This is the first year my son has take an interest in the upcoming Shark Week. I am pretty excited to learn more about different species of sharks and try out some shark week activities for kids. We want to learn more about various sharks, watch them move in their environments, and see how they live. This is the perfect resource to combine learning about sharks with STEM activities.
SHARK WEEK ACTIVITIES AND STEM FOR KIDS
IT’S THAT TIME OF YEAR: SHARK WEEK!
Let’s take the time to learn more about these amazing ocean creatures. Kids and adults too have always been fascinated by sharks. I am sure some of it has to do with the movie Jaws as well as what we read about attacks.
But, that’s so little about what sharks are really all about. There are many, many different kinds of sharks, and you might even be surprised that the biggest shark of all is often called a gentle giant. Why not find out why!
Included in our Shark Week activities resource, you will find science activities, cool youTube videos to check out different species, math activities, and several printable pages to do your own research and find your favorite shark! You can even build LEGO sharks! How cool is that! Let’s get started with 10 Fun Kid Friendly Facts About Sharks.
STEM SHARK WEEK ACTIVITIES
Please note: These activities, resources, and videos will not be showing shark attacks! Download your pages below!
SCIENCE SHARK WEEK ACTIVITIES
How Do Sharks Stay Buoyant? Try our fun and easy experiment, watch a video and learn more about how the sharks anatomy helps to keep them afloat!
A Shark Is A Swimming Nose? Set up this simple science experiment to learn more about how a shark uses it’s sense of smell to catch it’s prey. What other senses do they use?
Learn About The Levels Of The Ocean Where do sharks live in these levels? Make an ocean zones in a jar science idea. Or grab some of those awesome paint sample cards where you have the light to dark shades all on one card! make sure to research which sharks live where.
TECHNOLOGY SHARK WEEK ACTIVITIES
Cool YouTube Videos We have been enjoying many of Johnathon Bird’s Blue World Shark Academy Videos. Learn all about the sharks sensory systems, including it’s great nose plus much more. Bird also has a great collection of videos on individual sharks that we have been watching together. Learn a little bit more about each shark and make sure to find your favorite shark! {We have viewed many of these videos but not all so use your best judgement.}
ENGINEERING SHARK WEEK ACTIVITIES
Build A Shark Cage To Protect A Diver! When divers and scientists need to get a closer look, they will often stay inside a shark-proof cage to stay safe! Can you build a cage for a diver? Make sure it holds up under water! You can check out this YouTube video here to see what a shark cage looks like, how it is used, and why it is used.
Build LEGO Sharks! Get out your bricks and build a shark!
MATH SHARK WEEK ACTIVITIES
Measuring Sharks Outdoors What is the longest shark? The shortest shark? How about your favorite shark? Take a measuring tape and chalk outdoors and see how big or small they really are!
Shark Search And Count Printable Sheet Great I Spy, counting, and visual processing activity all in one!
RESEARCH AND LITERACY SHARK WEEK ACTIVITIES
Read And Write: My Favorite Shark Research and Write About Your Favorite Shark Printable Sheet and Habitat Coloring Sheet There are tons of types of sharks out there. We are mostly familiar with The Great White Shark, The Hammerhead Shark, The Mako Shark, The Whale Shark, and a few others. Do you have a favorite? Use our printable sheet to write about it! Also use the coloring sheet to show your favorite shark’s habitat. You might also like these printable shark cards.
Make a shark themed snack with these fun and easy shark candy lollipops! Hint, melting candy is a bit of a science too.
Favorite Shark Books Amazon Affiliate links. See disclosure
LEARN MORE ABOUT SHARKS WITH HANDS ON SHARK WEEK STEM ACTIVITIES!
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