We will begin our research project at school. The students are assigned a penguin to study. We find some of the information from fact sheets and books. The rest is completed at home. A project packet goes home at least one week before the project is due. It includes the project rubric, 2 information sheets, a report sheet, and a penguin color page. I also try to send home a copied page on the specific penguin, in case some students do not have access to the internet. (I may change the 2 fact sheets, but these are two I have on file at this time.)

Rubric (.doc)

1-Fact Chart

2-Bio Chart

3-Report form (.pdf)

4-Penguin color sheet (.pdf)

Directions:

• The information forms do not need to be filled out in complete sentences. These forms are mainly to help prepare for the written report.

• The report does not have to include every single fact on the info sheets, but must be a thorough description of the assigned penguin.

• The picture or drawing needs to show the assigned penguin's markings and special features.

• The student will present their report by reading the written report to the class and showing the colored penguin page. They will also be asked to show the height of their penguin and identify where it is located on a map.

(See the links section for great information & sites)

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For wonderful descriptions of all 17 breeds of penguins, see the following link.

http://www.penguintag.org/species_index.htm--not working :(

King

• Bright orange ear patches, long pointy beak, bluish-gray back.

• 28 inches

• up to 40 pounds

Little Blue

• Gray-blue feathers, blue beak, white throat, pink feet.

• 11 inches

• 2.5 pounds

Gentoo

• White splotch over eyes, long feathery tail, red beak, pale-pink feet

• 22 inches

• about 13 pounds

Galápogos

• Black stripe across chest.

• 15 inches high

• 5 pounds

Emperor

• Long, black down-curved beak, black feet, black head. Has more feathers and longer feathers than any other penguin. Even its beak has feathers.

• 35 inches

• up to 90 pounds

Adélie

Schlein, Miriam. What's a Penguin Doing in a Place Like This? Millbrook Press, Brookfield, CT: 1997. 

ISBN# 0-7613-0003-1

January - Making Books with Pockets
Item number EMC584.
Published by Evan-Moor. 

ISBN# 1557996989

Habitats - ScienceWorks for Kids
Item number EMC859.
Published by Evan-Moor. 

ISBN# 1557996881

Teaching Heart Penguin Unit Page

Penguin Vocabulary

Waterford Press  

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