Penguin Pals - Meet King & Rockhopper Penguins - Student Packet (K-1)

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This is a student packet that goes along with the "Penguin Pals - Meet King & Rockhopper Penguins (K-2)" lesson.

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K-LS1-1. LS1.C: Organization for Matter and Energy Flow in Organisms
K-ESS3-1 Use a model to represent the relationship between the needs of different plants or animals (including humans) and the places they live.
1-LS1-1 Use materials to design a solution to a human problem by mimicking how plants and/or animals use their external parts to help them survive, grow, and meet their needs.
1-LS1-2 Obtain information from multiple sources to determine patterns in parent and offspring behavior that help offspring survive.
2-LS4-1. Make observations of plants and animals to compare patterns of diversity within different habitats.

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