This section of the handbook is intended to provide practical resources for educators and whale watching guides. The table below includes a series of downloadable custom-made fact sheets that guides can print and laminate or display on tablets for use during whale watching tours. A second table includes links to external websites with a wealth of educational content on whales and dolphins and their habitats.
Resources for Guides and Educators
| Title | Description | Link |
|---|---|---|
IWC Factsheets for Whale Watching Guides and Educators |
These factsheets were developed for the IWC Whale Watching Handbook, to provide educators and whale watching guides with tools they can use to engage passengers and/or students and explain some basic concepts of whale and dolphin biology, ecology and conservation. They can be downloaded as a full set of 9 factsheets in one PDF, or separately as a single A4 page on each topic. |
Download Iwc Fact Sheets For Ww Guides And Educators Full Set Download Iwc Factsheet Difference Between A Shark And A Dolphin Download Iwc Factsheet Difference Between A Whale And A Dolphin Download Iwc Factsheet Echolocation Download Iwc Factsheet Baleen Whale Feeding Download Iwc Factsheet Marine Food Web Download Iwc Factsheet Baleen Whale Anatomy Download Iwc Factsheet Dolphin Anatomy |
| Title | Description | Link |
|---|---|---|
Whale and Dolphin Conservation (WDC -UK) Educational Resources |
This site includes power point presentations and other educational resources on whale and dolphin habitats, food chains, litter and pollution. | |
NOAA's Ocean Exploration and Educational Materials by theme |
Includes content on the Arctic, bioluminescence, deep sea canyons etc, with lesson plans, multimedia content (photos and videos), and essays. | |
National Geographic Ocean Education |
Includes classroom activities and resources relate to the Ocean, including units on the history of whaling and blue whales | |
New Bedford Whaling Museum |
This includes information and infographics on current threats to whales | |
The Smithsonian Ocean site: Find your Blue |
Contains a wealth of information on different marine species, ecosystems and processes, including cephalopods, coral, seamounts, climate change, etc. | |
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute ‘SeaGrant’ educational site |
Includes lesson plans and educational content including food webs and threats to marine mammals | |
International Monetary Fund: |
Article and infographic explaining 'How much is a whale worth? Whales help prevent climate change' | |
French language posters on humpback whales and threats to cetaceans |
These two posters/fact sheets have been produced by Globice in La Reunion, and provide great baseline information on threats to cetaceans in their natural habitats, as well as basic facts about humpback whales in the Indian Ocean. | |
Des fiches pédagogiques qui vous permettront de mieux connaître l’environnement marin de La Réunion et l'Ocean Indien. |
Produit par Globice. | |
Observación de Ballenas en Ecuador |
A Spanish Language guide to whale watching in Ecuador that includes illustrations and diagrams related to the evolution of whales and dolphins, cetacean anatomy, ecology and behaviour. The guide focuses on humpback whales, but also has great information about a number of other species. | |
Recognising whale blows and surfacing patterns |
This illustrated 1-page guide compares the blows and surfacing patterns of large whale species found in Australian waters, but can be useful for many southern hemisphere regions where the same species occur. |
Download an illustrated guide to whale blows and surfacing patterns |
