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Whales and Whaling, Seals and Sealing

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Explores:

The history of whaling and sealing in Tasmania as well as the life of whalers and sealers. The debate about whaling today may also be covered.

Activities include:

Introduction to the Web Quest Whaling - the Debate Rages On

Storybooks:

The Whales' Song by Dyan Sheldon and Gary Blythe (1993, Random House Children's Books, London)

My Friend Whale by Simon James (2003, Walker Books, London)

The Snail and the Whale by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler (2003, Koala Books, Mascot)

Video:

Richard Moorecroft goes Wild: Tasmanian Tales of Whales and Whaling (ABC TV)

Links:

ABC Search (a search for whale# will return many stories)

A Hotlist on Whaling (links to many sites on this topic)

Humpback Whales

New Zealand Fur Seal (information from Tasmania's Parks and Wildlife Service)

Maritime Information Gateway (great starting point for researching all things maritime!)

National Geographic (search for news stories about "seals", "whales" or "whaling")

National Library of Australia (search their pictorial collection)

Screen Saver (download from the Whale & Dolphin Conservation Society)

Sealing (Macquarie Island - use dropdown menu above title to navigate all 5 pages)

Seals on South Georgia Island (look around, zoom in & out - requires QuickTime)

SeaWorld

Shore-based Whaling in Tasmania (use the drop-down menu above the title to fully explore this topic from Parks and Wildlife)

Southern Right Whale (information from Tasmania's Parks and Wildlife Service)

Tasmanian Images 1 (search State Library for "whale", "whales", "whaler", "whaling", etc)

Tasmanian Images 2 (search Tasmanian Museum & Art Gallery)

Video Clip (whale watching in Antarctica - click on whale image; windows media player format)

The Whale Trail (extensive ABC whale watching site - use the more facts link at the page end)

Whale Dreams (extensive, but older ABC whale and whale watching site)

WhaleNet (interactive educational website from Boston, inc seals - teacher & student pages)

Whalers and Whaling (images from the National Maritime Museum London)

Whales: a Thematic Web Unit (primary)

Whales and Whaling

Whales in Tasmanian Waters (comprehensive information from Parks and Wildlife)

Whale Tails (on-line activity guide for teachers & students from Canada)

Whaling Inventions

Whaling - the Debate Rages On (a Web Quest for grades 5-8)  NB As the information contained in the links within the Quest is limited, using additional web sites is recommended (eg WWF below)

World Wildlife Fund (several publications in PDF eg Should Whales be Culled?)

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