Make an info graphic comparing humpback whales to humans for the Hawaiian National Marine Sanctuary.
Resource:
http://hawaiihumpbackwhale.noaa.gov/documents/education.html#information
Activity Book
http://hawaiihumpbackwhale.noaa.gov/documents/pdfs_activity_books/activity_book_2010.pdf
Whale ID Catalog-how can this relate to humans?
http://www.alaskahumpbacks.org/flukeIDcatalog.html
Things you may want to include:
-size differences
-organ size difference
-brain and nervous system differences
-feeding behavior/similarities and differences
-vestigial structures of both
-how long each holds their breath and how they do it
-why whales donʻt get the bends
-hearing and vision similarities/differences
-control of homeostaiss
-fat content of mothers milk
-hematocrit levels
-myosin levels
-population #ʻs in Hawaiʻi/Worldwide
-gestation
-duration of development of offspring
Resource:
http://hawaiihumpbackwhale.noaa.gov/documents/education.html#information
Activity Book
http://hawaiihumpbackwhale.noaa.gov/documents/pdfs_activity_books/activity_book_2010.pdf
Whale ID Catalog-how can this relate to humans?
http://www.alaskahumpbacks.org/flukeIDcatalog.html
Things you may want to include:
-size differences
-organ size difference
-brain and nervous system differences
-feeding behavior/similarities and differences
-vestigial structures of both
-how long each holds their breath and how they do it
-why whales donʻt get the bends
-hearing and vision similarities/differences
-control of homeostaiss
-fat content of mothers milk
-hematocrit levels
-myosin levels
-population #ʻs in Hawaiʻi/Worldwide
-gestation
-duration of development of offspring