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| 5- 7 minute introduction → Teacher introduction with 2 video clips of penguin behavior Clip 1 → Criminal Penguins (Adelie penguins) Clip 2 →Penguins Launch like Rockets (Emperor Penguins) |
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| Rotation 1 (15 min.) | Rotation 2 (15 min.) | Rotation 3 (15 min.) | |
| WHERE | Classroom | Hallway - Gallery Wall | Courtyard |
| WHO | Parent/Teacher | Parent/Teacher | Middle school students |
| MATERIALS | -Deconstructed timeline (photos and words, see lesson link) -Models showing penguin mass as a chick and as an adult (we used modeling clay) | -Gallery wall with penguin information -Scavenger hunt question with magnetic backing -Magnetic whiteboard & dry erase markers | -Presentation board for introduction -Small rocks -Something to represent egg for Emperor penguin race |
| WHAT | Growing Penguins → Construct a timeline of the first two months of an Adelie penguin’s life | Penguin Scavenger Hunt → collaborative scavenger hunt with student created gallery wall | Penguin Reproduction (active games) → -Criminal penguins (Adelie penguins & their nesting habits) - students try to collect small pebbles or rocks to build their nest while protecting the rocks they have already collected -Emperor penguin race-students try to walk with an “egg” on top of their feet or between their ankels much like the Emperor penguin must do while their egg is incubating |
| Notes & Other Resources: California Academy of Sciences - Emperor Penguin Egg activity | |||
| NGSS Alignment Full, more detailed outline of standards & progressions → NGSS Progressions |
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| Life Science LS1.A Structure and function LS1.B Growth and development of organisms LS2.D Social interactions and group behavior LS4.C Adaptation | *May vary based on content of gallery wall Earth Science ESS3.C Human impacts on Earth systems ESS3.D Global climate change Life Science LS1.A Structure and function LS1.B Growth and development of organisms LS2.D Social interactions and group behavior LS4.C Adaptation LS4.D Biodiversity and humans | Earth Science ESS3.C Human impacts on Earth systems ESS3.D Global climate change Life Science LS1.A Structure and function LS1.B Growth and development of organisms LS2.D Social interactions and group behavior LS4.C Adaptation and instrumentation |
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