Mission: Penguin? Week 1 Vote

Help direct the mission!

Download the pdf or share the poll below, then use the info below to help you analyze the photos.  
​Galapagos penguins tend to be found most often along the shore in habitats with:

1. Rocks that they can climb onto to get out of the water to rest. They sometimes walk up on sandy beaches too.
2. Sheltered places where they can get out of the hot sun or make a nest that will protect the eggs from the sun, rain, wind, and predators. Sheltered places include, but are not limited to, areas in and around piles of rocks, holes and large cracks in rocks large enough for a penguin to crawl into, small caves, and overhanging banks along the shore.
3. Places where there is deep, cold water close to shore.

Your students will have the chance to direct our field research through voting about where we go and what we do!  Each week we'll provide a map and photos of locations we could look the following week as we test our hypothesis.  Giving students voice a choice in the mission is a great way to increase engagement and motivation!  Each subscriber gets one vote!  Many teachers will use the vote as a class discussion or persuasive writing prompt as they build consensus and decide how to cast their vote!

Voting for Week 1 will close on Thursday, January 7, 2021 at 4PM (EST).  Use the button below to grab a pdf version of the vote choices to project or share with students.

CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE PDF

​Distance Learning Help!

click to get this week's Google form to copy, adapt, and share

​Google forms are a handy way to remotely engage with students.  Each week, we'll provide an interactive form you can copy and share with students to get their feedback on the vote!

If you choose to use our google form with your students, be sure to MAKE A COPY and not send the link shared via our button or your responses will be viewable by all and you won't be able to easily see your student answers.
​If you need directions about how to make a copy of the google form, check out the bottom of our previous blog post (click here) for step by step directions! ​​