Easy Make & Learn Projects: Penguins (Grades 1-3) [Paperback]

Donald Silver (Author), Patrice Wynne (Author)

Book Description

Series: Easy Make & Learn Projects | Publication Date: November 1, 1999

Simple How-to's for Making 15 Movable Models & Manipulatives That Teach About These Fascinating and Fabulous Birds
Kids will love learning about penguins with models like Waddle & Hop and Slide & Glide! These easy-to-make manipulatives teach about penguin life cycles, anatomy, feeding habits, and more. Other projects include What's Inside the Egg?, Peek & Learn, Color-by-Number Penguin Poster, Lift-and-Look Penguin Map, On the Hunt swimming penguin, and many more. With ready-to-use patterns, step-by-step instructions, background information, and extension activities.

Product Details

• Paperback: 56 pages
• Publisher: Scholastic (November 1, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0439040892
• ISBN-13: 978-0439040891
• Product Dimensions: 10.6 x 8.5 x 0.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,365,022 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #92 in Books > 4-for-3 Books > Professional & Technical > Education > Specific Skills > Science & Technology

More About the Author

Patricia J. Wynne's art has appeared in galleries, magazines, newspapers and more than 100 books for both children and adults. She has been publishing since she was eight years old, when her story about an old arrowhead found in her backyard appeared in an airline newspaper. She did her graduate work in printmaking at the University of Iowa, and attended the Iowa Writers Workshop at the same time. After teaching art and art history at the University of Windsor and Wayne State University, initiating a gallery career and working as the staff artist for the Museum of Zoology at the University of Michigan, Wynne moved to New York City and began freelancing. Her first book--an ABC board book edited by Ole Risom--was published by Random House. Other books quickly followed, including a Library of Knowledge series with Random House and Star Wars books illustrated in close collaboration with George Lucas. Wynne has published with more than 20 houses--including McGraw Hill and Simon and Schuster--creating books on everything from science to fables. Her editorial art has appeared in publications such as the New York Times, Food and Wine, Cricket and Scientific American and her illustrations and expertise are consistently sought by researchers at the American Museum of Natural History, most recently for Dark Banquet: The Curious Lives of Blood Feeding Creatures. Her books have won many awards, including honors from Parenting Magazine, the John Burroughs Association, the National Science Teachers Association and in 2008 Wynne received a Theodor Seuss Geisel Honor. Wynne's research has taken her all over the world and to such settings as artificial heart labs and the heart of the rainforest. Wynne continues to work as a freelance artist, telling stories about what she loves: the natural world, discovery of all kinds and the faraway realms of the mind's eye.

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4.0 out of 5 stars A Teacher's guide to Art and Education- Penguin style, June 28, 2000

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This review is from: Easy Make & Learn Projects: Penguins (Grades 1-3) (Paperback)

This is a great resource for primary educators who want to arouse student's interest in penguins. My first graders loved the projects in this book, especially the sliding penguin! This is a great, educational and art-related activity that teaches children about penguin antics. Many of these pages are reproducibles that can be easily assembled by cutting, folding and stapling. A must for a winter unit on Penguins!