ORCA: Identifying whales, dolphins and porpoises

Learn all about whales, dolphins and porpoises!

This pack includes enough resources for 2 x 1 hour lesson on how to identify different species of whales and dolphins. This lesson includes 2 short videos to watch in the classroom (15 minutes long each) and then associated worksheets and activities to help students expand their knowledge about ocean giants!

This lesson answers the following questions:
What is a cetacean?
What is the difference between a dolphin and a porpoises?
How do you look out for whales and dolphins at sea?
What do different species of whale, dolphin and porpoise look like, and how do we tell them apart?

These two lessons are part of a series of 20 lessons about whales, dolphins and porpoises and their conservation.

Please visit the ORCA website for more details.