Penguin Project Update...

 I wanted to share with you all an email that I received over the weekend about the Antarctica Penguin Project from Jean Pennycook (the Penguin Education Specialist in charge of the project):

Welcome to the 2014-2105 Adélie Penguin breeding season in Antarctica!   Starting Nov 17, follow 10 new penguin families as they raise their chicks at Cape Royds, on Ross Island.  Adopt a penguin family, keep a field notebook, record parent foraging trips, egg hatching and chick rearing data. Follow daily pictures as these amazing birds raise their chicks. http://www.penguinscience.com/education/royds_nestcheck.php

Combine science, art and geography. Have your students track their penguin postcards as they are mailed down to us, and then back from Antarctica.http://www.penguinscience.com/education/postcards.php

 Design and make a flag to fly at our research station.  http://www.penguinscience.com/education/design_flag.php

 Ready made  instructional powerpoints (with teaching notes) about penguins, Antarctica and more!

http://www.penguinscience.com/education/penguin_powerpoint_presentations.php

Something for everyone about Antarctica!

Penguin Science is an NSF funded project engaging and educating classrooms and the public about Antarctica and the amazing Adélie penguins as they raise their chicks and cope with global climate change.

Please let me know if you are interested in participating in this project or if you would like to meet with me during lunch recess to work on it.

Mrs. L.