Keystone Elementary School

Knox, PA 16232

 

All About Penguins!
Resources for Primary Students
 
  Web Resources
Penguin, Penguin
http://www.starfall.com/n/fiction-nonfiction/penguin/load.htm
This early reader is a story about a penguin family. Just click on a word if you get stuck to hear it read out loud.
Grade Level: Kindergarten, Grade 1,Grade 2

National Geographic Explorer Penguin Parade
http://magma.nationalgeographic.com/ngexplorer/0511/games/game_intro.html
Play the game to find out how much you really know about penguins!

Origami Penguin:
http://dev.origami.com/images_pdf/penguin_grebenicek.pdf
Use black and white paper to create this adorable pen-
guin, following the instructions for six folds and one
squashed beak.

Penguins at Enchanted Learning
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/themes/penguins.shtml

Kidzone's Penguins Page
http://www.kidzone.ws/animals/penguins/index.htm

National Geographic's Creature Feature--Emperor Penguins
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/kids/creature_feature/0101/penguins.html

Monterey Bay Aquarium--Penguin Web Cam
http://www.mbayaq.org/efc/efc_splash/splash_cam.asp

Penguins Around the World
http://www.siec.k12.in.us/~west/proj/penguins/main.html

Types of Penguins
http://www.cityofportsmouth.com/school/dondero/msm/bird/typesofp.html

Penguins Activities
http://www.kidzone.ws/animals/penguins/activities.htm

Penguins Songs and Poems
http://www.canteach.ca/elementary/songspoems25.html

Coloring Pages
http://www.coloring.ws/penguins1.htm

Penguins Webquest
http://coe.west.asu.edu/students/phanover/penguin_student_page.htm

Perfectly Penguins Webquest
http://projects.edtech.sandi.net/encanto/penguins/

Reader's Theater--Tacky the Penguin
http://www.teachers.net/lessons/posts/874.html

 
  Keystone Elementary Library Resources
598 PAT. Patent, Dorothy Hinshaw.
Looking at Penguins.
Describes the different kinds of penguins, their habitat, behavior, and status as an endangered species.

598.4 GLE. Glendinning, Sally. Pen, Emperor Penguin.
Describes the life of an Emperor penguin from his birth through his first year of life.

598.2 RAU. Rau, Margaret. The Penguin Book.
Briefly describes the habits and behavior of 15 existing species of penguins.

598.47 HEW. Hewett, Joan. A Penguin Chick Grows Up.
Describes the development of Obie, a penguin living in a nature sanctuary, from the day he hatches to age five weeks.
(Reading level 2.0)

Hall, Margaret. Penguins and Their Chicks.
This book tells how penguin chicks eat, play, live, learn, and develop.
(Reading grade level 1-2)

598.2 PEN. Penney, Richard. The Penguins are Coming!
An easy-to-read introduction to the physical characteristics, behavior, and habits of the Adelie penguins of Antarctica.

Trumbauer, Lisa. The Life Cycle of a Penguin.
Describes the physical characteristics, habits, and stages of development of penguins.
(Reading level K-1)

 
  Unitedstreaming Videos
Antarctic Antics.
Imagine growing up in a colony of emperor penguins on the iciest continent on earth. Come visit Antarctica--but you'd better wear your park-tica to celebrate the slips and slides and swims and glides of these delightful creatures in poetry and song.
(Grades K-3, 19 minutes)

Animal Profiles--Penguins.
We are pleased to announce our Animal Profile series. This is one of the most comprehensive animal video series available today. Representative examples from the mammal, snake and bird classes are filmed in their natural habitat at the Washington Park Zoo and the Oregon Wildlife Safari. This extensive Animal Profile series provides for curriculum enrichment in science, social studies, language arts and reading as well as multi-grade level use.
(Grades 3-5, 15 minutes)

 
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