🐬 Bottlenose dolphin report template
Three versions, one page each. Print the one for your child’s grade. The facts come from the bottlenose dolphin page, every number with its source.
Grades 1–2
My report: the bottlenose dolphin
Tursiops truncatus · Grades 1–2
| Length | 5.9 to 13 ft (1.8 to 4 m) |
|---|---|
| Height at the shoulder | not checked yet: look it up! |
| Weight | 300 to 1,400 lb (136 to 635 kg) |
| Top speed | not checked yet: look it up! |
| How long it lives | 40 to 60 years |
Read about it
Dolphins are smart mammals that live in the sea. They breathe air through a hole on top of their head. They live in groups called pods and love to leap!
It lives in:
It eats:
The coolest thing I learned:
Where my facts came from
- NOAA Fisheries, fisheries.noaa.gov/species/common-bottlenose-dolphin, checked 2026-10-30
Grades 3–4
My report: the bottlenose dolphin
Tursiops truncatus · Grades 3–4
| Length | 5.9 to 13 ft (1.8 to 4 m) |
|---|---|
| Height at the shoulder | not checked yet: look it up! |
| Weight | 300 to 1,400 lb (136 to 635 kg) |
| Top speed | not checked yet: look it up! |
| How long it lives | 40 to 60 years |
Read about it
A dolphin makes clicks and listens for the echoes that bounce back, which tells it what is around it, even in dark or muddy water. This is called echolocation. Each dolphin also has its own signature whistle, which may work like a name.
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/common-bottlenose-dolphin, checked 2026-10-30
Grades 5–6
My report: the bottlenose dolphin
Tursiops truncatus · Grades 5–6
| Length | 5.9 to 13 ft (1.8 to 4 m) |
|---|---|
| Height at the shoulder | not checked yet: look it up! |
| Weight | 300 to 1,400 lb (136 to 635 kg) |
| Top speed | not checked yet: look it up! |
| How long it lives | 40 to 60 years |
Read about it
Bottlenose dolphins are mammals, so they breathe air and feed their calves milk. When they sleep, only half of the brain rests at a time, so they can keep coming up for breath. Dolphins in a pod work together to find fish, and some groups have learned special tricks that they pass on to their young. In one bay in Australia, some dolphins carry sea sponges on their snouts to protect them while they search the sea floor.
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/common-bottlenose-dolphin, checked 2026-10-30