In this lesson the students will learn how penguins take care of their young.
        Subject: Penguins 
        Topic: Care of penguins in birth and Infancy
        Grade Level: 4
        Student Lesson   http://ctap295.ctaponline.org/~phannebr/student
 

Standards Addressed

Fourth Grade
Science: Focus on Life Science
(3) Living organisms depend on one another and on their envionment for survival.

(3b) For any particular environment, some kinds of plants and animals survive well, some survive less well, and some cannot survive at all. 

Instructional Objectives 

1. Students will be able to recall the habitats in which the different penguin species live. 
2. Students will be able to use math skills to calculate differences in penguin population numbers. 
3. Students will compare and contrast the penguin nesting sites. 
4. Students will dramatize in a large group how the male Emperor penguin protects the egg against the Antarctic weather.  
5. Students will construct a penguin species of their choice out of clay. 

Introductory Activities

• The students will take a pre-test on their knowledge of penguin nesting habitats, and the hatching and care of chicks using http://www.funbrain.com/quiz 
• The students will be shown pictures of penguin parents in their nesting habitats,and with their babies.  

• Students will be asked to compare and contrast the nests.  
• After a discussion on incubation, students will be asked to dramatize the Emperor penguin protecting the egg from the Antarctic weather. Students stand together in a circle, some on the inside, some standing around the outside.  When instructed to do so, the students on the outside of the circle will slowly make their way to the inside of the circle, and those on the inside will form the outer part of the circle.  When they walk, they pretend to have an egg on the top of their feet.  This will dramatize how the penguins protect themselves against the harse Antartic weather.
• Students will complete the Penguin Population page. 

Culminating Activity

• Students will construct a penguin of their choice with the help of clay sculptor, Holly Irons. 

Results
Here are the results of my pre and post test.

Web Resources & Supplementary Materials

Introductory Activity
Emporor Penguin
http://www.funbrain.com/quiz

Enabling Activity
http://www.uncwil.edu/tc/antarctica/Gallery/gallery6.htm
http://www.uncwil.edu.tc/antarctica/Gallery/gallery8.htm
http://www.si.hhs.nl/~hansv/Antarctica/picture096.html

Penguin Population

Culminating Activity
Clay sculpture with Holly Irons, 530-272-3031