Click here for Math, History and other resources for Fourth Grade


A scavenger hunt prepared by Ms. Francis for Fourth Grade



Directions: Visit the Monterey Bay Aquarium web site. Use the information found there to fill in the blanks on your question sheet.The words underlined in blue are links to different places in the aquarium web site. Use your back button to come back to this page.

Choose the Kelp Forest Habitat here. In the activity "Is there kelp in your house" find five products that contain kelp ingredients (carrageenan, algin, beta carotene):


Seafood Watch has several features. Check out its fish list. name three species; include each one's habitat.

Watch one or more feeding shows, (go to Live Cam from the home page). Notice the dorsal fins on the fish. Sketch one.

Observe which way the caudal fin moves. Circle your choice: up& down      side by side.

To the left of the feeding shows there are "Cool Facts" After reading five "Cool Facts" decide which one is the most amazing.

Otters are so amazing!

Very thick fur: we have an average of 100,000 hairs on one head; otters have about 1,000,000 hairs per square ____

Very adept front paws:like a cat, otters have retractable ______ with which they can pry  ____ off of rocks.

Very busy creatures: otters spend about 8 hours per day ____   they groom their fur for  ______  per day and the rest of the day they __________

Voracious appetites
: Otters need to eat a great deal of food!
Here are some of the invertebrates they feast on: (list 5 or 6) __________    ____________    ____________

_______________________    _______________________    ____________________________

Name another amazing fact about otters

"Conservation"is an important aspect of learning about any habitat. Go to the conservation page. Draw a picture of or describe one consesrvation effort.
line


More Resources for Fourth Grade
Math fun and help
Grammar Gorillas and other language activities
National Geographic
Pony Express
Pony Express and the California Route
Pony Express Scavenger.html
http://www.xphomestation.com/frm-riders.html