Elicit non-trivial dialogue from students. Guide students to reflection and analysis of the experience. Encourage students to share their perceptions and beliefs. Summarize and review similarities and differences.

Teacher led discussion; journal sharing.

Objective: Students will share some of their findings from their observations of human communication. Students will recognize that animals also create ways in which to communicate.

Activity: Ask for sharing of the journals which were kept. Ask the students if they saw any patterns in the way people communicated. Also ask them what people did to communicate different feelings such as anger, happiness, humor, etc. Lead the discussion from human communication to animal communication. Ask the students to share the way their pets communicate with them. Conclude with a discussion of whales and how they communicate.

Assessment: Student contribution to group discussion, quality of journal observations.