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The Gold Cup Penguin Race

From Octonauts · 2010

The Gold Cup Penguin Race
22 minK1st2nd3rdScience
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Summary

When the Octonauts meet the the gold cup penguin race, they set out to learn how this ocean creature lives — where it makes its home, what it eats, and the special features and behaviors that help it survive. A full Octonauts “Creature Report” episode, an easy drop-in for a life-science lesson on animals, habitats, and adaptations.

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Discussion questions

Discussion

Every Octonauts adventure ends with a “Creature Report.” In this one, the crew investigates the the gold cup penguin race and what makes it suited to life in the ocean.

  1. What special features or behaviors help the the gold cup penguin race survive in the ocean?
  2. How is the the gold cup penguin race's ocean habitat different from where you live? What would it need to survive there?
  3. The polar ocean is freezing cold. What body features or behaviors help the the gold cup penguin race survive there?

Quick work-a-long

Vocabulary: habitat, blubber, adaptation, polar, survive.

Try it: Draw the the gold cup penguin race and label one feature that helps it survive. Write one sentence explaining how that feature helps it eat, move, or stay safe.