🐋 Beluga whale report template
Three versions, one page each. Print the one for your child’s grade. The facts come from the beluga whale page, every number with its source.
Grades 1–2
My report: the beluga whale
Delphinapterus leucas · Grades 1–2
| Length | 16 ft (4.9 m) |
|---|---|
| Height at the shoulder | not checked yet: look it up! |
| Weight | 1.6 tons (1.4 tonnes) |
| Top speed | not checked yet: look it up! |
| How long it lives | 90 years |
Read about it
Belugas are white whales of the cold Arctic. They chirp, whistle and click to talk to each other. Their round forehead can change shape.
It lives in:
It eats:
The coolest thing I learned:
Where my facts came from
- NOAA Fisheries, fisheries.noaa.gov/species/beluga-whale, checked 2026-10-30
Grades 3–4
My report: the beluga whale
Delphinapterus leucas · Grades 3–4
| Length | 16 ft (4.9 m) |
|---|---|
| Height at the shoulder | not checked yet: look it up! |
| Weight | 1.6 tons (1.4 tonnes) |
| Top speed | not checked yet: look it up! |
| How long it lives | 90 years |
Read about it
A beluga's round forehead is called a melon. It helps the whale send out clicks and listen to the echoes, so it can find fish even under the ice. Belugas have no tall fin on their backs, just a low ridge, which lets them swim right under the sea ice, and calves are born gray and slowly turn white.
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/beluga-whale, checked 2026-10-30
Grades 5–6
My report: the beluga whale
Delphinapterus leucas · Grades 5–6
| Length | 16 ft (4.9 m) |
|---|---|
| Height at the shoulder | not checked yet: look it up! |
| Weight | 1.6 tons (1.4 tonnes) |
| Top speed | not checked yet: look it up! |
| How long it lives | 90 years |
Read about it
Belugas travel in groups called pods, and in summer many pods gather in shallow bays and river mouths. Unlike most whales, they can nod and turn their heads, because their neck bones are not joined together. A thick layer of blubber keeps them warm in icy water, and they find breathing holes in the sea ice. Some beluga groups have become rare because of changing sea ice, noise from ships and pollution, so people set up protected waters where they can feed and raise their calves.
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/beluga-whale, checked 2026-10-30