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Penguin Science | Penguins Marching Into the Classroom | ||
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Welcome to the Penguin Science Education Page! Here you will find fun and educational activities to help students learn about many interesting aspects of Adelie penguin life, history and their relationship to climate change. Students can also
send questions to the researchers who study penguins, check the nests
of penguins as they look today, and (if the season is right) even receive
a postcard from Antarctica! To see a map
of the penguin colonies that live on and around Ross Island, just
click in the image of the map to the right. We hope you enjoy learning about these amazing seabirds!
Jean Pennycook: penguin_letters@yahoo.com |
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| Follow along as the 2009-10 Adelie Breeding Season unfolds. New stories every week. If you have questions or comments, write us at the address above. | |||
How do these amazing birds cope with the harsh environment of Antarctica? These close up pictures will show the many adaptations which allow Adelie Penguins to live and breed in the coldest environment on Earth. Click here
to see how AntarcticPenguins are coping with climate change. |
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Nov to Jan . This is the breeding season for Adelie Penguins at Cape Royds on Ross Island, Antarctica. Follow along as researchers post daily pictures of penguin families brooding, hatching, guarding and fledging their chicks. Daily pictures start Nov 18, and will run through Jan 20. Adopt your favorite penguin pair and keep a field journal of their breeding activities. Click here to make your own field journal as you follow along. |
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students can receive a postcards from Antarctica. Have your students desgin
a penguin postcard, self address and stamp it, then mail them as a class
in a single envelope to us before Dec 31, 2009 and
they will be returned with the unique "Antarctica" postmark.
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Powerpoints for use in your classroom about Antarctic Penguins, Antarctica and gobal climate change. Teaching notes included. Dowload them here:
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| Design a flag to fly at our research station in Antarcitca. they must be here by Dec 31, 2009. | |||
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Can you tell the difference between the voice of one penguin and another. Test your skill here. | ||
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Do you have questions about Adelie Penguins? Search this list of previously asked questions by students and adults from all over the world. Your question not there? Use the form at the bottom of the page to submit your unique question. | ||
| Interesting facts about Adelie Penguins and how we know what we know. How do scientists work, what instruments do they use and how do they discover the answer to their questions? | |||
| Here is your chance to be a penguin research scientist. Study these pictures and come up with your own ideas of why these birds do what they do. Write us with your ideas. | |||
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Look at these fun pictures of penguins being penguins. Make a caption about what you think the penguins are saying or thinking. Send it to us and we will post it on the web page forothers to enjoy. | ||
Click here to follow penguins as they search for food in the Ross Sea. |
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Stories in pictures of Adelie Penguins being penguins.
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