Whale World
Dive into the wonderful world of whales! Below, find three different activities you can try at home to explore the unique adaptations of cetaceans (including odontocetes, or toothed whales like beluga whales and dolphins, and mysticetes, or baleen whales like blue whales and right whales).
Activities
HEARING UNDERWATER
Explore how cetaceans hear underwater. Make a model that mimics how these animals use fatty tissues in their jaws to detect sound.
BLUBBER GLOVES
Make a blubber glove to discover how whales stay warm in polar regions!
Baleen
Baleen whales are some of the largest animals on Earth, but their food is tiny. This activity explores their highly specialized filter-feeding structure.