Dear Reader,
Happy Earth Day! I know this is a bit late, but here’s a roundup of resources:
Earth Day — recommended websites
Earth Day Coloring Pages
Earth Day Games
See ya on the Net,
Barbara J. Feldman
“Surfing the Net with Kids”
https://www.surfnetkids.com
Penguins
https://www.surfnetkids.com/resources/penguins-2/
Penguins Printable(** for Premium Members only)
https://www.surfnetkids.com/printables/files/printables-club/penguins.pdf
What is it about penguins that makes them so adorable and so popular? Is it their dapper tuxedo coloring, their upright stance, or their amusing waddle? Whatever the reason, here’s the best of what the Web has to offer penguin lovers and student researchers.
Discovery: Top 10 Penguin Videos
These short videos (just a few minutes each) showcase Discovery’s best penguin offerings. Criminal Penguin (first in the playlist) introduces an Adélie penguin who steals the rocks needed to build his nest from neighboring penguins, who seem oblivious to the crime. After enjoying these ten videos, click on over to Waddle all the Way for four more penguin shorts.
Kidzone: Penguins
This Kidzone gateway page has links to three penguin sections: Activities, Facts, and Photos. Activities include printable worksheets, book recommendations, creating writing sparks, a printable mini-book, questions to answer, and a worksheet for children to summarize what they’ve learned about Penguins.
Monterey Bay Aquarium: Focus on Penguins
“Penguins are appealing animals. We tend to feel a certain kinship with them. Like us, they’re social and curious, they walk upright and care for their young. Besides, they look like they’re wearing tuxedos.” Best click is the live video cam (from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. P.S.T) of the black-footed penguins, hatched in an aquarium in New Orleans but native to South Africa. “Watch our exhibit penguins as they hop up on rocks, dive and swim, much like penguins in the wild.”
… Click to continue to Penguins
Printables Club Members Also Get …
Surfnetkids Printables Club Members also get the following printables to use in the classroom, the computer lab, the school library, or to send home with students:
Penguins Printable
Penguins Quiz and Worksheet
Penguins Wikipedia Printable
Antarctica Printable
*** Are you curious? Get your own ten-day trial membership:
https://www.surfnetkids.com/printables-club.htm
Related Games
Penguin Word Search
Penguin Adventure
Pretty Penguins
More Penguin Games
Quote of the Week
“Storms make oaks take deeper root.” ~~ George Herbert ~~ (1593 – 1633) English clergyman and metaphysical poet. Click this link to find a bunch of great quotes about character.
Surfing the Calendar
National Frog Month April
National Garden Month April
Distracted Driving Awareness Month April
Financial Literacy Month April
California Earthquake Preparedness Month April
National Humor Month April
National Mathematics Education Month April
National Poetry Month April
John Muir’s Birthday Apr 21, 1838
Lyrids Meteor Shower Apr 21-22, 2015
Earth Day Apr 22, 2015
Ecology Games for Earth Day Apr 22, 2015
Endangered Species for Earth Day Apr 22, 2015
Shakespeare’s Birthday Apr 23, 1564
Hubble Space Telescope Launched by Space Shuttle Discovery Apr 24, 1990
Italy Liberation Day Apr 25, 1945
World Penguin Day Apr 25, 2015
Whydah Pirate Ship Sank Off the New England Coast Apr 26, 1717
Richter Scale Day Apr 26, 2015
Ulysses S. Grant’s Birthday Apr 27, 1822
Harper Lee’s Birthday Apr 28, 1926
Arbor Day Apr 29, 2015
U.S. Buys Louisiana Territory from France Apr 30, 1803