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SSSSea ea ea ea
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Watercolor and colored pencils
By 5th graders
Mrs. Bolton’s and Mr. Wells’ classes
Stony Point Elementary School April 2015
Sea Creature Project Sea Creature Project Sea Creature Project Sea Creature Project Our sea creature projects were a long and hard process. We
started out with finding an interesting animal that we wanted to learn
more about. Then, we took some small notes and a sketch of the
animal. After that, we did a more detailed sketch. Our class drew a
final drawing on a piece of strong art paper. We painted the paper
blue and put salt on it to make it look like the ocean. Soon after that,
we took colored pencils and made our animals have color. We had to
do it in layers, so that they would look bold.
After the coloring, our class took more detailed notes and
divided them into headings. We went to Word and put the notes onto
pages. We made covers, put in pictures, and other cool pages. When
we were all done, we used the color printer to print them.
And that is how we made our sea creature books! Hope you like
them.
“I decided to do a
narwhal because
they’re awesome. First,
I researched it and
sorted it on cards.
Then I typed it up and
put pictures to make my
pages interesting.”
Lionfish By AustinBy AustinBy AustinBy Austin
Venom needle finsVenom needle finsVenom needle finsVenom needle fins
Look out, don’t getLook out, don’t getLook out, don’t getLook out, don’t get close to oneclose to oneclose to oneclose to one They have lightning fast reflexesThey have lightning fast reflexesThey have lightning fast reflexesThey have lightning fast reflexes
Red and white zebra stripesRed and white zebra stripesRed and white zebra stripesRed and white zebra stripes turkeyfish, dragonfishturkeyfish, dragonfishturkeyfish, dragonfishturkeyfish, dragonfish
worldwide, 15 inches longworldwide, 15 inches longworldwide, 15 inches longworldwide, 15 inches long
GrouperGrouperGrouperGrouper
Large mouth, small teeth
Special teeth to handle prey
Eats everything that comes to it
Lives on rocky sea beds
Over-fished by people
Tasty to eat ‘cause they have a bunch of meat
By Amontae McCoy
Spotted DolphinSpotted DolphinSpotted DolphinSpotted Dolphin By Alexis Waldemar
Babies have no spots
When age 4, they get their spots
They leave mom when they are 5
They eat fish and squid
They live in tropical water
They have lots of pointed teeth
SPERM WHALE
Sperm whales are awesome
they have a gigantic brain
in the good book Moby Dick
tail hangs floppily
lives at surface of ocean
eats giant squid for dinner
-Ben
SPERM WHALE
HABITAT
The sperm whale (physeter macrocephalus) can be found in any ocean, cold or
warm water.
FOOD CHAIN
Giant squid is 80% of the sperm whale’s diet. The rest is octopus, shrimp, fish,
crab and other creatures. It can be dangerous for whales to get its food because
the squid fight back. The sperm whales’ only predator, besides humans, is orcas
that will attack weak adults and babies.
INTERESTING FACTS
1. Sperm whales have the largest brain of any animal in existence (5 times the
size of a human’s).
2. Sperm whales are the largest toothed mammal.
3. They live to be about 60 years old.
4. Adult males live alone, and women and calves live together.
5. Adults can eat up to a ton (2,000 lbs.) of food per day.
PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS
The head of a sperm whale is squared, with a small jaw. The head is large and is
⅓ of its body length. They have one blow hole on the left side of their head. This
blow hole projects forward instead of up.
BEHAVIORAL CHARACTERISTICS
Sperm whales do a low blow as they come up to the surface of the ocean. They
spend most of their time at the surface. When they come up only their head comes
up and their tail hangs floppily down. Sometimes two or more groups of sperm
whales combine to make a group of twenty to thirty sperm whales. Female sperm
whales spend most of their time at the surface, and twenty five percent of their
time sleeping. All of this is done in the day time.
Manta Ray
by Carter
Flying through water
Floating plankton in my mouth
Swimming in a coral reef
Black and white colors
No stinger on tip of tail
Two black and white wings to swim
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MANTA RAY Anatomy
WHOA! That’s a big ray.
Manta rays are no doubt, BIG FISH. They can
grow up to 25 feet long and weigh 3000 pounds.
Manta rays are the biggest rays.
They can grow up to 25 feet
long! That’s more than half the
length of a school bus! They
have two types of fins; the
cephalic fins that are stuck to
their faces, and the pectoral
fins that they use to move and
steer. Male mantas are bigger
than female mantas.
Two types of fins,
pectoral and cephalic
Pectoral are for
swimming
cephalic are the things
stuck to their face
cephalic fins
Cephalic fins are not just fins
stuck to a face of a Manta
Ray, they have a use.
Feeding
The cephalic fins help with
feeding by filtering plankton
out from the water.
Giant SquidGiant SquidGiant SquidGiant Squid By Case Norford
A dull red color
Eats smaller squids and small sharks
Lives in cold arctic waters
Weighs about a ton
Longer than colossal
As long as a semi-truck
WHAT DID THE GIANT SQUID SAY TO THE NEWSCASTER?
WHAT?
YOU’RE SQUIDDIN ME RIGHT
KNOCK KNOCK
WHO’S THERE?
GIANT
GIANT WHO
GIANT SQUID!
HELP BOLT THE DOOR!!
WHAT DO YOU GET WHEN YOU CROSS A SQUID AND A DOG?
WHAT?
A VERY FRIGHTENED MAILMAN!
Giant squids grow up in places that are safe. Most live in Arctic waters. Their only predators are deep sea sharks. Giant squids have been spotted off the coast of New Zealand. Giant squids live in the midnight zone.
Green Sea Turtle
Gliding through water
Eating sea grass and algae
Migrating long distances
Cute little hatchlings
Scurrying to the ocean
Returning to where they hatched
Amazing Green Sea Turtles
By Charlotte
Do I see a shark?!!
Green Sea Turtles live in tropical and subtropical areas.
These turtles are slow, even in water.
Green Sea Turtles are the largest hard shelled turtles.
Sea Turtle Jokes
What did the Green Sea Turtle say to the Sea Grass?
Pleased to eat you!
Predators
Adult Green Sea Turtles only predators are sharks, because they are big and have hard shells.
Baby Green Sea Turtles are a different story. They’re small, and their shells are soft. At hatching time, there are
thousands scurrying to the ocean. Crabs, raccoons, and seabirds all get an easy meal.
Food
Green Sea Turtles eat sea grass and algae
FUN FACT
Green Sea Turtles are one of the only vegetarian turtles.
GREAT WHITE SHARK
GREAT WHITE SHARK SEA KING
SWIMMING THROUGH THE OCEAN FAST
SHARP TEETH SWIFTLY MOVING CLOSE
EATING FISH IS MEAL
MOVING ABOUT WATER GRAY
GRAY, HUNGRY, PREDATOR, SHARK
BY: CHRIS
SEA SNAKESSEA SNAKESSEA SNAKESSEA SNAKES
Glares in the light of a summer night,
Traps its prey with a venomous bite,
Glides through the water with its prey in its mouth,
It’s a feast without a doubt.
by
Grayson Mitchell
Sea snakes eat eels,
crustaceans, fish, and sea cucumber. They drink
the water off the top of the ocean.
Sea snakes are also called
coral reef snakes. There are over 50 species of sea
snakes. One of these is hydrophiinae. Sea snakes
may swim up rivers. They have been seen 160
kilometers (99 mi.) from the sea.
Orca
Orcas are awesome
killer whales are cetaceans
they are as big as a bus
They are black and white
they live in polar regions
orcas weigh up to 6 tons
By: Hayleigh Moneymaker
Clownfish Sedoka
None in Atlantic I am born male dies female Eaten by shark larger fish
Side fins help them steer Covered in slime and mucus Fecal provides nutrients
By: Kaitlyn Craddock
NUDIBRANCH
Very Colorful
sandy shallows and the reefs
feed on sponges and algae
move around a lot
enormous amounts of food
some can even swim away
By Kasia Buyaki
There are two things a nudibranch likes to do-
1. Move around alot
2. Eat enormous amounts of food
If they are disturbed some can even swim away.
These creatures have complex sense organs which
are able to detect their food. This nudibranch feeds on
sponges, algae, and anemones. They eat enormous
amounts of spicy foods without paying the consequences.
You can find these nudibranchs almost anywhere.
When you snorkel, you may see them in the sandy
shallows and reefs. They go all the way down to the
murky waters of 1 mile down.
These nudibranchs are cute, but did you know some
physical characteristics of this creature? They’re snails
without a shell, so like a slug. They crawl on their belly
flesh, it might sound gross. It also has a rasp-like tongue.
Whale shark
Whale sharks are awesome
Biggest fish on the planet
Live in warm temperate seas
Weigh twenty five tons
Up to forty feet in length
They have three thousand small teeth
-Lach
NarwhalNarwhalNarwhalNarwhal����By: Lucas Garrett
Glide through the water
The unicorn of the sea
Clicking and swimming they go
They like cold water
Holes in the ice help them breathe
They are as big as a bus
Blue-ringed Octopus
really cool creatures
all over the world today
but my favorite
sea creature is the blue ringed
octopus, because
it is very colorful
and when you see blue
flashing lights in the water
it is a warning
but if you don’t see them then
you’re about to be
in for a surprise trip to
the old hospital
eating crabs is their very
favorite snack
and you will
be a good snack too
by Luke
LONGHORN COWFISH
Have deadly toxins
Are yellow and have white spots
Can be 20 inches long
Are bottom feeders
No known actual gender
Very territorial
By Madalynn Roberson
Hammerhead Shark
Longest 20 feet
Eyes on side of hammer head
They live in the Atlantic
They are carnivores
Name from the shape of their head
Use their head as a weapon
By Mekhi Brown
MANDARIN FISHMANDARIN FISHMANDARIN FISHMANDARIN FISH
NEED SPECIFIC FOOD
GLIDING THROUGH THE CORAL REEF
I LIVE IN THE PACIFIC
CAREFUL AROUND ME
MULTIPLE COLORS ON ME
BRIGHT LINES BACK AND FORTH
Written by: Melani Burkhart
MANDARIN FISH Did you know that the mandarin fish is one of the most breath-
taking fish ever found?
HABITAT The mandarin fish is native to the Pacific Ocean. You can usually find them
at the bottom of the ocean floor. Normally they are found inhabiting broken coral
rubble beds or under dead coral.
BEHAVIORAL CHARACTERISTICS Mandarin fish are usually very shy. They are so shy that any heavy breathing
or movement will scare them away back to their shelters. They are slow moving
fish that live in caves and rocks on the seabed.
PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS They have a broad depressed head and are primarily blue with orange, red, and
yellow wavy lines. Mandarin fish are small, reaching a maximum length of 6 cm.
DIET Mandarin fish are carnivores. Mandarin fish feed on the bottom.
INTERESTING FACTS 1. Mandarin fish have a mucus coating instead of scales
2. Mandarin fish are very shy
3. Mandarin fish live at the ocean floor
4. Mandarin fish eat a specific diet
5. It is very hard to keep a mandarin fish for a pet
Glossary carnivore- an animal or plant that eats meat
distinctive- characteristic of one person or thing, and distinguishes it from others
dorsal- upper side or back of an animal, plant, or organ
inhabiting- to live or dwell in (a place)
native- born in a particular place
specific- an exact thing
temperature- the degree or intensity of heat present in a substance or object
Ribbon Eel
Colorful and long
Eats fish like a maniac
Hides from animals quickly
Lives in coral reef
Lives in shallow sea waters
Lays as flat as a ribbon
by Michael
Bottlenose DolphinBottlenose DolphinBottlenose DolphinBottlenose Dolphin
Make the loudest sounds
They jump and play in the waves
They swim in a circle and eat fish and squid
They breathe and throw water through the hole in their head
They can live to forty or fifty years
Bottle nose
By Nichel
SWORDFISHSWORDFISHSWORDFISHSWORDFISH����By Nikki Lewis
Swimming through the sea
Fifty miles per hour
Eats daily for speed
Large eyes and no teeth
Grows to be 14 feet long
They’re silver, gray-blue and brown
They don’t swim in groups
Predators are killer whales
A fast fish in the ocean
SwordfishSwordfishSwordfishSwordfish
Swordfish swim throughout the oceans. They mostly live in the
Indian, Atlantic, and the Pacific Oceans. The swordfish PREFER
WARMER WATERS. Swordfish swim IN VARYING DEPTHS IN THE
OCEAN. You may see them on the surface of the ocean when they jump
out of the ocean doing an activity called breaching. Swordfish swim in a
variety of temperatures. If you go to one of the three oceans I listed,
Watch Out! They might swim past you.
When you look at a picture of a swordfish, you may not realize
some interesting characteristics. They can grow to be 14 ft long.
That’s about as long as my dad’s truck! They can weigh 1,400 pounds.
Swordfish have large eyes and no teeth. As they glide through the
water, you may notice silver, gray, blue, and brown. They can swim up to
50 miles per hour. Watch out when you go scuba diving!!
Swordfish are big, so they need to eat a lot to stay healthy and
alive. They eat blue fish, mackerel, hake, herring, squid, octopi, large
tuna fish, cephalopods, and pelagic fish. When they eat a small fish,
they swallow it whole. When they decide they want to feast on a big
fish, they attack it by slashing at it, then they eat it. Swordfish are
carnivores, which means they eat only meat. Take a picture, admire it.
But within reason, don’t touch it. It’s wild.
Sea Squirts
Different Colors
Also Known As Sea Grapes
They Weight 3.5 Ounces
We Live In Clumps
3,000 Sea Squirt Species
Some Live Up To 30 Years
Paige White
Pufferfish
Pufferfish are cool
It puffs up when in danger
Eats a lot of kinds of food
Warm water, coral reef
Near Pacific, Atlantic
Shellfish, clams, and crustaceans
ERIK LONG
Star fishStar fishStar fishStar fish Star fish enjoy clams
I am an invertebrate
I can have up to ten arms
I live in salt water
My skin is bumpy and hard
I am found in all oceans
By Sherlin Ortega ☺
STARFISH
Did you know? That there are about 2,000
starfish in the world. And there are starfish
that have 10 and even up to 20 & 40 arms!
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Have you ever wondered what starfish eat?
Well, today I’ll tell you, they eat clams,
carrion, sea water, and dead fish.
Have you guys ever wondered where star
fish live? You think in the sea, yes they live
in the sea but where in the sea? Well, star
fish can live in the intertidal zone, deep
water, and some in even tropical areas,
some in cold water and that’s it.
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Blue Spotted Stingray
By: Sofie Early
Blue dots everywhere
Deadly spikes enough to kill
Has an olive green color
Floating free on floor
Has to camouflage in sand
Danger never touch the tail
Re d-spo t te d Guard Crab
Many li t t le spo ts
Ve r y small wi th a big claw
Has six tee th be twee n i ts eye s .
Eats mucus f rom hos t.
G uards the coral e ve r yday.
St arfish e at them al l the t ime.
Tyler
True or False?
1. Sea turtles eat it.
2. It lives in cauliflower coral.
3. It is an inch long.
4. It lives in staghorn coral.
5. It lives in the Atlantic Ocean.
6. It likes to live in warm water..
7. It eats mucus. 8. It guards coral.
9. It has been around since the dinosaurs.
10. It guards its home.
Answer Key:
1. False 2. True 3. False 4. False 5. False
6. True 7. True 8. True 9. True 10. True
ViperfishViperfishViperfishViperfish Searching for sea flesh
in the midnight zone darkness floating to attract my prey
Living in darkness
piercing my prey at high speeds carnivore eats tiny fish
by Tyler Casaday
What eats a viperfish?
Dolphins and sharks tend to prey upon viperfish.
When hunting it tends to float motionless for hours waving its light
to attract other animals such as the dragon fish. When it’s close enough,
it swims at it at high speeds. Then it pierces it with its sharp teeth. Fun facts
1. Huge teeth
2. Light emitting organ called photophore
3. Life span from 30-40 years
4. Lives worldwide
5. Weighs 30 grams
Blue Spotted Stingray by Victoria Jarvis
eats Blacktip Reef Shark
has blue stripes down its body
under the body is white
cruises over reefs
is green on top of body
two plates exist around mouth
Blue Spotted Stingray
The scientific name for a Blue Spotted Stingray is a Neotrygon Kuhlii.
It’s also commonly found in water up to 30 feet (9 meters) deep.
Did you know that blacktip reef sharks eat blue spotted stingrays? And that blue spotted stingrays eat queen parrotfish and mussels?
A blue spotted stingray has blue spots, two blue stripes on each side of the tail and is light green.
It buries itself in the sand to look for crabs and shrimp!!!!
MANATEE
MANATEES ARE COOL
THEY ARE REALLY FAT AND CUTE
FLOATS IN THE RIVER ALL DAY
ARE KILLED BY HUMANS
WITH THEIR EVIL MOTOR BOATS
HELP ME SAVE THE MANATEES
BY WILL TILMAN
MANATEESPhysical characteristics
WHAT DO THAY LOOK LIKE?
You may not know what a manatee is or what they look like,
well I am here to fix that. They have two forearms and a
paddle-like tail. They are gray, and quite large. They also
sometimes grow algae on their back.
They travel alone or in groups
Manatees are fat but they do have a
healthy diet
Manatees have their own little place to go
in the winter. They like warm
water and go to warm springs in
Florida.
Emperor Angelfish
In the coral reef
The Emperor Angelfish
Protects its territory
Weighs up to 2 pounds
Has a mask around its face
It is an amazing fish
by Zach