This Web Quest was created for Pre-K to second grade students as an ATCP technology project. It is intended that students be able to identify the characteristics of different species of penguins, and present the findings to the class in the form of a Power Point, Kidpix etc. Most important is that students have exposure and experience in learning mathematical concepts using technology.

1. Student Page
[Teacher Page]
What? Did You Say 365 Penguins?
Title
Introduction A Web Quest for K-2 Grade Mathematics and Language Arts
Task Designed by
Process Elizabeth Bell
Evaluation amiable38@sbcglobal.net
and Leslie Skeen
Conclusion ljskeen@yahoo.com
Credits
Based on a template from The WebQuest Page

2. Student Page
[Teacher Page] Introduction
Hi Students!
Title
I know that penguins are one of your favorite subjects. And you have been
Introduction working on many math concepts, such as
Task adding, counting, comparing, factoring, sorting, and patterning. First, I thought
Process that you might enjoy reading the story, 365 Penguins by Jean-Luc
Fromental. Then, I thought it would be fun to put ourselves in the story.
Evaluation
Now let’s pretend that you are sitting in your bedroom working on a math
Conclusion problem. All of a sudden, your doorbell rings and you have permission to answer
the door. You look out of the door but you see no one there. You look down on
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the doorstep and see a small box with holes all around it. You open it. There is
a little penguin chick with a note attached!
We have no way of caring for our baby penguin. Please take care of
him. It is unsafe for him to travel with us.
Sincerely,
Mama and Papa Penguin
You are asking yourself, what kind of penguin is this? What is does it eat or
drink? Where did the penguins come from? What activities do penguins like?
Where is the mama and daddy? Why do they have different colored feet? How
many more will come?

3. Student Page
[Teacher Page]
The Task
In order for you to learn more about the different penguins that have arrived
Title on your doorstep, you will need to work with a partner. You and your partner
will spend time reading, researching and gathering data. You will:
Introduction
Task  Read the book 365 Penguins by by Jean-Luc Fromental.
 Gather Penguin facts and make a Penguin Fact book.
Process  Create graphs and determine patterns in the number of penguins that
marched in a parade.
Evaluation  Create graphs and figure out how many fish a penguin caught.
 Determine how many times you have to roll one or two dice to help the
Conclusion penguins escape from the ice floes.
 Create a presentation to explain your mathematical solutions and your
Credits research to the class
This project will take a whole week. You will read 365 Penguins and complete
the various worksheets on Monday and Tuesday. On Wednesday you will
complete the research for your Penguin Fact Book. On Thursday, you will
create your presentations for the class. On Friday, you will present your
mathematical solutions and the information from your fact books to the class.
You will be using the Web to do your research. Materials will be provided to
create your fact books and graphs. You may complete your presentations using
Kidpix to make a poster or Kidspiration to make an informational web site.

4. Student Page
[Teacher Page]
The Process
Monday and Tuesday
1. The teacher will assign your partner.
2. You and your partner will read the book 365 Penguins to each other out
Title loud.
3. Your teacher will give the Penguin Problem Solving worksheets.
Introduction Penguin Fishing will challenge you to identify the pattern in the number of fish the
penguin catches each day, write a rule for the number of fish the penguin catches
Task
based on the day, then use that rule and pattern to predict how many fish the
Process penguin will catch on each of the next three days.
Penguin Parade: There are two pattern problem-solving task that will ask you to
Evaluation figure out how many penguins marched in the parade, given the marching pattern.
Penguin Delivery will apply calendar skills to solve the problem about how many
Conclusion penguins will you have to care for .
Credits Wednesday
1. Your teacher will tell you and your partner which penguins you will study to
complete your fact book.
2. Your teacher will give you the Penguin Fact Book that you will complete.
3. You and your partner will use the following websites to gather information for
your Penguin Fact Book.
http://www.siec.k12.in.us/~west/proj/penguins/slide3.html
http://www.siec.k12.in.us/~west/proj/penguins/index.html
http://www.penguinfacts.net/penguin-facts-for-kids.htm
http://www.tooter4kids.com/Penguins/Penguin_index.htm
Thursday
1. Today you and your partner will work on your presentation of math facts and
your Penguin Fact Book.
2. Make sure that you and your partner work on your presentation together.
3. Decide who is going to do which part of the presentation.
4. The presentation should last no more than 15 minutes.
Friday - Presentations

5. Student Page
[Teacher Page]
Evaluation
Title Beginning Developing Accomplished Exemplary Score
1 2 3 4
Introduction
One of the
Neither found
partners found Partners found Both partners found
Task information that
information information that was information that was
Penguin Facts is not
that was scientifically scientifically
scientifically
Process accurate.
scientifically accurate. accurate.
accurate.
Evaluation No habitat Three or more
One habitat fact Two or more habitat
information habitat facts
Conclusion provided. facts provided.
Habitat Information provided. provided.
Credits No behavior Two or more Three or more
One behavior fact
Behavior Information information behavior facts behavior facts
provided.
provided. provided. provided.
Appearance/Diet
Information No information One fact about Two or more facts Three or more facts
provided. each provided. provided for each. provided for each.
Grammar
More than five Three or four No more than two
Five mistakes in
mistakes in mistakes in mistakes in grammar,
grammar, spelling,
grammar, spelling, grammar, spelling, spelling, and
and punctuation.
and punctuation. and punctuation. punctuation.
Math concepts/
Missing two to All answers complete
No worksheet Missing one-two
three entries or and all entries
entries or answers entries or answers
answers recorded

6. Student Page
[Teacher Page]
Conclusion
Title Be very proud of yourself. You provided care for the large number of penguins
while in your care. By reading the story “365 Penguins”, you will better
Introduction understand the life of penguins, their habitats, cost of care, develop
graphs, and present our work through the hand-on-experiences of the use of
Task technology. Excellent Job!
Process
Evaluation
Conclusion
Credits

7. Student Page
[Teacher Page]
Credits &
References
Title
This project would not have been successful without the teamwork and
Introduction dedication between us. When brainstorming on how we were going to approach
this task we thought about each of our strengths and weaknesses. Then we
Task were able to distribute who would do what to bring it together as a team .
Thanks to Jennifer for including this as a final project in Module 10 so that as
Process teachers and future teachers that we will be better equipped to provide our
students with exciting opportunities to interact with technology. We hope to
Evaluation continue to our excitement about learning with technology . It has inspired us
to create this Web Quest.
Conclusion
The Penguin Problem Solving worksheets are available through
Credits http://mathwire.com/themes/themepen.html#lit

8. [Student Page]
What? Did You Say 365 Penguins?
Teacher Page
Title
Introduction A Web Quest for K-2 Grade Mathematics and Language Arts
Standards Designed by
Process Elizabeth Bell
amiable38@sbcglobal.net
Resources and Leslie Skeen
Evaluation ljskeen@yahoo.com
Teacher Script
Conclusion
Based on a template from The WebQuest Page

9. [Student Page]
Teacher Page Introduction
Title
Introduction This Web Quest was created for Pre-K to second grade students as an ATCP
technology project. It is intended that students be able to identify the characteristics
Standards of different species of penguins, and present the findings to the class in the form of a
Power Point, Kidpix etc. Most important is that students have exposure and
Process experience in learning mathematical concepts using technology.
Evaluation
Conclusion

10. [Student Page]
Teacher Page Curriculum Standards
Title
§111.12. - §111.14. Mathematics, Grade K-2.
Introduction (1.1) – (1.3) Number, operation, and quantitative reasoning.
(1.4) – (1.5) Patterns, relationships, and algebraic thinking.
(1.6) Geometry and spatial reasoning.
Standards (1.9) – (1.10) Probability and statistics.
(1.11) – (1.13) Underlying processes and mathematical tools.
Process
§110.2. - §110.4. English Language Arts and Reading, Grade K-2.
Evaluation (1) Listening/speaking/purposes
(3) Listening/speaking/audiences/oral grammar.
Conclusion (4) Listening/speaking/communication
(5) Reading/word identification.
(7) Reading/variety of texts.
(8) Reading/vocabulary development.
(9) Reading/comprehension.
(12) Reading inquiry/research.
(16) Writing/spelling.
(17) Writing/grammar/usage.
(20) Writing/inquiry/research.

11. [Student Page]
Teacher Page The Process 1
Monday and Tuesday
Title 1. The teacher will assign your partner. (Teachers should explain that selection
of partners is not open for discussion. Try to partner students who have
Introduction complimentary strengths and weaknesses)
2. You and your partner will read the book 365 Penguins to each other out loud.
Standards (If the sound factor is a problem, teacher may choose to have the class do a
group reading.)
Process 3. Your teacher will give the Penguin Problem Solving worksheets. (Teachers should
print these worksheets out ahead of time.)
Evaluation Penguin Fishing will challenge you to identify the pattern in the number of fish the
penguin catches each day, write a rule for the number of fish the penguin catches based
Conclusion on the day, then use that rule and pattern to predict how many fish the penguin will catch
on each of the next three days.
Penguin Parade: There are two pattern problem-solving task that will ask you to figure
out how many penguins marched in the parade, given the marching pattern.
Penguin Delivery will apply calendar skills to solve the problem about how many
penguins will you have to care for .
(All math worksheets should be introduced before the students work on them to assure
that students understand the concepts that they will be using.)
Wednesday
1. Your teacher will tell you and your partner which penguins you will study to
complete your Penguin Fact Book. (Tell the class that there are 17 species of
penguin, and that you will assign each group 3 species to make sure that all 17 will
be presented to the class.)
2. Your teacher will give you the Penguin Fact Book that you will complete. (Click on
the hyperlink for a copy of the handout.)

12. [Student Page]
Teacher Page The Process con’t
Title 3. You and your partner will use the following websites to gather information for your
Penguin Fact Book.
Introduction http://www.siec.k12.in.us/~west/proj/penguins/slide3.html
Standards http://www.siec.k12.in.us/~west/proj/penguins/index.html
http://www.penguinfacts.net/penguin-facts-for-kids.htm
Process http://www.tooter4kids.com/Penguins/Penguin_index.htm
Evaluation Thursday
1. Today you and your partner will work on your presentation of math facts and
Conclusion your Penguin Fact Book. (Help students to locate the Kidpix and Kidspiration
web sites that they will use to complete their presentations.)
2. Make sure that you and your partner work on your presentation together . (Tell
them that this is part of the grade for this project.)
3. Decide who is going to do which part of the presentation.
4. The presentation should last no more than 15 minutes. (Each teacher should
make their own judgment about the length of time for the presentations.
Take into account individual student needs. )
Friday – Presentations (Each teacher should also adjust the daily schedule . This
could take more or less time depending on the capabilities of your students.)

13. [Student Page]
Teacher Page Evaluation
Title Beginning Developing Accomplished Exemplary Score
1 2 3 4
Introduction
One of the
Neither found
Standards information that
partners found Partners found Both partners found
information information that was information that was
Penguin Facts is not
that was scientifically scientifically
Process scientifically
scientifically accurate. accurate.
accurate.
accurate.
Evaluation No habitat Three or more
One habitat fact Two or more habitat
information habitat facts
provided. facts provided.
Conclusion Habitat Information provided. provided.
No behavior Two or more Three or more
One behavior fact
Behavior Information information behavior facts behavior facts
provided.
provided. provided. provided.
Appearance/Diet
Information No information One fact about Two or more facts Three or more facts
provided. each provided. provided for each. provided for each.
Grammar
More than five Three or four No more than two
Five mistakes in
mistakes in mistakes in mistakes in grammar,
grammar, spelling,
grammar, spelling, grammar, spelling, spelling, and
and punctuation.
and punctuation. and punctuation. punctuation.
Math concepts/
Missing two to All answers complete
No worksheet Missing one-two
three entries or and all entries
entries or answers entries or answers
answers recorded

14. [Student Page]
Teacher Page Conclusion
Title We hope that the opportunity to study this wonderful animal will encourage the
students to become more interested and knowledgeable about the variety of
Introduction species that we have come to treasure.
Standards These books might also be used to complement a penguin math unit.
Your Personal Penguin by Sandra Boynton
Process
Mr. Popper's Penguins by Richard Atwater
Resources Cinderella Penguin: Little Glass Flipper by Janet Perlman
The Penguin and the Pea by Janet Perlman
Evaluation The Emperor Penguin's New Clothes by Janet Perlman
Little Penguin's Tale by Audrey Wood
Teacher Script The Penguin and the Pea by Janet Perlman
Antarctic Antics: A Book of Penguin Poems> by Judy Sierra
Conclusion Plenty of Penguins by Sonia Black