Enrichment activity (secondary maths): The lifetime travel of a penguin
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This gifted and talented enrichment activity looks at how far penguins travel during their lives
The life-time travel of a penguin
Written by John Senior and Elizabeth Hind
These are some of the questions you can ask, to encourage your gifted and talented students to gather research and explore the topic further.
- Do you know that there are 16 species of penguin and can you name any of them?
- How far a penguin will travel in its lifetime?
- What is that in proportion with its height?
- What is that in proportion with its weight?
- Which other animal makes such an effort to migrate?
This maths enrichment activity will also help students extend their problem solving, reasoning and planning skills.
