**Get ready for Shark Week, World Ocean Day, and Earth Day with print-and-go activities your students will actually want to do!** 🦈🌍

This comic-style resource dives into the truth about sharks—why they’re misunderstood, why they matter, and how human actions are putting them at risk. Originally created for the Oceanic Preserve Society, this one-page comic blends science and storytelling to spark meaningful conversations about human impact on the environment.

Whether you teach science or ELA, this resource is a hit with upper elementary, middle school, and even high school students. It’s perfect for visual learners, reluctant readers, English language learners (ELL/ESL), and anyone who connects better with comics than textbooks.

🧠 What’s Included in this Shark Week Activities Pack:

Misunderstood Shark Comic – Available in color and blackline; print as an anchor chart poster or simply project it on the front board
Earth Day Shark Coloring Page – The blackline version serves as a great science coloring sheet!
Doodle Notes – Students fill in key terms as they read; great for interactive notebooks
Mini Shark Research Project – Students research many different shark species; doubles as a shark-themed coloring sheet
One-Pager Comic Project – Let students show what they’ve learned by creating their own comic about sharks (templates + rubrics included)
Shark Activity Page – Wrap it all up with fun Shark Week puzzles: word search, maze, and cryptogram
Answer Keys – Everything you need to make implementation quick and easy

If this is your first visit to my store, welcome! Thanks for stopping by.

Cool School Comics provides print-and-go, illustrated science resources improving accessibility and engagement. These resources are built for today’s learners and tested in real classrooms. You’ll find that comics don’t just entertain—they ignite curiosity and improve reading comprehension, especially for students who usually tune out.

👉 Browse the rest of my store to find more comic-based activities

Plate Tectonics and Graham Cracker Lab

Rock Cycle Comic and Starburts Lab

Potential and Kinetic Energy Lesson Plan

Momentum Lesson and Practice Problems

Types of Energy Doodle Notes Activity

Animal Adaptations Comic & Doodle Notes

What makes Cool School Comics such an impactful learning tool?

They are FUN!

This is the most crucial benefit.
Students are more willing to participate and more engaged.
The content STICKS.

Visual learning is EFFECTIVE.

About 65% of the population consists of visual learners.
Visual information is processed faster.
Students who SEE information are more likely to retain it.

EASY to implement!

These lesson plans are complete and ready to go, requiring minimal prep time.
You only need to make copies, upload supplements to your virtual classrooms, and set up the hands-on activities.
Lots of flexibility! You can print these as posters, add them to interactive notebooks, hand them out to students, or share them virtually. There is plenty of room for modifications.

ACTIVE LEARNING

Every lesson plan has a low-prep, wallet-friendly, hands-on component.
Instructions are in a visual format
Follow-up questions or a lab report are always included

Comics make content ACCESSIBLE

Naturally differentiated, comics accommodate a wide range of learning abilities and styles.
Great for classrooms with a diverse population of learners
They can simultaneously rope in both your gifted and struggling students (and everyone in between).
Reluctant readers gravitate toward comics.
Comics help English Language Learners (ESL, ELL) and some SPED students find success.

Be the hip teacher seizing the graphic novels craze. Your students will LOVE it!

**Doodle Notes is a trademarked term used with permission. Please visit www.Doodlenotes.org for more information.