ARCTIC ADVENTURE 
*Even though penguins live south of the equator, I include them in my Arctic unit. I show the students a globe,point out both Antarctica and the Arctic, and show them where penguins live.
Bulletin Board Ideas:
1. "Our Arctic Adventure"
2. "Slidding into Learning"- decorate with penguins.
Paper bag Eskimos and footprint penguins make up the display above.
BOOKS:
Cuddly Dudley by Jez Alborough
Sailing Off to Sleep by Linda Ashman
Penelope Penguin: The Incredibly Good Baby by John Bianci
The Polar Bear Son: An Inuit Tale by Lydia Dabcovich
Aurora: A Tale of the Northern Lights by Mindy Dwyer
Sweet Dreams, Polar Bear by Mindy Dwyer
Penguins by Gail Gibbons
Far North in the Arctic: Counting Alaska’a Animals
by Cory Hansen
Pipaluk and the Whales by John Himmelaman
The Emperor’s Egg by Martin Jenkins
Mama, Do You Love Me? by Barbara M. Joosse
Tacky the Penguin by Helen Lester
Busy Penguins by John Schindel
Tundra Discoveries by Ginger Wadsworth
Little Penguin’s Tale by Audrey Wood
Welcome to the Ice House by Jane Yolen
POEMS AND SONGS:
“I’m a Little Penguin”
(“I’m a Little Teapot” tune)
I’m a little penguin
Black and white.
Stout and fluffy.
What a sight!
I can’t fly
But I love to swim.
So I’ll waddle to the water
And dive right in!
Penguin
by Meish Goldish
I know a bird
That cannot fly:
Penguin is its name.
It cannot fly,
But it can swim
With speed that wins it fame!
I know a bird
That lives on ice
And waddles by the sea.
It looks so cute
In its black and white suit,
As handsome as can be!
MATH:
1. Patterns- create color patterns on each Eskimo’s jacket using buttons.
2. Counting- Children place the correct number of
penguins on each paper plate iceberg
according to the number written on it.
-Children place the correct number
of ice blocks (sugar cubes) on each
igloo according to the number written
on it.
- Children place the correct number of
Swedish fish on each penguin's tummy
according to the number written on it.
3. Measure a cut-out of an Emperor penguin
(3 feet, 9 inches) using blocks.
Science:
1. Have students try to balance a plastic egg on their feet the way a penguin father holds his eggs.
2. Create an iceberg by filling ziplock
bag almost to the top with water. Leave an inch or so of air space above the water so the ice can expand. Close with twist tie and freeze.Have students predict what will happen when you place iceberg in pan of water. Have students observe what happens.
3. Demonstrate purpose of camoflage by placing polar bear pattern first on black paper and then on white paper.
4. Make Arctic Blizzards by blending vanilla icecream, milk, and whipped cream.
ART:
1. Footprint penguin- Children trace footprint on to black construction paper and cut out. Children paint inside white. Add wiggly eyes, orange beak, and wings. Glue penguin on to blue paper and paint snowflakes around penguin using fingerprints.
2.Penguin Craft
http://www.dltk-kids.com/animals/mpenguin.html
3.Paper bag walrus- Students cut out pattern of walrus head and body. Glue head above paper bag fold and body under fold.
4.Polar Bear- Cut out polar bear pattern and glue on to blue construction paper. Draw a face on bear. Glue cottonballs on to bear's body to represent fur and around bear to represent falling snow.
5. Make igloo using sugar cubes.
4. Eskimos- Children cut out snowsuit patternand glue on to construction paper. Glue cupcake liner above snowsuit to represent hood. Glue photo of student's head inside cupcake liner. Surround Eskimo with falling snow using white paint and fingerprints.
5. Make totem pole by having each student decorate a box to represent an animal.
6. Penguin on an iceberg- Color and cut out penguin pattern and glue on popsicle stick. Turn styrofoam cup upside down and push bottom of popsicle stick through it.. Penguin is now on the "iceberg".
