Introduces the physical characteristics, habitat, and life cycle of the emperor penguin, with descriptions of how female and male penguins cooperate during the coldest winters on Earth to preserve their eggs.
Learn more about my life cycle and how I went from an egg to the king of Antarctica. My Life as an Emperor Penguin is part of the My Life Cycle series, which uses adorable, first-person narratives to introduce a variety of life cycles.
Provides an overview of the life cycle of an emperor penguin, describing how it grows and changes from birth through adulthood.
Penguins must complete their life cycle in very cold temperatures. To protect their eggs from the cold, penguins use brood patches. Students will watch a penguin chick hatch from an egg and grow into an adult.
Follows the activities of mother and father emperor penguins as they share the duties involved in laying and nurturing eggs, and caring for the newly hatched penguins.
Looks at the life cycle of emperor penguins, showing how they hatch from eggs and mature from chicks into adult birds, highlighting the way they court, mate, reproduce and care for their young. Suggested level: junior, primary.
Describes the behavior, physical characteristics, habitat, and life cycle of emperor penguins.
See what an emperor penguin has in common with an Antarctic petrel.
It takes a special animal to survive the subzero temperatures found at the South Pole. Emperor penguins are the largest living penguins. They use their size to help them survive in Antarctica, one of the coldest place on Earth.
Being a sensational survivor is just one of the things that make emperor penguins superstars!
A look into the life cycle of the Emperor penguins including the environment they live in. Includes teaching notes.