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We Are Whale Song
How do whales communicate with each other?
- Project page
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About Us
- Ages
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11-12 12-13 13-14 14-15 15-16 16-17 17-18
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Identity and diversity Sustainability and our future Wellbeing and resilience
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Lesson plan Audio
- Duration
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60 minutes
Have you ever listened to whale song and wondered what it means?
Designed for pupils aged 11–18, this learning resource uses Kyle Lovell’s poem The Sunken Cathedral (winner of a Poetry Society competition for young poets) as a base to explore the relationship between humans and marine life.
Discussion prompts on the five-page learning resource consider how whales live and interact in the oceans, and how human activity has a direct effect on their lives and their health. The PDF also contains writing prompts to help pupils create their own poem in response.
Lesson plan
Curriculum links
England:
English: Writing & Reading Composition
Science: Interactions & Interdependencies (KS3), Ecosystems (KS4)
Key Stages: KS3, KS4, KS5
Northern Ireland:
Language & Literacy: Writing & Reading
Science & Technology: Earth & Universe
Key Stages: KS3, KS4, KS5
Scotland:
Languages: Literacy & English – Writing & Reading
Levels: Third/Fourth Level, Senior Phase
Wales:
Languages, Literacy & Communication: Literature
Science & Technology: Being Curious, The World Around Us
Progression Steps: PS4, PS5, A levels