Are Great White Sharks As Dangerous As We Think They Are?
National Geographic Xpeditions
Ocean Literacy Principles:
OLP#5: The ocean supports a great diversity of life and ecosystems.OLP#6: The ocean and humans are inextricably interconnected.
Overview
Students discuss their existing thoughts on sharks and analyze a map of reported shark attacks. After viewing and discussing both a painting of a shark attack and an image of a researcher swimming with a bull shark, students do research to determine the real dangers posed by and to sharks.
For more information:
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions
SUBJECTS:
GRADES: Third Grade, Fourth Grade, Fifth Grade
fish_bottom
View Related Ocean Media Content
-
5179
Shark Fin Genetics
-
2799Great White Shark: One Species at a Time
-
2798
Great White Shark at Surface
-
2794
Dr. Mahmood Shivji
-
2792
Sharks Threatened by Finning
-
2615
X-Ray Image of a Winghead Shark
-
2616
X-Ray Image of a Monterey Skate
-
2618
X-Ray Image of a White-Rimmed Stingray
-
2625
Dwarf Lantern Shark
-
2590
Dead Great White Shark
-
2607
Teeth from Giant Megatooth
-
2608
How big are Great White Sharks?
-
2609
Fossil tooth spiral
-
2610
Illustration of Helicoprion
-
2611
Ancient Great White Shark
-
2601
TOPP cartoon of Omoo
-
2602
Built for Speed
-
2603
Gaping Jaws of a Great White Shark
-
2604
Shark Senses
-
2605
Giant Megatooth Model
-
2606
Biomimicry Shark Denticles
-
2592
Breaching Sequence
-
2593
Breaching Sequence 1
-
2719
Shark Nets Video
-
2666
Scary
some people think that sharks are just protecting themselves, that's why they attack, is that true?not really, they are not protecting themselves its just that in the water, to them we look like a seal because of our splashing and movement.
Submitted by Anonymous on Sat, 11/12/2011 - 3:42pm.I think we don't see sharks as we should they are not killers, they just protect them selves!
Submitted by Anonymous on Sun, 01/30/2011 - 5:21pm.