
• Earth and Moon Viewer http//www.fourmilab.ch/cgi
  -bin/uncgi/Earth
• eNature.com http//www.enature.com/fieldguide/sho
  wSpecies_LI.asp?imageID18186
• Erich K. Ritter, Ph.D., Chief Scientist, Global
  Shark Attack File, Shark Research Institute,
  Princeton
• National Geographic.com http//lava.nationalgeogr
  aphic.com/pod/pictures/sm_wallpaper/NGM1997_06p26-
  7.jpg
• National Geographic.com http//lava.nationalgeogr
  aphic.com/cgi-bin/pod/archive.cgi?month1day22y
  ear02tid93
• National Geographic.com http//lava.nationalgeogr
  aphic.com/pod/pictures/sm_wallpaper/NGM1998_03p3-4
  .jpg
• National Geographic.com http//lava.nationalgeogr
  aphic.com/pod/pictures/sm_wallpaper/NGM1998_03p30U
  p.jpg
• MSN Learning and Research Plus
  http//encarta.msn.com/encnet/refpages/RefMedia.as
  px?refid461526348artrefid761562391sec-1pn1
• Ocean of Know http//www.oceanofk.org/sharks/shar
  ks.html
• Ocean Photos http//www.oceanphotos.com/d389-3.ht
  m
• Ocean Photos http//www.oceanphotos.com/d456-26.h
  tm
• Polihale.com http//polihale.com/display/42465
• Shark Foundation http//www.shark.ch/Sharkdb/shar
  kdb.shtml?fromCH
• Williams, John Theme from Jaws from the 1975
  movie Jaws, (downloaded off KaZaA Lite)