Official Kids Mag www.kidscoop.com © Vicki Whiting November 2021
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Which scar
you more?
A shark or
a bee?
es
Hammerhead
Shark
Leopard
Shark
Thresher
Shark
Sand Tiger
Shark
Great White
Shark
Standards Link:
Students
recognize
similarities and
differences in
common
objects.
Most people are more afraid of sharks than bees. Yet bee stings have killed more
people than sharks! Most of the more than 300 different kinds of sharks are not dangerous.
The Great White shark is the most dangerous of all, but hardly anyone sees it. It likes to stay in deep
ocean water where most people don't swim.
Standards Link: Life Science: Students understand that animals have different external features that help them survive in different habitats.
Sharks come in all shapes and sizes. Some have stripes.
Others have spots. Can you list one or more ways each
of these sharks is different from the others?
Example: The Leopard
shark has spotted
markings.
Did you know that Lantern sharks
have bellies that glow in the dark?
To learn more fascinating facts
about sharks, take a dive into
your local library!
No two kinds of sharks have the same
kind of teeth. Scientists can tell what
kind of shark a tooth came from just by
the way it looks.
To find out what type of shark each tooth
came from, unscramble the words.
Match each
shark to its
silhouette.
Standards Link: Life Science: Animals have features that
help them survive in different environments.
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