RESOURCES NEEDED:
Internet capable computer
WHERE IN THE WORLD ARE THE EMPEROR PENGUINS ?
* Your mission is to find the emperor Penguins and
research them.
* Link on to the following web site to figure out where you will
be going.
http://www.nature.ca/notebooks/english/emperor.htm
1. WHAT
CONTINENT WILL YOU BE TRAVELING TO? __________________________________
* Now you know where you are going so let's get packed
up.
* View the following web sites to find out the current temperature
and what you should pack.
http://terraquest.com/va/bridge/bridge.html
http://terraquest.com/va/expedition/equipment.html
2. WHAT
IS THE CURRENT TEMPERATURE OF THIS CONTINENT? _______________________
3. LIST AT
LEAST FIVE ARTICLES OF CLOTHING YOU WILL NEED TO PACK?
1.____________________________
2.____________________________
3.________________________________
4.________________________________
5.____________________________
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4 WHAT ARE
THE NAMES OF BOOTS, FROM L.L. BEAN, THAT ARE RECOMMENDED?
___________________________
5. WHAT IS
LAYERING? ______________________________________________________
6. WHAT ARE
THE THREE ESSENTIAL LAYERS?
1.___________________________
2.___________________________
3.___________________________
* Now you are ready to go. You will be traveling by ship.
It is a long trip but you are almost there. Let's look at what
you can see from on the deck of your ship.
 wow!!!!!!!!!!!!
* You now disembark your ship. You begin your search
for the Emperor Penguin. On your journey you pass many
other animals, but you still do not
see the Emperor Penguins.
7.WHAT
ANIMALS DO YOU SEE? (link on to the following web site
to find out)
http://terraquest.com/va/science/animals.html
List four animals
that you spot on your search for the penguins.
1.______________________
2.______________________
3. ______________________
4. ______________________
You now spot your penguins. What a sight!!!
*Link on to the following web site to find the answers to the
following questions.
http://www.antarcticconnection.com/antarctic/penguins/#Emperor
8.
HOW BIG DO THE EMPEROR PENGUINS GET? _____________________________________
9. WHAT DO
THEY EAT? __________________________________________________________
10. WHAT SEASON DOES BREEDING
TAKE PLACE? ___________________________________
*You see that the penguins are heading to their breeding
grounds. Once there, the female penguin will lay one egg.
*Link on to the following web site to find the answers
to these questions.
http://terraquest.com/va/science/penguins/penguins.html#G
11. WHAT DOES THE
FEMALE DO WITH THE EGG ONCE IT IS LAID? ___________________
12.
HOW LONG DOES THE FEMALE STAY AWAY AFTER SHE LAYS HER EGG? ___________
13.
WHAT DO EMPEROR PENGUINS FEED ON? ________________________________________
14. HOW DEEP CAN
THE EMPEROR PENGUIN DIVE? ___________________________________
You stay until January and see the chick begin to fend for
themselves. Your mother is starting to
miss you and sends a helicopter to get you. Your
mission has been a success. What a wonderful
experience!!
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