Scholastic and Turtle Pond Interactive invite you and your class on a virtual field trip to an aquarium in Florida! Students will be introduced to an extraordinary and inspiring bottlenose dolphin named Winter, who was just three months old when she lost her tail after it became caught and mangled in a crab trap.
As a class, watch video highlights from the Winter's Tail Webcast that aired on October 7, 2009. Your students will learn about marine wildlife as well as take away invaluable lessons in resilience, compassion, and friendship.
At winterstail.com you'll find age-appropriate resources and curriculum materials for the field trip as well as books and teaching materials on other remarkable animals around the world that have faced their own challenges.
As a class, watch video highlights from the Winter's Tail Webcast that aired on October 7, 2009. Your students will learn about marine wildlife as well as take away invaluable lessons in resilience, compassion, and friendship.
At winterstail.com you'll find age-appropriate resources and curriculum materials for the field trip as well as books and teaching materials on other remarkable animals around the world that have faced their own challenges.
Winter's Classroom Tools
Use Winter's inspiring story to learn about ocean habitats and animal adaptations with these lesson plans and printables.
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Video Game
Build reading skills through an interactive adaption of the book, featuring photos, animation, and voice-over.
The game engages children in the story of an animal heroine with physical disabilities, while encouraging children with disabilities to see themselves as individuals.
Children will get creative with interactive coloring book pages and a “make-my-own” book feature.
Learn about dolphin training and conservation through micro-games at key points within the story.
One micro-game per chapter highlights a key aspect of the story with a tactile experience, such as bottle-feeding Winter and building her tail.
WINTER'S STORY
Do you want to learn more about Winter the dolphin? Read about her extraordinary life in Winter's Tail, and check out the two books based on the 3-D movie Dolphin Tale, inspired by Winter's life! Winter's story delivers an important message of hope, friendship, and universal acceptance.
MEET WINTER
Take your students on a virtual field trip to Clearwater Marine Aquarium to meet Winter, the inspiring dolphin who learned how to swim again against incredible odds.
MEET MIZA
Visit Virunga National Park in Central Africa to learn about mountain gorillas and create action plans to raise awareness of the problems facing these critically endangered creatures.
MEET KNUT
Teach students about the complex environmental challenges of global warming and habitat destruction through the eyes of a polar bear.
MEET OWEN & MZEE
Visit Haller Park in Kenya to see how an unlikely pairing between a tortoise and a hippo can teach students about friendship and building resiliency during a time of tragedy.
Student Resources
STUDENT ACTIVITIES
Visit www.winterstail.com for computer games that introduce kids to Winter, ocean life, and all things dolphin!
WINTER'S TAIL: THE INTERACTIVE STORYBOOK
Premiere of an interactive storybook and educational video game featuring Winter.
IN THEATERS SEPTEMBER 23
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