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Sustainability Lesson Clearinghouse
Penguins Marching Into Your Classroom
Lesson Description:
Take your classroom on a virtual field trip to the adelie penguin breeding colony in antarctica and watch penguin families raise their chicks on a daily basis. climate change is effecting how these birds live, and life style choices we make here do have an impact 10,000 miles away. Classroom activities and live pictures from the field (Nov-Jan).
Take your classroom on a virtual field trip to the adelie penguin breeding colony in antarctica and watch penguin families raise their chicks on a daily basis. climate change is effecting how these birds live, and life style choices we make here do have an impact 10,000 miles away. Classroom activities and live pictures from the field (Nov-Jan).
Lesson Type:
- Project
Sustainability Topic:
- Climate Change
- Other
Time Needed:
Varies, 1 hour for activity, long term for virtual field trip
Varies, 1 hour for activity, long term for virtual field trip
Standards Addressed:
Ecosystems, inquiry, habitat, lifecycle of birds, predator -prey relationships, climate change,
Ecosystems, inquiry, habitat, lifecycle of birds, predator -prey relationships, climate change,
Materials Needed:
Internet
Internet
Submitted By:
Jean Pennycook
Jean Pennycook
School or Group:
Penguin Science Research Team
Penguin Science Research Team
Contact Email:
Jean.pennycook@gmail.com
Jean.pennycook@gmail.com
Located in: Science
