TABLE OF CONTENTS CHAPTER 1 Graceful Swimmers 4 CHAPTER 2 Pancakes 8 CHAPTER 3 Yum 14 CHAPTER 4 Baby Rays 20 CHAPTER 5 Rays in Trouble 24 THINK ABOUT IT 30 LEARN MORE 31 GLOSSARY 32 INDEX 32
21st century skills library 4 Graceful Swimmers chapter 1 It was a beautiful clear day and the sun warmed the ocean A small group of manta rays swam together through the water They sailed forward gracefully flapping their huge fins Suddenly one ray shot above the surface and high into the air It dropped back into the water headfirst Soon a second ray did the same thing A minute or two passed All of a sudden a huge manta flew into the air It flipped over in one great somersault and landed with a splash
exploring our oceans 5 A manta ray leaps from the ocean
