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Splash – Monitoring Humpback Whales

Students learn the importance of monitoring endangered marine mammals like humpback...

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Collision Course

Students analyze maps of shipping lanes and whale sightings to devise a new...

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WebQuest: Sensory Biology and the Plight of the Right Whales

This lesson introduces high school students (grades 9-12) to the topic of sensory...

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The Best Hope for Northern Right Whales

Students engage in a simulation to see how whales can have trouble avoiding ships....

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Baleen: From Whales to People

For being so big, right whales eat very small food, which they catch using baleen....

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Backbone of Biodiversity at Risk

The International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) maintains the...