Gray
Whale Migration Off the California Coast
Latest Migration Data and Graphs
Make your own graphs using the data at the links below, or print and anayze our graphs. For background, see lessoon: Tracking Gray Whale Migration from California Observation Posts.)
| Los
Angeles |
Whales passing per day February 1 - April 17, 2006 |
Channel Islands Data |
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| Northbound
and Southbound Los Angeles |
Northbound Los Angeles |
Northbound Channel Islands |
| Data Courtesy of the American Cetacean Society of Los Angeles and Channel Islands | ||
Journaling Questions: Do the Graphs Tell the Story?
You will need a volunteer partner for this activity. Choose someone who has not studied gray whale migration. First, ask what they know about gray whale migration. Record the information they already know. Then show them one of the graphs and give them 5 minutes to look. Next, ask them to describe in writing what they see. Also have them write down their questions.
- Based on this experiment, do you think the gray whale migration graphs do a good job telling the story of migration?
- Did your partner raise good questions? How would you improve the graphs, based on those questions?
Write about
this experiment in your Gray
Whale Migration Journal.
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