Monterey
Bay Aquarium Focus on Penguins
Learn about blackfooted penguins and their care, life at sea, about threats facing penguins, read penguin FAQs, and watch real penguins using the penguin cam. Good reference for teachers and older elementary students.
Features frequently asked questions, species information, information about penguins in zoos, conservation, news, books, cool penguin games to download as well as online puzzles and quizzes. Suitable for teachers and students grade 3 through 6 with supervision.
Enjoy "Fun facts about penguins," watch a slide show, download lesson plans, get ideas for activities, find out about ideas for developing a collaborative project about animal adaptations with other classrooms, read about habitats, view pictures, take an online quiz or participate in an online treasure hunt. Great for K through 6 teachers and students with teacher supervision.
Creature Feature: Emperor Penguins
This National Geographic site features fun facts, penguin links, video of adult penguins with their young, audio of penguin calls, a map showing where Emperor penguins live, and a cool postcard to send electronically to a friend.
This Australian Wildlife site has a lot of information about penguins including: aliases, lifestyle, reproduction, appearance, social system, status, mortality, feeding, and more. Also includes links, but no photographs. Good reference information.
Penguins: A SeaWorld Education Department Resource
Read all about penguins: classification, habitat, physical characteristics, behavior, diet, hatching and care of chicks and a reference list of books for young readers. Some photographs. Good reference information for teachers.
This site includes pictures and slide shows, video clips, information on penguin species, links to penguin sites, and a special kids corner with a word search, links, a quiz and a penguin mask to make. Includes some advertisement. Good reference for teachers. Kids corner requires downloading and printing.
Virtual Antarctica Science: Penguins
This colorful page has lots of photographs and information on flightless birds, behavior, breeding, locomotion, colonies, and five kinds of penguins: Adelie, Emperor, Gentoo, Chinstrap and Crested. Good reference information.
Mrs. Bee's Penguins and Antarctic Pages
This is a great place to find classroom ideas revolving around penguins. You'll find activities for all ages, poems and songs, activity sheets, photos, book lists, links, and graphics. Great teacher resource.
Created by educators, this site has penguin related educational
activities at various levels. The suggestions are graded by age: up to
6, 6-10, 10-14, 14-16, 16-18, and 18+. Included are research topics, questions
to investigate, and resource ideas such as the library, the internet, stuffed
animals, posters, and the like.