🦈 Great white shark report template
Three versions, one page each. Print the one for your child’s grade. The facts come from the great white shark page, every number with its source.
Grades 1–2
My report: the great white shark
Carcharodon carcharias · Grades 1–2
| Length | 20 ft (6.1 m) |
|---|---|
| Height at the shoulder | not checked yet: look it up! |
| Weight | 2 tons (1.8 tonnes) |
| Top speed | 35 mph (56 km/h) |
| How long it lives | 30 to 70 years |
Read about it
The great white is a big shark. It has lots of teeth, and new ones grow when old ones fall out. Sharks are fish.
It lives in:
It eats:
The coolest thing I learned:
Where my facts came from
- NOAA Fisheries, fisheries.noaa.gov/species/white-shark, checked 2026-10-30
- NOAA Science On a Sphere, sos.noaa.gov/catalog/datasets/marine-migration-great-white-shark-3d, checked 2026-10-30
Grades 3–4
My report: the great white shark
Carcharodon carcharias · Grades 3–4
| Length | 20 ft (6.1 m) |
|---|---|
| Height at the shoulder | not checked yet: look it up! |
| Weight | 2 tons (1.8 tonnes) |
| Top speed | 35 mph (56 km/h) |
| How long it lives | 30 to 70 years |
Read about it
A great white shark's teeth sit in rows. When a front tooth falls out, one from behind moves up to take its place, so it never runs out. Great whites can sense the tiny electric signals that living animals give off.
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/white-shark, checked 2026-10-30
- NOAA Science On a Sphere, sos.noaa.gov/catalog/datasets/marine-migration-great-white-shark-3d, checked 2026-10-30
Grades 5–6
My report: the great white shark
Carcharodon carcharias · Grades 5–6
| Length | 20 ft (6.1 m) |
|---|---|
| Height at the shoulder | not checked yet: look it up! |
| Weight | 2 tons (1.8 tonnes) |
| Top speed | 35 mph (56 km/h) |
| How long it lives | 30 to 70 years |
Read about it
Great white sharks are fish and breathe through gills, but they can keep their bodies warmer than the water around them, which helps them swim fast in cold seas. They find food with a strong sense of smell and special pores on the snout that feel electricity. Sharks rarely bother people; scientists track them with tags to learn where they travel.
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/white-shark, checked 2026-10-30
- NOAA Science On a Sphere, sos.noaa.gov/catalog/datasets/marine-migration-great-white-shark-3d, checked 2026-10-30