J is for Jellyfish

Welcome to letter J in the ABC’s of Nature, a series hosted by School Time Snippets. 26 bloggers are sharing a nature themed post beginning with a specific letter of the alphabet.

We moved from Texas to Florida last year and instantly fell in love with the beach. We like to go exploring along the Gulf coast because we never know what we will discover. One of our fascinating finds was a beautiful jellyfish. (Thankfully we’ve not come across any live ones.) Have fun learning about these amazing creatures!

Did You Know…

• Jellyfish are 95% water and 5% proteins & salt
• A  jellyfish larva lives as a polyp on the ocean floor and eventually buds off into multiple young jellyfish.
• A group of jellyfish is called a bloom, swarm, or smack.
• A jelly fish has no brain, heart, blood, or nervous system.

Learn about Jellyfish:

• Jellyfish Facts
• Amazing Jellies
• Jellyfish Creature Features
• Jellies Fact Sheet

Jellyfish Activities:

• Jellyfish Lapbook
• Jellyfish Puzzles & Worksheets
• Jellyfish Preschool Activities & Crafts
• Jellyfish Online Games
• Jellyfish Coloring & Activity Book
• Plastic Bag Jellyfish
• Three Jellyfish Song & Puppets

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Books to Read:

• Amazing Jellies: Jewels of the Sea
• Floating Jellyfish (Pull Ahead Books)
• Stung!: On Jellyfish Blooms and the Future of the Ocean
• Jellies

Videos to Watch:

• Vicious Beauties – The Secret World of the Jellyfish
• Stunning Jellyfish
• Dance of the Jellyfish
• The World’s Largest Jellyfish

We are working our way through these lovely Art at the Beach Chalk Pastels lessons. It includes a beautiful jellyfish, which you can see on the sample page.

Just for fun, I snagged these at the grocery store today:

Be sure to check out the entire ABC’s of Nature series!