1.     Students will use globe.  Upon instruction they will point to equator, poles, North America/US, oceans, and finally Antarctica.

2.     Using a world map students will do same as above.

3.     Using a primary thermometer (can move mercury up and down) students will show degrees F.  Then they will put mercury on 70 degrees (room temp.), 32 degrees (freezing temp.), 20 degrees (average SD winter temp.), and finally –50 degrees (average Antarctica temp.).

4.     Using a penguin diagram (printout from Enchanted Learning.com) students will point out main physical features of penguins and tell how that feature helps them survive in Antarctica. (ex.- feathers are shiny, waterproof, and a penguin has lots of them – more than any other bird.  They help keep the penguin warm.)

5.     Using that same diagram above, students will participate in a listening skills assessment given by the teacher.  Directions will be given to color a certain part when description is given.  (ex. – “Color the part of the penguin orange that it uses to catch fish in the ocean.”)

6.     Compare Emperor penguins with Adelie penguins; tell likenesses and differences.

7.      Draw pictures of the three main enemies of the penguins in Antarctica and label if able.

8.     Take the K-1 Penguin Quiz on the Enchanted Learning webpage.  Students will use the online picture dictionary and will be able to click on the correct letter at the top of the page that corresponds with the answer.  (http://www.enchantedlearning.com/Dictionary.html)

9.     Complete a comparison matrix on Antarctic animals and put  an X in the appropriate box if the animal possesses that characteristic.  (ex. – How does it move?  Put an X under skua gull for fly, an X under penguin, leopard seal, and orca whale for swim, an X under penguin for waddle, etc.)

10.Make a page for class penguin book and include three facts about penguins.

11.Create page for KidPix class slide show.

12.Listening story about Emperor Penguins.  Upon completion students will answer discussion questions by writing or drawing answers on individual chalkboards.  One by one students will display their answers in a “show me” type format.  Some questions will require one word for completion, some will require pictures, and  others will be in a multiple choice format.