TAKE A BITE WITH GREAT WHITE SHARKS!

Size Matters to these hunters!

An adult Great White Shark never stops growing.  So it gets a little longer every year of its life.  They're born alive and about four feet (1.2 meters) long at birth.  One of the biggest kinds of sharks, adults often grow to be 20 feet (6 meters) long. Measure off a piece of string that length. Stretch it out on the floor and lie down next to it with your feet at one end of the string. Set something, like a pencil, across the string next to your head. Use a measuring tape to find out how many feet/meters shorter you are than a Great White Shark.

Now, find at least 3 things about the same length as a Great White Shark.  What are they?  Now find out how much longer or shorter each of the following things is compared to a Great White Shark.

*The class's two tallest students lying head to feet on the floor
*Your teacher 

Now peek inside my Scholastic book that features great white sharks to discover more.

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How does a great white shark sense smells underwater?

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When would having a super sense of smell be GREAT?

When would having such a good sense of smell be BAD?

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BONUS FACTS ABOUT GREAT WHITES:

Pups are on their own immediately after they are born.

Great White Sharks swim while sleeping. They breath through gills and need to move to push water through their gills.

Their bodies are not designed to let them swim backwards. So they can't backed up.