First Graders in Mrs. Neering's classroom at Washington Elementary

1. By: Mrs. Neering’s First Grade

2. Dolphins
Click on the dolphin to watch a
quick movie clip about dolphins.

3. Dolphins
By: Annalyse Bassett
 Dolphins are amazing creatures. They live in the water.
Dolphins use echolocation to find other dolphins and
to find food. They have to come up to the top of the
water to breathe. They are funny. They like to put on
shows for us. They like to do funny things. Dolphins
are amazing creatures.

4. Dolphins
By: Breawna Good
Dolphins are amazing
and fun. Dolphins use
echolocation to talk to
each other. They come
to the surface to breathe
air and jump out of the
water to breathe. When
it is winter the dolphins
go where the water is
warm. Dolphins help
each other.

5. Dolphins By: Victoria Isbell
 Dolphins are smart. Dolphins can make noise
underwater. They can do flips on top of the water.
They use a blowhole to come to the surface to breathe.
They are beautiful, cool and awesome.

6. Dolphins By: Madison Krzywosinski
 Dolphins are very talented. They are mammals. They
have to go to the top of the ocean to breathe. They talk
to each other using echolocation. They can leap as
high as 20 feet. The scientific name for dolphin is
delphindae. The largest dolphin is the orca, also called
killer whale. Dolphins have excellent vision. The
brain of a dolphin is bigger than a human brain.
Dolphins swallow their food whole. Dolphins eat
almost any kind of fish. Dolphins are helpful and
beautiful.

7. Bottlenose Dolphins
By: Shea Lauwers
Bottlenose dolphins
talk to each other
using squeaks.
They are smart.
Dolphins may look
like fish, but they
are mammals. They
breathe just like we
do. Bottlenose
dolphins are
amazing creatures.

8. Dolphins By: Danielle Ruggles
 Dolphins are the most energetic animals. Dolphins
have a blowhole at the top of their head. They use it to
breathe. Dolphins use echolocation. Dolphins are
star performers! Dolphins learn a lot. Dolphins live in
all of the oceans. Dolphins are friendly.

9. Dolphins
By: Gabrielle Scott
 Dolphins are smart. Mother
dolphins and her calves wave
their tails up and down.
Dolphins live in saltwater. Baby
dolphins copy their mom when
they are born. Dolphins have a
blowhole. Dolphins use
echolocation. Dolphins are
talented. Dolphins are kind and
cute. Dolphins perform in
shows. Dolphins are amazing
animals!

10. Dolphins By: Brandon Smrecak
 Dolphins are the smartest creatures in the sea. They
feel like rubber. Their tail goes up and down. They
have a blowhole. They can balance on their tail. They
could get caught in a plastic bag handle and die.
Dolphins look like they have a rubber
beak that’s gray.

11. Dolphins
By: Janiya Wells
Dolphins can
swim really
fast in the
water. They
can be
taught how to
do tricks.
Dolphins eat
fish.

12. Sea Turtles Click on the turtle to see some cool stuff!

13. Sea Turtles
By: Leigha Biskner
 Sea turtles are smart. They
are slow when they are in the
sand, but fast in the water.
Female turtles lay their eggs in
a nest on the beach. Sea
turtles come up to the surface
to get air.

14. Sea Turtles By: Emma McDonald
 Sea turtle need air to live. They weigh 80-1000
pounds. They lay their eggs on the sand only. Baby
sea turtles stay in the nest for 60 days. Sea turtles can
be green to black. They are beautiful.

15. Sea Turtles
By:
Emma Rodriguez
Sea turtles are
amazing! They live
in the ocean. They
eat jellyfish. They
lay their eggs in the
same place where
their mother did.
Sometimes people
catch sea turtles for
food. They can be 6
feet long.

16. Sea Horses
 Click on the Sea horse to learn some new facts!

17. Seahorse
By:
Angelina Gutierrez
Seahorses get their
name from their
head because their
head looks like a
horse. Seahorses
eat tiny creatures.
They are small.
The male seahorse
lays the eggs.

18. Sea Horses
By: Micah Goodson
Seahorses get their
name from their
head. It is shaped
like a real horses
head. The dad
seahorse has the
baby seahorses.
They have to watch
out for predators
because they are not
fast swimmers.

19. Octopus
Click on the octopus for some
information!

20. Octopus By: Gavin Jankowski
 An octopus swims in the ocean. It has 8 legs. Each leg
has lots of suction cups to help it get its food. People
can eat octopus.

21. Jellyfish
 Click on the jellyfish to find some cool information!

22. Jellyfish
By: Olivia Kain
Jellyfish are amazing
animals. Some are
bright colors like
pink, yellow, blue,
and purple. Some
can glow! Jellyfish
are invertebrates.
That means they
don’t have a
backbone. They are
amazing animals!

23. Giant Squid
 Click on the squid to learn more about the giant
squid…

24. Giant Squid
By: David McCormick  The squid has long arms.
Their eyes are as big as a
basketball. They live in the
deep dark part of the ocean.
They like to eat fish.

25. Great White Shark
 Click on the shark to learn some interesting facts
about sharks.

26. Great White
Sharks
By: Christian
Rodriguez
Sharks eat fish,
dolphins, other
sharks, seals, and sea
lions. In a feeding
frenzy, sharks
sometimes even bite
other sharks by
accident. Sharks
have nostrils right
behind their eyes.
Sharks have cartilage
instead of bones.

27. Whales
Click on the picture to learn more
about whales.

28. Whales By: Jason Vetter
 A whale is a mammal. A baby whale is as big as an
elephant. A Sperm Whale has a huge head. A Grey
Whale has no teeth. A whale is strong enough to flip a
boat. The largest animal on Earth is the Blue Whale.

29. Humpback Whales
By: Chalmer Young
 Humpback whales are amazing! It gets its name from a hump under its
dorsal fin. They jump out of the water. This is called breaching. They
eat krill and plankton. Barnacles stick to their body. They have
predators like the Killer Whale. They are mammals. They have to go to
the surface to breathe air. Humpback Whales are black on their backs
and their flippers are white. Humpback whales can live up to 50 years.
Humpback whales are slow swimmers.

30. Seastars
 Click on the starfish to learn some new facts!

31. Starfish
By: Carrie
Williams
You know sea
stars as starfish.
Sea stars are
not really fish.
Sea stars and
sea urchins do
not have back
bones. Some
sea stars can
have up to 20
legs.