killer whales?
[email protected]
In a message dated 11/28/2003 7:22:17 AM Central Standard Time,
[email protected] writes:
Does anybody have any good, free, websites or "freebies" on the topic of
killer whales? My son has inquired about these creatures. Brittanica had 2
paragraphs and were a bit over his head.
He comfortably reads at a beginning chapter book level. He "thinks" on a
much higher level (age 11y). Thus, he's been reading more and more. He's caught
on that the world of reading has a lot to offer to him. Thank God he has
come to this conclusion! He did it on his own, and now he's bringing the words to
me for help that he can't decipher in a dictionary. His face lights up as he
discovers some new fact or digs deeper in a topic and he comes running to me
asking for "more!!!"
This particular time, he chose to ask Dad, Dad nearly fainted. They spent a
couple of hours sitting in front of the computer reading Brittanica, those 2
paragraphs. Mind you, Dad just got off working the night shift. The
excitement was contagious, our daughter (age 14y) came out to see what her brother had
jumped into. There was too much quietness for her, she was positive he had
dug into trouble. THREE hours later, all of them were still discussing their
"find" on killer whales. What a blessing :)
Spc in Mo
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[email protected] writes:
> The Pilgrims didn't celebrateTrue.
> Christmas so it's part of our penance to have to have them so close together
> in order to celebrate Christmas. ;-)
>
Does anybody have any good, free, websites or "freebies" on the topic of
killer whales? My son has inquired about these creatures. Brittanica had 2
paragraphs and were a bit over his head.
He comfortably reads at a beginning chapter book level. He "thinks" on a
much higher level (age 11y). Thus, he's been reading more and more. He's caught
on that the world of reading has a lot to offer to him. Thank God he has
come to this conclusion! He did it on his own, and now he's bringing the words to
me for help that he can't decipher in a dictionary. His face lights up as he
discovers some new fact or digs deeper in a topic and he comes running to me
asking for "more!!!"
This particular time, he chose to ask Dad, Dad nearly fainted. They spent a
couple of hours sitting in front of the computer reading Brittanica, those 2
paragraphs. Mind you, Dad just got off working the night shift. The
excitement was contagious, our daughter (age 14y) came out to see what her brother had
jumped into. There was too much quietness for her, she was positive he had
dug into trouble. THREE hours later, all of them were still discussing their
"find" on killer whales. What a blessing :)
Spc in Mo
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Tia Leschke
>I just googled orca +whales and got over 96,000 hits. I'd think you could
>
>Does anybody have any good, free, websites or "freebies" on the topic of
>killer whales? My son has inquired about these creatures. Brittanica had 2
>paragraphs and were a bit over his head.
find something there. Orca is the proper name for killer whales, but you
need to add whale to your request because there are other uses for the word.
We've been out fishing and had them surround us. They're beautiful creatures.
Tia
aicitticia
Here is a place I visited in college on a one week Orca sighting
expedition. We stayed on an island and went out on a boat every day
looking for Orcas. Sadly, we never got to see one, but it was a
fantastic trip nonetheless.
http://www.whale-museum.org/
Another couple of cool scientist who are all knowing in this area of
Killer Whales are Ken Balcom (who does a lot of orca identification
in the Puget Sound area) and Robin W. Baird (whom I think does a lot
of research on their communication).
I don't know about finding "age appropriate" intro stuff. I always
found that at his age I was interested in the people who were doing
the "stuff" as much as I was in the topic :).
Hope this helps.
Ticia
expedition. We stayed on an island and went out on a boat every day
looking for Orcas. Sadly, we never got to see one, but it was a
fantastic trip nonetheless.
http://www.whale-museum.org/
Another couple of cool scientist who are all knowing in this area of
Killer Whales are Ken Balcom (who does a lot of orca identification
in the Puget Sound area) and Robin W. Baird (whom I think does a lot
of research on their communication).
I don't know about finding "age appropriate" intro stuff. I always
found that at his age I was interested in the people who were doing
the "stuff" as much as I was in the topic :).
Hope this helps.
Ticia
Betsy
**Does anybody have any good, free, websites or "freebies" on the topic
of killer whales?**
Does your library carry "educational" videos on topics like this? My
library has started putting nonfiction videos in the stacks right with
the nonfiction (adult) books on the same topics.
The PBS show Nature has probably done several good sea mammal shows, and
National Geographic is also a good possibility.
Betsy
of killer whales?**
Does your library carry "educational" videos on topics like this? My
library has started putting nonfiction videos in the stacks right with
the nonfiction (adult) books on the same topics.
The PBS show Nature has probably done several good sea mammal shows, and
National Geographic is also a good possibility.
Betsy