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Emperor Penguins

For Teachers 4th - 12th
What animals can live in the coldest place on Earth? Emperor penguins sure can! This five-minute video shows how these special penguins travel, live, and grow their families. This is a fantastic video to show your class!
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California Academy of Science

Penguin Wave

For Students 7th - 12th
Emperor penguins keep warm at sub-zero Arctic temperatures. How do they do it? Think of the energy generated during a sporting event wave of the crowd, and you will be getting warmer! This short clip shows that tiny, wave-like movement...
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The Emperor Penguin's Egg

For Teachers K - 3rd Standards
Here is a game intended for use at home that could easily be adapted to the school environment. The class reads an informational story about emperor penguins and then they watch a clip from the film, March of the Penguins. They focus on...
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A Look At Penguin Life

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students read a story about Penguin Life and answer vocabulary and comprehension questions about it. In this penguin life lesson plan, students respond to literature by researching penguins and creating a Venn diagram to compare/contrast...
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Lesson 2:Context Clues

For Teachers 2nd Standards
Using The Life Cycle of an Emperor Penguin by Bobbie Kalman, second graders practice defining unfamilar words with context clues.  They come across new vocabulary words and read the entire sentence and the sentence before...
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Penguins Around the World

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students gain an awareness of the diverse habitats of the 17 species of penguins. Standard: 4.4 Interdependence of Life Changes in an organism's habitat are sometimes beneficial to it and sometimes harmful.
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I love penguins!

For Teachers Pre-K - 2nd
Students listen to stories and view video about penguins. In this penguins lesson, students research penguins in groups and present a report using their choice of technology or artwork presentation.
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The Emperor's Egg by Martin Jenkins

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Young scholars explore the penguin life cycle. In this penguin life cycle activity, students read the book The Emperor's Egg by Martin Jenkins. Young scholars look at the pictures and make predictions. Students identify facts about...
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Model Penguin Project

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Learners research and build model penguins. In this penguin activity, students examine the anatomy of penguins by creating models and completing coloring pages.
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Penguin Parents are Cool

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders explore the lives of penguins and the relationship between them and their parents. They compare and contrast penguin populations in various areas of the world as well as their nesting sites. After constructing a penguin...
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Ocean Discovery

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Immerse your young marine biologists in the world of marine animals. The lesson includes several activities that are age-appropriate for preschoolers and kindergartners, including coloring pages, gluing feathers and sand onto paper...
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Animal Parenting

For Teachers 6th - 7th
Students analyze parenting instincts. In this parenting instincts instructional activity, students view a drawing of animal they studies and describe what they learned about the animal. Students teach the class about their animal and the...
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Glossary

For Teachers 2nd Standards
Show your class how they can use a glossary to determine the meaning of an unfamiliar word. A book about the great emperor penguin is used to hone in on vocabulary development through the use of context clues and the glossary found at...
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Frozen Seas

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students research animal life in the frozen seas. In this researched based lesson plan, students use the Internet to create a poster about an animal that lives in an Arctic or Antarctic environment. Students will focus on the behavioral...
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Travel to the Polar Lands

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders receive an "Expedition Ticket" to travel through the Polar Regions- the Arctic and the Antarctic. They research polar bears and make drawings that are to scale.
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Exploiting Antarctica

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learners read the story and diary "Lizzie's diaries from Antarctica and Antarctica" to get massive clean-up. Students discuss their knowledge of life in Antarctica and raise the fact of the Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station and its...
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California Academy of Sciences

California Academy of Sciences: Penguin Wave

For Students 3rd - 9th
Researchers have discovered how emperor penguins stay warm even at 43 degrees below zero. [1:35]
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Penguin Publishing

Penguin Random House: Rh Kids: Fact Tracker: Penguins and Antarctica

For Students K - 1st
This video checks information included in the fiction book entitled Magic Tree House #40: Eve of the Emperor Penguin by Mary Pope Osborne. The book Fact Tracker: Penguins and Antarctica, the nonfiction companion written by Will Osborne...
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HotChalk

Hot Chalk: Lesson Plans Page: Penguin Theme Unit

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
This instructional activity is designed to help young students learn about penguins over a five-day unit.
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Read Works

Read Works: Vocabulary in Context 2nd Grade Unit: Glossary

For Teachers 1st - 3rd Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] A lesson in which students learn to use a glossary to determine the meanings of unfamiliar words. Lesson utilizes the book The Life Cycle of an Emperor Penguin by Robin Johnson and Bobbie Kalman and...
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Western Reserve Public Media: Teaching With Tech: Tech Plus Crayons

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
The lesson consists of students working in groups of 3-4 to research different topics about Emperor Penguins. They will scan a QR code, which will take them to teacher-vetted websites for answers to topic questions. These topics are:...
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Teaching Heart: Penguins

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Use this site if you want to find ideas, lessons and activities related to penguins.
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Read Works

Read Works: Grade 2: Four Lesson Unit: Vocabulary in Context

For Teachers 1st - 3rd Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] A series of four lesson plans designed to develop students' vocabulary skills including understanding prefixes, using context clues, and using a glossary and a dictionary. Lessons are based on the books...
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Read Works: Vocabulary in Context 2nd Grade Unit: Context Clues

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This is a lesson in which students learn to use context clues in surrounding sentences to determine the meanings of unfamiliar words. The lesson utilizes the book The Life Cycle of an Emperor Penguin by...

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