🐟 Giant manta ray report template
Three versions, one page each. Print the one for your child’s grade. The facts come from the giant manta ray page, every number with its source.
Grades 1–2
My report: the giant manta ray
Mobula birostris · Grades 1–2
| Length | 26 ft (7.9 m) |
|---|---|
| Height at the shoulder | not checked yet: look it up! |
| Weight | 2.6 tons (2.4 tonnes) |
| Top speed | not checked yet: look it up! |
| How long it lives | 45 years |
Read about it
Giant manta rays glide through the sea like underwater birds. Their wide fins flap like wings. They scoop up tiny food with a wide-open mouth.
It lives in:
It eats:
The coolest thing I learned:
Where my facts came from
- NOAA Fisheries, fisheries.noaa.gov/species/giant-manta-ray, checked 2026-10-30
Grades 3–4
My report: the giant manta ray
Mobula birostris · Grades 3–4
| Length | 26 ft (7.9 m) |
|---|---|
| Height at the shoulder | not checked yet: look it up! |
| Weight | 2.6 tons (2.4 tonnes) |
| Top speed | not checked yet: look it up! |
| How long it lives | 45 years |
Read about it
A manta ray has two curly flaps beside its mouth that steer plankton in as it swims. It has no stinger, so it is harmless to people. The spots on its belly are different on every manta.
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/giant-manta-ray, checked 2026-10-30
Grades 5–6
My report: the giant manta ray
Mobula birostris · Grades 5–6
| Length | 26 ft (7.9 m) |
|---|---|
| Height at the shoulder | not checked yet: look it up! |
| Weight | 2.6 tons (2.4 tonnes) |
| Top speed | not checked yet: look it up! |
| How long it lives | 45 years |
Read about it
Giant manta rays are the largest rays in the world, and they are fish related to sharks, with skeletons made of bendy cartilage instead of bone. They swim all the time, flapping their wings slowly, and special filters inside the mouth sieve plankton from the water. At reefs, mantas visit cleaning stations, where small fish pick pests off their skin. A mother usually has just one pup at a time, so mantas recover slowly; they are endangered because they are caught in nets, and many countries now protect them.
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/giant-manta-ray, checked 2026-10-30