Morning Starters: Summer 2 - Brilliant Brain
Did You Know?
Dolphins are brilliant hunters, thanks to their highly developed brains! Their cerebral cortex, responsible for planning and problem-solving, helps them strategise and work together to outsmart prey. Bottlenose dolphins are one of the few species, along with apes and humans, that have the ability to recognise themselves in a mirror. They are also among the few animals that have been documented using tools.
Word Challenge
Write the correct spelling of each back-to-front word listed below:
1) seiceps
2) larberec
3) esigetarts
4) depoleved
Grammar Challenge
Rewrite the sentence below, using alternative expanded noun phrases to those underlined.
Number Challenge
Fact: The weight of a bottle-nosed dolphin’s brain is around 1.6 kg.
A bottlenose dolphin’s brain is 4 times heavier than a human baby’s brain.
How heavy is a human baby’s brain?
Critical Thinking
If dolphins ruled the world, how would life on Earth change?
