Imax
Dolphins
Romp with inquisitive Atlantic spotted dolphins, acrobatic dusky dolphins, and the familiar bottlenose dolphin of Flipper fame. This film captures a range of behavior from these fascinating creatures, from rarely seen fish-herding behavior to a close-up look at complex communication activities.
| Format | Omni Film |
| Grades | 3 – Adult |
| Author | MacGillivray Freeman Films |
| Source/Publisher | MacGillivray Freeman Films |
| Location | Mugar Omni Theater — Museum of Science, Boston |
| Website | Visit website |
| Script | Dolphins_script.pdf |
| Educator Guide | 64_0_1161554751.pdf |
| Reservation | Required at least two weeks in advance |
| Fee | $3 per person with Museum Exhibit Halls admission; $6 per person for Omni only |
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Dolphins
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Primary Connections:
National Science Education Standards (1996)
(National)
- Science in Personal and Social Perspectives > Natural and human-induced hazards (Grade: 9 – 12)
- Life Science > Regulation and behavior (Grade: 5 – 8)
- Life Science > Regulation and behavior (Grade: 5 – 8)
- Life Science > Interdependence of organisms (Grade: 9 – 12)
- Life Science > Interdependence of organisms (Grade: 9 – 12)
- Science in Personal and Social Perspectives > Natural hazards (Grade: 5 – 8)
- Science in Personal and Social Perspectives > Environmental quality (Grade: 9 – 12)
MA Science and Technology/Engineering Framework (2006)
(Massachusetts)
- Physical Sciences (Chemistry and Physics) > Sound Energy (Grade: 3 – 5)
- Biology > Ecology (Grade: 9 – 10)
- Biology > Ecology (Grade: 9 – 10)
- Life Science (Biology) > Adaptations of Living Things (Grade: 3 – 5)
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Primary Connections:
National Science Education Standards (1996)
(National)
- Science in Personal and Social Perspectives > Natural and human-induced hazards (Grade: 9 – 12)
Normal adjustments of earth may be hazardous for humans. Humans live at the interface between the atmosphere driven by solar energy and the upper mantle where convection creates changes in the earth's solid crust. As societies have grown, become stable, and come to value aspects of the environment, vulnerability to natural processes of change has increased. - Life Science > Regulation and behavior (Grade: 5 – 8)
Behavior is one kind of response an organism can make to an internal or environmental stimulus. A behavioral response requires coordination and communication at many levels, including cells, organ systems, and whole organisms. Behavioral response is a set of actions determined in part by heredity and in part from experience. - Life Science > Regulation and behavior (Grade: 5 – 8)
All organisms must be able to obtain and use resources, grow, reproduce, and maintain stable internal conditions while living in a constantly changing external environment. - Life Science > Interdependence of organisms (Grade: 9 – 12)
Organisms both cooperate and compete in ecosystems. The interrelationships and interdependencies of these organisms may generate ecosystems that are stable for hundreds or thousands of years. - Life Science > Interdependence of organisms (Grade: 9 – 12)
Human beings live within the world's ecosystems. Increasingly, humans modify ecosystems as a result of population growth, technology, and consumption. Human destruction of habitats through direct harvesting, pollution, atmospheric changes, and other factors is threatening current global stability, and if not addressed, ecosystems will be irreversibly affected. - Science in Personal and Social Perspectives > Natural hazards (Grade: 5 – 8)
Human activities also can induce hazards through resource acquisition, urban growth, land-use decisions, and waste disposal. Such activities can accelerate many natural changes. - Science in Personal and Social Perspectives > Environmental quality (Grade: 9 – 12)
Many factors influence environmental quality. Factors that students might investigate include population growth, resource use, population distribution, overconsumption, the capacity of technology to solve problems, poverty, the role of economic, political, and religious views, and different ways humans view the earth.
MA Science and Technology/Engineering Framework (2006)
(Massachusetts)
- Physical Sciences (Chemistry and Physics) > 11 Sound Energy (Grade: 3 – 5)
Recognize that sound is produced by vibrating objects and requires a medium through which to travel. Relate the rate of vibration to the pitch of the sound. - Biology > 6.3 Ecology (Grade: 9 – 10)
Identify the factors in an ecosystem that influence fluctuations in population size. - Biology > 6.4 Ecology (Grade: 9 – 10)
Analyze changes in an ecosystem resulting from natural causes, changes in climate, human activity, or introduction of non-native species. - Life Science (Biology) > 06 Adaptations of Living Things (Grade: 3 – 5)
Give examples of how inherited characteristics may change over time as adaptations to changes in the environment that enable organisms to survive, e.g., shape of beak or feet, placement of eyes on head, length of neck, shape of teeth, color.
Dolphins
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