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Wolves and Penguins
Students practice subtraction strategies and the use of number lines to count back. They use photographs of wolves and penguins to practice subtraction and the creation of number lines. Afterwards, they draw a wolf howling or a penguin...
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Penguins Nesting Know-How
Learners maintain a field journal as they follow penguin parents raising their chicks during the breeding season. They formulate testable questions. Students reflect on animal behavior in the field related to survival and chick rearing.
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How Many Penguins Does It Take? Studying Carrying Capacity and Limiting Factors
How does a population's habitat determine the size of that population? Teach learners about carrying capacity and limiting factors with an engaging roleplay activity. Class members pose as a colony of penguins who must gather food amidst...
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Winter is All Around Us
Students present what they have learned on Antartica. Students identify deciduous and evergreen trees and plants; identify and study about the habitats of animals that migrate, hibernate, and adapt; study the Aurora and Aurora Borealis...
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Break an Egg
Students research antarctic wildlife and create a diorama and fact sheet to present their research to the class. They create an Antarctic explorer's journal.
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Where in the World is Tacky the Penguin?
Students complete an art activity and a classroom graph that coincides with the Tacky the Penguin Series by Helen Leste.
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Penguins Around the World
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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A Look At Penguin Life
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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Penguins
Students read books, learn about the letter p, and eat goldfish crackers all to learn about penguins. In this penguins lesson plan, students also color black and white pictures of penguins.
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Penguin Questions
For this penguin worksheet, students choose one type of penguin and answer 7 short answer questions about it. They describe where it lives, what it eats, what its predators are, and what its height and weight are.
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African Penguins
In this penguins instructional activity, learners use the seven provided names of body parts to label the picture of an African penguin. Students read the short information paragraph.
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Favorite Penguin
Students research their favorite penguin. In this science lesson, students research penguins and create a presentation of their findings.
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Penguins
In this penguins activity, learners choose the correct words to fill in the blanks to sentences about penguins. Students complete 10 sentences.
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Penguin Behavior Bingo
In this penguin behavior bingo worksheet, students observe penguins and mark each behavior that is seen, to understand how penguins communicate.
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Adaptations of Penguins
In this adaptations of penguins worksheet, students write short answers describing 14 ways penguins are adapted for their living environment.
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Model Penguin Project
Students research and build model penguins. In this penguin lesson, students examine the anatomy of penguins by creating models and completing coloring pages.
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Cloze Activity: Penguins
In this penguins cloze procedure worksheet, students review a brief selection that is missing 16 words and then attempt to fill in each blank with a word they think the author might have used. A word bank is provided.
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Science Surprises: Penguins
In this reading comprehension worksheet, students read a 3 paragraph selection about penguins and then respond to 3 short answer questions.
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Penguin Species - Venn Diagram
In this science comparison worksheet, students complete a Venn diagram in which they compare two penguin species. They write the differences in the outer circles, and the similarities in the center section. They summarize the differences...
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Color by Numbers
In this color by numbers learning exercise students will identify the numbers one through six on a picture of a penguin that also contains the letter "P" and color each number a different color.
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Penguin Worksheet
In this penguin worksheet, students choose a type of penguin and then answer 6 questions about that penguin, including their size, environment, eating habits, and more.
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Penguins Around the World Scavenger Hunt
In this penguins worksheet, students explore the Internet to access one specific website to locate the answers to five facts about penguins. Students circle the correct word in bold that completes each statement correctly.
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Penguins Non-fiction Reading Selection with Questions
In this language arts and science worksheet, 3rd graders read a short non-fiction selection about penguins. They complete 6 sentences by choosing the word that makes the it true based on the facts in the reading selection.
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Merry Christmas: Activity Pages
In this Christmas activity, students color, cut and glue pictures on a wreath, reindeer, penguin and snowman. Each part of the activity has suggestions for adult participation in the activity.