Scientists have found four new homes for big penguins called emperor penguins in a very cold place called Antarctica. Now, they know about 66 places where these penguins live. These penguins need ice to live, but it's getting harder for them because the Earth is getting warmer. Finding these new homes is good news, but the penguins might have to find new places to live if the ice keeps changing. People who care about animals are watching these penguins to help them.
Emperor penguins are the biggest kind of penguins, and they live where it's very, very cold. They like to stay together in groups. To find these groups, scientists use pictures from space because Antarctica is too big and hard to visit. They just found four new groups, adding more penguins to the total number they know about. But, as their ice homes keep changing, these penguins will have to be smart and find new places to live.
Original news source: Four new emperor penguin groups found by satellite (BBC)
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– Charades
Instructions: Divide the class into small groups. Give each group a slip of paper with a word related to the article, such as "penguin," "Antarctica," or "ice." One student from each group will act out the word without speaking, while the others guess what it is.
– Vocabulary Pictionary
Instructions: Divide the class into pairs. Give each pair a list of vocabulary words from the article, such as "emperor penguins," "Antarctica," "ice," and "groups." One student from each pair will draw a picture to represent a word, while the other student tries to guess what it is.
– News Summary
Instructions: Read the article aloud to the class. Then, ask the students to summarize the main points of the article in their own words. Encourage them to use simple sentences and key vocabulary from the article.
– Keyword Hangman
Instructions: Write a keyword from the article on the board, but leave out some letters. Ask the students to take turns guessing letters to complete the word. If they guess a correct letter, write it in the correct place. If they guess a wrong letter, draw a part of a hangman. The students must guess the word before the hangman is completed.
– Think-Pair-Share
Instructions: Ask the students to think about what they would do to help the emperor penguins if they were scientists or people who care about animals. Then, have them pair up and share their ideas with their partner. Finally, ask a few pairs to share their ideas with the whole class.
π€ Comprehension Questions:
Emperor penguins live in a very cold place called Antarctica.
Scientists use pictures from space to find groups of emperor penguins because Antarctica is too big and hard to visit.
Scientists recently discovered four new homes for emperor penguins in Antarctica.
It is getting harder for emperor penguins to find ice to live on because the Earth is getting warmer.
If the ice keeps changing for the penguins, they might have to find new places to live.
People are watching the penguins because they care about animals and want to help them.
Emperor penguins need ice to live on in order to survive.
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Scientists have four new homes for big penguins called emperor penguins in a very cold place called Antarctica. Now, they know about 66 places where these penguins . These penguins need ice to live, but it's getting harder for them because the Earth is getting warmer. these new homes is good news, but the penguins might have to find new places to live if the ice keeps changing. who care about animals are watching these penguins to help them. Emperor penguins are the kind of penguins, and they live where it's very, very cold. They like to stay together in groups. To find these groups, use pictures from space because Antarctica is too big and to visit. They just found four new groups, adding more penguins to the total number they know about. But, as their ice homes keep , these penguins will have to be smart and find new places to live.
π¬ Discussion Questions:
1. What are emperor penguins?
2. How do scientists find the emperor penguins?
3. Do you like penguins? Why or why not?
4. How do you think the penguins feel when their ice homes keep changing?
5. What do you think the penguins should do if their homes keep changing?
6. Have you ever seen a penguin before? Where?
7. How would you feel if you had to find a new home?
8. Do you think it's important to help animals like the emperor penguins? Why or why not?
9. What do you think the penguins do when they stay together in groups?
10. How would you feel if you had to live in a very, very cold place like Antarctica?
11. What do you think the penguins eat?
12. Why do you think scientists use pictures from space to find the emperor penguins?
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