3rd Grade Science Research Report on Orcas. June 2013 Mr. Castrellon's 3rd Grade, Vista del Valle D.L.A., LAUSD

1. By Alan C.
Mr. Castrellón
3rd Grade Room 207
Science Report
June 2013

2. HABITAT
 Orcas live in the oceans. They mostly live in the icy
waters around the North or South poles.

3. DIET
 Orcas are hunters. But they do not attack people.
Orcas eat mainly fish, seals, squids and penguins.
They also eat dolphins, whales and porpoises.

4. ANATOMY
 The orca is black and white. It has
a dorsal fin on its back and a blowhole,
melon, pair of eyes and a mouth. It also
has a pair of flippers.
and flukes.

5. GENERAL INFORMATION &
INTRESTIE INFO
 Orcas are black with white marking . It has a dorsal
fin, flukes, melon, flipper (pectoral fin), blowhole,
mouth and a pair of eyes. Males are called bulls and
females are called cows and the baby is called a calf.
 Killer whales are also called orcas.
 It has a white patch near each pair of eyes.
 A adult could measure from 19 to 27 feet and 6 to 8
meters.
 Orcas feed on fish, squids, dolphins, porpoises, seals
and whales.

6. ART & PORETY
 Meet the orca
Black and white
Not a penguin
But an orca.
Lives in the oceans
Echoes though the
Water.
Orcas are so big, bigger
Than a great
White shark.
Orcas are so nice
To look at why
Don’t you see one
In real life.
By Alan

7. ORCA IN LITERATURE
 These books are about orca in literature.

8. BIBLIOGRAPHY
 Book List
Storehouse, Bernard. Killer Whales
Simon, Seymour. Whales
 Internet Articles
Orca. Wikipedia