🐟 Atlantic bluefin tuna report template
Three versions, one page each. Print the one for your child’s grade. The facts come from the Atlantic bluefin tuna page, every number with its source.
Grades 1–2
My report: the atlantic bluefin tuna
Thunnus thynnus · Grades 1–2
| Length | 13 ft (4 m) |
|---|---|
| Height at the shoulder | not checked yet: look it up! |
| Weight | 1 tons (910 kg) |
| Top speed | not checked yet: look it up! |
| How long it lives | 20 years |
Read about it
The bluefin tuna is a big, fast fish. Its smooth body is shaped for speed. It swims far across the ocean.
It lives in:
It eats:
The coolest thing I learned:
Where my facts came from
- NOAA Fisheries, fisheries.noaa.gov/species/western-atlantic-bluefin-tuna, checked 2026-10-30
Grades 3–4
My report: the atlantic bluefin tuna
Thunnus thynnus · Grades 3–4
| Length | 13 ft (4 m) |
|---|---|
| Height at the shoulder | not checked yet: look it up! |
| Weight | 1 tons (910 kg) |
| Top speed | not checked yet: look it up! |
| How long it lives | 20 years |
Read about it
A bluefin tuna has a smooth, round body and a stiff tail that swishes quickly, so it zips through the water. Unlike most fish, it can keep its body warmer than the sea around it. It never stops swimming, because moving water over its gills is how it breathes.
Where it lives (its habitat):
What it eats:
How its body helps it live there:
My favorite fact:
A question I still have:
Where my facts came from
- NOAA Fisheries, fisheries.noaa.gov/species/western-atlantic-bluefin-tuna, checked 2026-10-30
Grades 5–6
My report: the atlantic bluefin tuna
Thunnus thynnus · Grades 5–6
| Length | 13 ft (4 m) |
|---|---|
| Height at the shoulder | not checked yet: look it up! |
| Weight | 1 tons (910 kg) |
| Top speed | not checked yet: look it up! |
| How long it lives | 20 years |
Read about it
Atlantic bluefin tuna are among the biggest bony fish in the sea. Their fins fold into slots on the body, so water slides over them smoothly, and warm muscles let them hunt in cold water. Tagged bluefin have swum from one side of the Atlantic to the other, hunting herring, mackerel and squid in groups called schools. People fished bluefin so heavily that their numbers fell, so countries now agree on catch limits, and the fish are slowly coming back.
Habitat and range: where on Earth, and what the place is like:
Diet: what it eats, and what might eat it:
Adaptations: two ways its body or habits help it survive:
Is it in danger? Why or why not?:
Compare it with another animal you know:
Bibliography: write each source below as site, page title, date checked:
Where my facts came from
- NOAA Fisheries, fisheries.noaa.gov/species/western-atlantic-bluefin-tuna, checked 2026-10-30