On the road to search for
Penguins!
2nd Grade Penguin Research
TASK: The Ecotarium in Worcester, Massachusetts, wants to purchase some new penguins for visitors to enjoy. Since Ms. Giuliani’s 2nd graders have been learning so much about penguins, the animal keepers have asked us to help them make a choice between these four kinds of penguins.
STEPS: What do I need to do?
1. Choose 2 penguins and learn about them
using the Internet
Links
2. Answer the questions on the worksheet after researching
3. Choose the best penguin for the Ecotarium, and tell why it is the best
choice
Please read the rest of the directions....
STEP 1: Choose 2
penguins and learn about them using the Internet Links
You and your partner must find out as much
information as you can to help the Ecotarium make a good decision for the right
type of penguin. Choose TWO penguins to research, and then look for the answers
to the questions below.
STEP 2: Answer the questions on the worksheet after
researching.
Print out the worksheet to use with your
research.
Click here for worksheet, and then print!
1. Where does this
kind of penguin live? Is it
usually warm or cold in this place?
2. How big will this kind of penguin grow?
3. What does this
penguin like to eat?
4. How many eggs
does a mother hatch each year?
5. How long can this
type of penguin live?
6. What are two
interesting things that this penguin can do?
(Remember, people love to watch the penguins do neat stuff!)
To answer the questions, you may find
information on the Internet (go to penguin link list
), on the CD-ROM encyclopedia in the LMC, or in books and magazines.
STEP 3: Choose the best penguin for the Ecotarium, and
tell why it is the best choice
Once you have answered the questions, you will then have to make a choice as to which penguin the Ecotarium should get. You should think about:
- Can the Ecotarium build a habitat in which
these penguins could live and be happy and healthy?
-cold or warm enough
-plenty of water for swimming
-enough room to play - Will Ecotarium visitors enjoy watching these
penguins?
- Will it be easy to feed these penguins?
·
Will
the penguins live long lives and have many babies so that the Ecotarium will
always have lots of penguins?
Choose the
penguin you think the Ecotarium should have and then click HERE
to print a worksheet for you to record your answers for the questions above.
Now that you can give your own reasons why the
Ecotarium should choose the penguin you have picked for them. Have fun with your answers. Click HERE to print a worksheet.