Junior Curators: Whales
April 2022's theme was Whales!
UAMN photo by Emily Koehler-Platten.
Discover whales in culture, science, and art!
Try a blubber experiment, make a model boat, create a whale collage, and more.
At Home Activities:
The links are all PDF documents.
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Blubber Gloves Experiment: Explore how blubber keeps animals warm in cold water.
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Create a Model Umiak: Discover some ways people use marine mammals by making a model boat.
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Create an Ocean for Whales: Explore whale habitats by making a collage.
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Make an Arctic Food Chain: Learn how the biggest animals in the ocean eat some of the smallest ones.
Left to Right: Blubber Gloves, Arctic Food Chain, and Model Umiak examples.
Watch a preview of Arctic Currents, a UAMN film about bowhead whales:
For activities designed for kids ages 5 and under, go to the Virtual Early Explorers page.