The Penguin
Place.
Online activities for Junior
Classes.
Activity One.
This activity has a set of
worksheets for you to complete. Make sure you do them all.
Read the story "What is a Penguin?" from Sunshine Books. You will need some conference
time with your Teacher. Make sure you book your time!
Here are your activity sheets to
print off and complete. Discuss the sheets with a friend or your
teacher to make sure you know what you are doing before you start.
Work with a friend.
Activity Two.
Booklet
Make a booklet cover for
your worksheets.
Fold a sheet of heavy art paper to
A4 size. Make a border. Use felt pens or crayons. Make a title,
"Penguins." Put your name in the top right hand corner. Draw pictures
of penguins. Print out a story
sheet. write some facts
about Penguins. Include the sheet in your booklet.
Activity Three.
Take some time online to
try and solve the Rock
Hopper Slider.
Write a story about
Penguins. Print out the Story
Map and complete it before
you start your story. Publish your story on computer. Include your
story map and your published story in your Penguin Booklet.
Activity Four.
You could work with a friend to do
this online activity.
Take a Penguin
Quiz. How do you think you
scored?
Go to the Learning
Page. Printout, read and
colour the Penguin Fact File. Make a mind map of all the things you
know about Penguins.
Activity Five.
Take some time to browse
these great sites.
Some great sites to
browse.
Pete
and Barb's Penguin Page.
Penguins in New
Zealand.
Make a chart showing all the things you know about
Penguins.
Take another Penguin
Quiz.
Activity Six.
Work with a Buddy for this
online activity. You get to choose the story.
Puddle
the Little Penguin's Big Adventure.
For Teachers.
Penguins Susan Silverman's photos and videos of the
Yellow Eyed Penguin and the Little Blue Penguin at Oamaru, New
Zealand.
Hoiho's
Chicks. A really useful
unit of work of work based on Joy Cowley's story about the Yellow
Eyed Penguin..
A Penguin
Unit from Free Worksheets.
Handy reading material with short follow up activities. Aimed at ages
6 to 10.
Penguins
- Patricia Hale. This is
an award winning lesson plan - Ist Place in Fall MasterSearch
1999
SUMMARY: There are three lessons and activities developed in relation
to the web site Penguins
Around the World. Through
the use of these lessons and activities students will learn about the
variety of habitats and the diversity in the kinds of penguins in the
world. This will help them to understand how animals that survive in
harsh climates have been able to do this through their adaptations in
body features, nesting and breeding, and ability to catch their
food.
Below are useful print out pages
from Enchanted Learning. They can be used for guided group reading
and discussion. Children can use pens to highlight facts. The
pictures can be coloured and included in the Booklet made
in Activity Two.
Jackass
Penguin Fact Sheet.
Penguin
Emperor
Penguin
In June 200 the iron
ore carrier Treasure sank
between Robben and Dassen Islands off the coast of Africa.The Jackass
Penguins were in serious danger. Find out about the Treasure oil
spill and Pete Penguin who was tracked from Port Elizabeth back to
Robben Island.
Penguins A useful list of links.
Penguin. A nice print out sheet you could use for
a shape book.
Penguin
Activity Sheets to print
off. Check out the "Activities" section. Some great penguin graphics
as well for children wanting to write their own web page, or for
story sheets.
Penguins
Penguin
Poems.
Gander
Academy Penguin Pages.
The
Penguin Thematic Unit Page.
Waddle
Waddle Penguins: A Think Quest Entry.
Penguins
in New Zealand.
Penguin
Printable Sheets Use these
for making Penguin Books.
Antarctica
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