Penguin Party

Ages 3–6 · 5 minutes · English, Science

Waddle on over to the tundra to learn all about penguins

In this lesson, students will:

- Navigate the Antarctic tundra to explore penguin families
- Differentiate a variety of types of penguins
- Observe footage of actual penguins in their habitats
- Pick your favorite penguin!
- Learn about penguin babies
- Interact and make connections to the story

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Science Stories

Standards alignment

Common Core State Standards

1-LS1-2 — Read texts and use media to determine patterns in behavior of parents and offspring that help offspring survive.
K-ESS3-1 — Use a model to represent the relationship between the needs of different plants and animals (including humans) and the places they live.
K-LS1-1 — Use observations to describe patterns of what plants and animals (including humans) need to survive.

Alabama

ELA21.K.2 — Actively engage in teacher-led reading experiences and collaborative discussions with peers to build background knowledge needed to be successful as they learn to read and, later, read to learn.
ELA21.K.22 — Use content knowledge built during read-alouds of informational texts by participating in content-specific discussions with peers and/or through drawing or writing.
SC23.1.6 — Obtain information from text and other media to provide evidence that parents and their offspring engage in patterns of behavior that help the offspring survive.

Alaska

Make observations (firsthand or from media) to collect data that can be used to make comparisons.
Read grade-appropriate texts and/or use media to obtain scientific and/or technical information to determine patterns in and/or evidence about the natural and designed world(s).
Individuals of the same kind of plant or animal are recognizable as similar but can also vary in many ways.
SL.K.1 — Participate in collaborative conversations with diverse partners about kindergarten topics and texts with peers and adults in small and larger groups.

Arizona

K.SL.1 — Participate in collaborative conversations with diverse partners about kindergarten topics and texts with peers and adults in small and larger groups.
1.L1U1.6 — Observe, describe, and predict life cycles of animals and plants.

Arkansas

K-ESS3-1 — Use a model to represent the relationship between the needs of different plants or animals (including humans) and the places they live.
1-LS1-2 — Read texts and use media to determine patterns in behavior of parents and offspring that help offspring survive.

California

RI.K.10 — Actively engage in group reading activities with purpose and understanding.
SL.K.1 — Participate in collaborative conversations with diverse partners about kindergarten topics and texts with peers and adults in small and larger groups.
Use observations (firsthand or from media) to describe patterns and/or relationships in the natural and designed world(s) in order to answer scientific questions and solve problems.

Colorado

RWC20-GR.PS-S.1-GLE.1-EO.a — Attend to language during conversations, songs, stories or other learning experiences.
RWC20-GR.PS-S.2-GLE.1-EO.c — Ask and answer questions and make comments about print materials.
SC.P.2.1.a — Observe, describe and discuss living things.
SC.P.2.1.c — Observe and describe how natural habitats provide for the basic needs of plants and animals with respect to shelter, food, water, air and light.

Connecticut

K-LS1-1 — Use observations to describe patterns of what plants and animals (including humans) need to survive.
1-LS1-2 — Read texts and use media to determine patterns in behavior of parents and offspring that help offspring survive.
K-ESS3-1 — Use a model to represent the relationship between the needs of different plants and animals (including humans) and the places they live.

Delaware

Use observations (firsthand or from media) to describe patterns and/or relationships in the natural and designed world(s) in order to answer scientific questions and solve problems.
RI.K.10 — Actively engage in group reading activities with purpose and understanding.
SL.K.1 — Participate in collaborative conversations with diverse partners about kindergarten topics and texts with peers and adults in small and larger groups.
K-ESS3-1 — Use a model to represent the relationship between the needs of different plants and animals (including humans) and the places they live.

Florida

ELA.K.R.2.2 — Identify the topic of and multiple details in a text.
SC.K.L.14.3 — Observe plants and animals, describe how they are alike and how they are different in the way they look and in the things they do.
SC.K.N.1.5 — Recognize that learning can come from careful observation.

Georgia

SKL2.a — Construct an argument supported by evidence for how animals can be grouped according to their features.
SKL2.c — Ask questions and make observations to identify the similarities and differences of offspring to their parents and to other members of the same species.

Hawaii

Make observations (firsthand or from media) to collect data that can be used to make comparisons.
K.SL.1 — Participate in collaborative conversations with diverse partners about kindergarten topics and texts with peers and adults in small and larger groups.
Use observations (firsthand or from media) to describe patterns and/or relationships in the natural and designed world(s) in order to answer scientific questions and solve problems.

Idaho

K-LS-1.1 — Students who demonstrate understanding can: Use observations to describe how plants and animals are alike and different in terms of how they live and grow.
K.RS.DR.2 — Listen to a series of texts organized around a variety of conceptually related topics to build knowledge about the world.
K-ESS-1.2 — Students who demonstrate understanding can: With guidance and support, use evidence to construct an explanation of how plants and animals interact with their environment to meet their needs.

Illinois

INFO-P1 — Read grade-appropriate texts and use media to obtain scientific information to determine patterns in the natural world.
INV-P4 — Make observations (firsthand or from media) to collect data that can be used to make comparisons.
SL.K.1 — Participate in collaborative conversations with diverse partners about kindergarten topics and texts with peers and adults in small and larger groups.
1-LS1-2 — Read texts and use media to determine patterns in behavior of parents and offspring that help offspring survive.

Indiana

K.LS.1 — Describe and compare the growth and development of common living plants and animals.
K.LS.2 — Describe and compare the physical features of common living plants and animals.
K.CC.3 — Ask and answer questions about key details in a text read aloud or information presented orally or through other media. (E)

Iowa

K-ESS3-1 — Use a model to represent the relationship between the needs of different plants and animals (including humans) and the places they live.
1-LS1-2 — Read texts and use media to determine patterns in behavior of parents and offspring that help offspring survive.

Kansas

Use observations (firsthand or from media) to describe patterns and/or relationships in the natural and designed world(s) in order to answer scientific questions and solve problems.
RL.K.13 — Listen to high quality prose and poetry of appropriate complexity for Kindergarten.
SL.K.1 — Participate in collaborative conversations with diverse partners about Kindergarten topics and texts with peers and adults in small and larger groups.
There are many different kinds of living things in any area, and they exist in different places on land and in water.

Kentucky

Use observations (firsthand or from media) to describe patterns and/or relationships in the natural and designed world(s) in order to answer scientific questions and solve problems.
1-LS1-2 — Read texts and use media to determine patterns in behavior of parents and offspring that help offspring survive.
Make observations (firsthand or from media) to collect data that can be used to make comparisons.

Louisiana

RI.K.10 — Actively engage in group reading activities with purpose and understanding.
SL.K.1 — Participate in collaborative conversations with diverse partners about kindergarten topics and texts with peers and adults in small and larger groups.
Use observations (firsthand or from media) to describe patterns and/or relationships in the natural and designed world(s) in order to answer scientific questions and solve problems.
K-ESS3-1 — Use a model to represent the relationship between the needs of different plants and animals (including humans) and the places they live.

Maine

Make observations (firsthand or from media) to collect data that can be used to make comparisons.
Read grade-appropriate texts and/or use media to obtain scientific and/or technical information to determine patterns in and/or evidence about the natural and designed world(s).
Participate in collaborative conversations about kindergarten topics and texts with peers and adults in small and larger groups.
Use observations (firsthand or from media) to describe patterns and/or relationships in the natural and designed world(s) in order to answer scientific questions and solve problems.

Maryland

K-ESS3-1 — Use a model to represent the relationship between the needs of different plants and animals (including humans) and the places they live.
K-LS1-1 — Use observations to describe patterns of what plants and animals (including humans) need to survive.

Massachusetts

PreK-ESS2-1(MA) — Raise questions and engage in discussions about how different types of local environments (including water) provide homes for different kinds of living things.
PreK-LS3-1(MA) — Use observations to explain that young plants and animals are like but not exactly like their parents.
SL.K.2 — Confirm understanding of a text read aloud or information presented orally or through other media by asking and answering questions about key details and requesting clarification if something is not understood.
RI.K.1 — With prompting and support, ask and answer questions about key details in a text.

Michigan

1-LS1-2 — Read texts and use media to determine patterns in behavior of parents and offspring that help offspring survive.
2-LS4-1 — Make observations of plants and animals to compare the diversity of life in different habitats.

Minnesota

0.2.5.2 — Verbally or visually respond to a story, with support and guidance.
0L.1.2.1.2 — Make observations of plants and animals to compare the diversity of life in different habitats. (P: 3, CC: 1, CI: LS4)

Mississippi

L.K.2.4 — Use observations to explain that young plants and animals are like but not exactly like their parents (i.e., puppies look similar, but not exactly like their parents).

Missouri

There are many different kinds of living things in any area, and they exist in different places on land and in water.
Read grade-appropriate texts and/or use media to obtain scientific and/or technical information to determine patterns in and/or evidence about the natural and designed world(s).
Make observations (firsthand or from media) to collect data that can be used to make comparisons.
K.R.1.D.a — engaging with text as developmentally appropriate
1.LS3.A.1 — Make observations to construct an evidence based account that young plants and animals are like, but not exactly like, their parents.

Montana

RI.K.1 — With prompting and support, ask and answer questions about key details in a text.
RI.K.10 — Actively engage in group reading activities with purpose and understanding.
SL.K.1 — Participate in collaborative conversations with diverse partners about kindergarten topics and texts with peers and adults in small and larger groups.
K-LS1-1 — use observations to describe patterns of what plants and animals, including humans, need to survive.

Nebraska

LA.K.RI.1 — With prompting and support, identify the main topic and key details in an informational text.
LA.K.RI.8 — Actively engage in group reading activities with purpose and understanding.
LA.K.RI.2 — With prompting and support, identify key individuals, events, or pieces of information in an informational text.
SC.1.6.2.C — Read texts and use media to determine patterns in a behavior of parents and offspring that help offspring survive..

Nevada

RI.K.10 — Actively engage in group reading activities with purpose and understanding.
SL.K.1 — Participate in collaborative conversations with diverse partners about kindergarten topics and texts with peers and adults in small and larger groups.
Use observations (firsthand or from media) to describe patterns and/or relationships in the natural and designed world(s) in order to answer scientific questions and solve problems.
K-ESS3-1 — Use a model to represent the relationship between the needs of different plants and animals (including humans) and the places they live.

New Hampshire

Read grade-appropriate texts and/or use media to obtain scientific and/or technical information to determine patterns in and/or evidence about the natural and designed world(s).
SL.K.1 — Participate in collaborative conversations with diverse partners about kindergarten topics and texts with peers and adults in small and larger groups.
Use observations (firsthand or from media) to describe patterns and/or relationships in the natural and designed world(s) in order to answer scientific questions and solve problems.
K-ESS3-1 — Use a model to represent the relationship between the needs of different plants and animals (including humans) and the places they live.

New Jersey

RL.K.10 — Actively engage in group reading activities with purpose and understanding.
SL.K.1 — Participate in collaborative conversations with diverse partners about kindergarten topics and texts with peers and adults in small and larger groups.
Use observations (firsthand or from media) to describe patterns and/or relationships in the natural and designed world(s) in order to answer scientific questions and solve problems.
K-ESS3-1 — Use a model to represent the relationship between the needs of different plants and animals (including humans) and the places they live.

New Mexico

RI.K.10 — Actively engage in group reading activities with purpose and understanding.
SL.K.1 — Participate in collaborative conversations with diverse partners about kindergarten topics and texts with peers and adults in small and larger groups.
Use observations (firsthand or from media) to describe patterns and/or relationships in the natural and designed world(s) in order to answer scientific questions and solve problems.
K-ESS3-1 — Use a model to represent the relationship between the needs of different plants and animals (including humans) and the places they live.

New York

K-ESS3-1 — Use a model to represent the relationship between the needs of different plants and animals (including humans) and the places they live.
PKL4 — Explore and use new vocabulary in child-centered, authentic, play-based experiences.
1-LS1-2 — Read texts and use media to determine patterns in behavior of parents and offspring that help offspring survive.

North Carolina

LS.K.2.1 — Analyze and interpret data to compare the characteristics of different types of the same animal to determine individual similarities and differences.
RI.K.1 — With prompting and support, ask and answer questions about key details in a text.
RI.K.10 — Actively engage in group reading activities with purpose and understanding.
SL.K.1 — Participate in collaborative conversations with diverse partners about kindergarten topics and texts with peers and adults in small and larger groups.

North Dakota

Make observations (firsthand or from media) to collect data that can be used to make comparison._Question
K-ESS3-1 — Represent the relationship between the needs of different plants and animals (including humans) and the places they live using a model.
1-LS1-2 — Read texts and use media to determine patterns in behavior of parents and offspring that help offspring survive.
K-LS1-1 — Describe patterns, through observation, of what plants and animals (including humans) need to survive.

Ohio

K.LS.1 — Living things have specific characteristics and traits.
K.LS.2 — Living things have physical traits and behaviors, which influence their survival.
RL.K.10 — Actively engage in group reading activities with purpose and understanding. Activate prior knowledge and draw on previous experiences in order to make text-to-self or text-to-text connections and comparisons.
SL.K.1 — Participate in collaborative conversations about kindergarten topics and texts with diverse partners in small and larger groups.

Oklahoma

PK.8.R — Students will listen and respond to read-alouds, participate in shared reading, and interact independently with texts.
PK.3.R.2 — Students will answer basic questions (e.g., who, what, where, and when) about texts, photographs, or illustrations during shared reading or other text experiences with prompting.
PK.4.R.3 — Students will begin to acquire new vocabulary and relate new words to prior knowledge.
PK.7.R — Students will explore ideas and topics in a variety of media and formats with prompting.
K.8.R — Students will listen and respond to read-alouds, participate in shared reading, and interact independently with texts.

Oregon

K.RI.1 — With prompting and support, ask and answer questions about key details in a text.
K.SL.1 — Participate in collaborative conversations with diverse partners about kindergarten topics and texts with peers and adults in small and larger groups.
K.SL.2 — Confirm understanding of a text read aloud or information presented orally or through other media by asking and answering questions about key details and requesting clarification if something is not understood.
K.RI.10 — Actively engage in group reading activities with purpose and understanding.

Pennsylvania

CC.1.3.K.K — Actively engage in group reading activities with purpose and understanding.
CC.1.3.PK.K — With prompting and support, actively engage in group reading activities with purpose and understanding.
3.1.2.C — Make observations of plants and animals to compare the diversity of life in different habitats.

Rhode Island

Use observations (firsthand or from media) to describe patterns and/or relationships in the natural and designed world(s) in order to answer scientific questions and solve problems.
K-ESS3-1 — Use a model to represent the relationship between the needs of different plants and animals (including humans) and the places they live.
RI.K.10 — Actively engage in group reading activities with purpose and understanding.
SL.K.1 — Participate in collaborative conversations with diverse partners about kindergarten topics and texts with peers and adults in small and larger groups.

South Carolina

ELA.K.C.9.1 — Ask and answer questions in conversation on a topic.
ELA.K.R.1.1 — Ask and answer questions (who, what, when, where, why, and how) about print and non-print sources to obtain and refine knowledge.
K-LS1-1.SEP.A: — Analyzing and Interpreting Data Analyzing data in K-2 builds on prior experiences and progresses to collecting, recording, and sharing observations. Use observations (firsthand or from media) to describe patterns in the natural world in order to answer scientific questions. NRC Framework Link
1-LS1-2.DCI.B: — Growth and Development of Organisms Adult plants and animals can have young. In many kinds of animals, parents, and the offspring themselves engage in behaviors that help the offspring to survive. NRC Framework Link

South Dakota

Make observations (firsthand or from media) to collect data that can be used to make comparisons.
K.SL.1 — Participate in collaborative conversations about kindergarten topics and texts with peers and adults in small and larger groups.
Use observations (firsthand or from media) to describe patterns and/or relationships in the natural and designed world(s) in order to answer scientific questions and solve problems.

Texas

K.10A — sort plants and animals into groups based on physical characteristics such as color, size, body covering, or leaf shape;
K.4B — use the senses as a tool of observation to identify properties and patterns of organisms, objects, and events in the environment.

Utah

1.2.2 — Construct an explanation by observing patterns of external features of living things that survive in different locations. Emphasize how plants and nonhuman animals, found in specific surroundings, share similar physical characteristics. Examples could include that plants living in dry areas are more likely to have thick outer coatings that hold in water, animals living in cold locations have longer and thicker fur, or most desert animals are awake at night. (LS1.A, LS1.D)
1.2.4 — Construct an explanation of the patterns in the behaviors of parents and offspring which help offspring to survive. Examples of behavioral *patterns*could include the signals that offspring make such as crying, chirping, and other vocalizations or the responses of the parents such as feeding, comforting, and protecting the offspring. (LS1.B)
2.2.1 — Obtain, evaluate, and communicate information about patterns of living things (plants and animals, including humans) in different habitats. Emphasize the diversity of living things in land and water habitats. Examples of *patterns*in habitats could include descriptions of temperature or precipitation and the types of plants and animals found in land habitats. (LS2.C, LS4.C, LS4.D)

Vermont

1-LS1-2 — Read texts and use media to determine patterns in behavior of parents and offspring that help offspring survive.
K-ESS3-1 — Use a model to represent the relationship between the needs of different plants and animals (including humans) and the places they live.

Virginia

K.1.b.ii — Identify characteristics and properties of objects through observations.
K.C.1.A.i — Participate in a range of collaborative discussions (one-on-one, in groups, and teacher-led) on kindergarten topics and texts. This includes listening actively and following agreed-upon rules for participating in discussions (e.g., waiting for a turn to speak without unnecessary interruptions and staying on topic).
1.5.c — Animals can be classified based on a variety of characteristics.
K.7.c — Offspring of plants and animals are similar but not identical to their parents or to one another.

Washington

Use observations (firsthand or from media) to describe patterns and/or relationships in the natural and designed world(s) in order to answer scientific questions and solve problems.
RI.K.10 — Actively engage in group reading activities with purpose and understanding.
SL.K.1 — Participate in collaborative conversations with diverse partners about kindergarten topics and texts with peers and adults in small and larger groups.
1-LS1-2 — Read texts and use media to determine patterns in behavior of parents and offspring that help offspring survive.

Washington, D.C.

Use observations (firsthand or from media) to describe patterns and/or relationships in the natural and designed world(s) in order to answer scientific questions and solve problems.
K-LS1-1 — Use observations to describe patterns of what plants and animals (including humans) need to survive.
1-LS1-2 — Read texts and use media to determine patterns in behavior of parents and offspring that help offspring survive.
SL.1.1 — Participate in collaborative conversations with diverse partners about grade 1 topics and texts with peers and adults in small and larger groups

West Virginia

S.1.5 — Read texts and use media to determine patterns in behavior of parents and offspring that help offspring survive.
S.K.3 — Use observations to describe patterns of what plants and animals (including humans) need to survive.
Building and appropriately using science domain vocabulary and phrases

Wisconsin

Students use observations and texts to communicate new information. This includes the following: Read developmentally-appropriate texts or use media to obtain scientific and technical information. Use the information to determine patterns in or evidence about the natural and designed worlds. Describe how specific images (e.g., a diagram showing how a machine works) support a scientific or engineering idea. Obtain information using various texts, text features (e.g., headings, tables of contents, glossaries, electronic menus, icons), and other media that will be useful in answering scientific questions or supporting scientific claims. Communicate information or design ideas and solutions with others in oral or written forms. Use models, drawings, writing, or numbers that provide detail about scientific ideas, practices, or design ideas.
ELA.K.SL.1 — With guidance and support, participate in collaborative conversations with diverse partners about topics and texts with peers and adults in small and larger groups.
Students collect, record, and share observations. This includes the following: Record information (observations, thoughts, and ideas). Use and share pictures, drawings, or writings of observations. Use observations (firsthand or from media) to describe patterns or relationships in the natural and designed worlds in order to answer scientific questions and solve problems. Compare predictions (based on prior experiences) to what occurred (observable events). Analyze data from tests of an object or tool to determine if the object or tool works as intended.

Wyoming

Use observations (firsthand or from media) to describe patterns and/or relationships in the natural and designed world(s) in order to answer scientific questions and solve problems.
Read grade-appropriate texts and/or use media to obtain scientific and/or technical information to determine patterns in and/or evidence about the natural and designed world(s).
RI.K.10 — Actively engage in group reading activities with purpose and understanding.
SL.K.1 — Participate in collaborative conversations with diverse partners about kindergarten topics and texts with peers and adults in small and larger groups.
Parents and offspring often engage in behaviors that help the offspring survive.
Make observations (firsthand or from media) to collect data that can be used to make comparisons.