As you watched "March of the Penguins" you were asked to write notes on what you learned about penguins and their environment. Using your notes, respond to the following: "What lessons did you learn about penguins, their families, their community and their environment (summarize and use specific examples/details)? How can those specific lessons apply to human life, our families, our various communities and our environment(s) (be specific)? In short, what parabolic lessons can we learn from penguins?"
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40 comments:
Penguins can live in harsh weathers, and it when the mothers leave to go eat it is a week worth of a walk. When one gets loss, they are excellent trackers so they can find their way back. When they are walking for a whole week, they will get tired so they walk home by sliding on their belly’s to rest their feet. When the next year comes they find a new partner to mate with. When the egg is born the mom gives it to the dad to keep them warm, while the mom goes gets food to feed the baby when they come back. When they are searching for food, they can hold their breath underwater for 15 min, that’s a long time. What human can learn from penguins is how to track when you are lost, even little fat guys can keep themselves warm in the winter and they don’t even need a coat. We are alike in a way that we protect our young, like the penguins. In some ways we are different and in some ways we are the complete opposite.
Heather M.
Period 3
Penguin endure harsh conditions just for the benefit of bearing a child. they travel from various parts of Antarctica to this one breeding ground in order to reproduce. it is very important to them, that if they do get a chance to bear a child but they lose it due the cold, many try to steal another's egg. Males go for 125 days without food and they endure harsher weather including severe storms just to protect their one egg. they are a close knit family for a period of 9 months during the breeding. Although the mother has to leave the egg in order to get food for it to eat after it has hatched, they always find their way back to the child due to the bond between them.
these specific lesson can apply to human life because the world has become a place where people from every ethnicity or culture or religion come together and bring life to the earth. However we cant compare because unfortunately penguins only have one shot at reproducing during the whole year while we human have more than one opportunity. moreover, we need to learn what the meaning of having a child is. Penguins suffer so much just to have this one opportunity in a whole year to produce one egg yet we as human undervalue the meaning of bearing a child. Millions of children are given to adoption, they are killed even before given the chance to experience the world, or simply we mistreat them at their home which to them should be a place of refuge. furthermore, the child is left alone after a certain time yet on their own they make it through and we should use this to show parents that their children also have the ability to move foward in life on our own and that they should not baby them because although they will always be their child they won't always be 1-10 years old. lastly, touching more on the previous, we as humans, after experiencing life with our parents and those surrounding us, move on and experience life on our own finding/exploring other things and finally establishing ourselves in one place to start the cycle over.
Liz M.
Per.0
From watching the movie March of the Penguins i concluded that we as human can learn several things from them. one things is that we can learn to be patient and perserviering. penguins need alot of these traits especially when they have to go hunting. these traits were evident when the mothers had to go away and had to perserviere through starvation and predators to get food for her baby. and the dads also had to be patient and trusting that the mothers were going to return soon. these are all very valueable traits possesed by penguins and i think that if humans were more practiced in these trait that we would be a better species.
Ellen G
Period 3
I learned a lot about penguins, how they act, react, and live in their environment. An interesting fact I learned is when they walk and they get tired, they slide on their bellies. Another thing that penguins phase is their journey, they have to survive and unfortunately not all of them are capable. Most of the penguins choose a location to settle and most likely pick the spot with thick ice. Thicker ice means the eggs will not fall through. When women are looking for their male mate, they sometimes have to fight for their partner. An emperor penguin will stay with his partner for a year then for eight months they separate then get back together. Obviously the penguin cycle is very competitive and you must find a partner to live within the penguin lifestyle. If one does not accomplish they are to walk in the snow and die. When it gets colder and colder, the penguins that have their eggs are to maintain the heat within them. A strategy they plan out is huddle around each other for warmth and take turns being in the middle for their eggs. Since the mother and father are both contributing to the baby (egg) they must exchange to have the egg that way the mother will leave and find food. If they do not exchange egg, the end result is it will die and not make it. Obviously penguins do have a responsibility in living and maintaining the lifestyle of their egg.
Many humans should learn how to be as responsible as the penguins. In my perspective, our human cycle is easier than compared to the penguins. Us humans do not have to fight for life we are given life. What I mean is a mother chooses to have a baby, as for a penguin you must have an egg with a partner in order to survive the penguin journey. A lesson we can learn is to be thankful for what you have. You should always love your baby, be safe, always be responsible and work hard for what you deserve. People should all watch this movie and learn the valuable meaning of “cherishing what you have”.
Samantha L.
Period 0
Some of the lessons I learned from “March of the Penguins” is to stick together. When the bird came and picked off one of the penguin chicks, almost all the penguin chicks stayed in a huddle when it came because they knew it wouldn’t t dare go near that many. I also learned is what love really is because they stayed “monogamous” with one partner for the whole time. One of the big things I learned is to be patient and be careful like when the two females tried to return to the see at the same time they got stuck, or when the two partners dropped the egg and it froze that was because they weren’t careful. If when can learn this from penguins we can do anything.
Ryan W.
Per 3
I learned that although penguins do not stay together as families, they still stay true to each other! Humans can learn a valuable lesson from penguins. The father penguins demonstrate love to the little one by keeping it safe while the mother goes to get food. The father and mother suffer being cold for their kid. Why can't parents now suffer everything for their kids to make them feel loved?
erin sundberg
period 3
I learned many lessons from March of the Penguins. I should show more gratitude more often. For example, the penguins die sometimes while taking the journey and finding food. You should be lucky with all the stuff you have.
Patrick Nguyen
Period 0
What lessons did you learn about the penguins, their families, and their community:
I learned the importance of family, and the importance of trust. I learned about trust becuase when the penquins transfered the eggs from the female to the male, it took trust, so that the egg wouldnt fall and die. I also learned that penguins have a tremendous amount of strength, that helps them survive freezing teperatures, stormy winds, and predators
How can those lesson be applyed to human life, our families, and our communities:
They can be applied by having more trust in your families, and if you do something to lose someones trust , you will have to earn their trust back. Also the penguins can survive many trecherous things, so i think that families should learn to deal through the hard times, and never give up no matter what happens.
WHat parabolic lessons can we learn from the penguins?
We can learn to trust people. We can learn to withstand the hard times, and live in a community without violence and hatred.
Taylor O. :)
Per. 3
Penguins are very humble compassionate animals and we could learn a lot from them. They care for each other and are very intelligent. They mate specifically on thick ice so their young won’t fall through. The male sits on the egg and goes without food for over 125 days just so his egg will live and so his mate can get a well deserved meal. He even regurgitates whatever he has left in his body to feed his chick. They also must endure freezing temperatures and long dark nights. We as humans can learn many important lessons from these creatures. We should not be ungrateful for what we have and we need to learn to respect those around us. We should love each other and show compassion towards one another in order to ensure a peaceful world for our children so that they too will not “fall through the ice”. We also must work together and never give up hope in all we do.
Jordy Z<3
Period 3
From watching the movie "March of the Penguins", I learned quite a bit about the mating cycle of penguins. I learned that the penguins have to walk somethimes over seventy miles to get to a place of stability, so their chicks wont fall through the ice. I learned that many, many groups of penguins join together during this time of the year, and no other time. I learned that the penguins choose a different mate every year. I learned that a couple lays a single egg, and if that egg touches the ground for more than about two seconds without any warmth from a parent, it freezes and dies. I learned that they can and do go over three months without any food at all. I learned that the hostile males (and females for that matter) have to put aside their differences and depend on each other for warmth. I also learned that the bond between the chick and their parents is so strong that it is hard to leave them to go get food, or some parents steal from other parents to replace a chick that they lost.
There are many lessons that humans can learn by the example of the penguins. We can learn how to keep warm in extreme conditions. We can learn how to survive without a nearby food source and still take care of young. We can learn how to be docile with each other when life hangs in the balance. And, we can learn how to pick a good spot to survive exreme conditions.
Moira C.
Per. 3
MARCH OF THE PENGUINS
The Emperor Penguins that are shown in March of the Penguins represent the true meaning of family and cooperation. The lessons that these penguins teach us are crucial for the survival of every society and community. They teach us that all people of a group or team must work together to create a better future for themselves and each other.
For example, the Penguins' commitment to the protection of their eggs is a representation of how everyone must cooperate in order to survive. The penguins would take turns going to the outside and the center of their pack in order for all penguins to receive at least some warmth. In addition to this, penguins huddled together in order to stay warm and this showed that they want the best for their entire group and not just themselves. This shows the selflessness of the emperor penguins and humans can learn a great deal from them. If everybody helped one another rather than being selfish, more people would be content and there would be less violence in the world.
The penguin community of Antarctica is well constructed because of the birds’ willingness to work with each other. The penguins’ cooperation of one another is something humans can learn from because if we all cooperate more, wars would not break out, economies would flourish, and people will enjoy the company of each other more often. Penguins need one another to survive and humans must learn that we need each other in order to live in a peaceful world even though we do not admit this very often. In some ways humans do rely on one another as a global community. Economic interdependency is just an example of cooperation in the global community. All nations rely on one another for economic resources and this improves national treaties, affiliations, and companionship just like the penguins.
The relationship between two penguins is extremely strong and this is something humans can learn from. Both the male penguin and the female penguins contributed equally to the safety and well being of their egg. The female penguin would lose almost half of her body weight by the time her egg cracked open. When she left to get food for herself and her family, the father penguin was left to take care of the sensitive egg. Both parents provided their baby with equal care and protection therefore showing that both parents can provide the same amount for their offspring. Parents these days are not providing the equal amount of care for their children and an increase in the number of divorces has occurred. Parents should always be there for their children just like the penguin families of Antarctica.
The environmental habitat of emperor penguins is brutal and harsh. Temperatures exceed well under 0 degrees and ice is the only thing someone can see in Antarctica. The penguins must suffer brutal storms and journeys in order to obtain their egg and create a new generation of penguins. Their perseverance shows humans that you can accomplish anything if you just try hard enough. Because of their hard living conditions, some penguins freeze to death (baby penguins) and their families are devastated. However they pull through and move on with life. Humans can learn from the penguins that your hard work is rewarded and you must look to the future and not dwell on the past. This may be harsh but moving on is the only thing a person can do when they are deeply uprooted and depressed.
Overall, this was an excellent movie and is very inspiring. The hard work of the penguins pays off in the end when they create a new generation of penguins. The global society of man can learn several things from these emperor penguins such as the importance of commitment, global cooperation, family relationships, and perseverance. This movie tells people that if penguins can do these remarkable things in freezing temperatures, then we can too with perseverance, dedication, and hard work.
Sravya C.
Period 3
First of all the penguins would leave the weak to die during the first march. When one of the penguins couldn't make it before he/she could get to the mating area, the other penguins just left him behind. We humans sometimes also do that. Some of us may leave behind others, but generally, we will help them out. Next, the penguins will steal another penguins child if she lost hers.
We humans may also do stuff like that. We also steal, but penguins do mot get away with it, us humans may. So really penguins and humans are not so different after all.
Joey K.
in the march of the penguins, i learned many things about the penguins. among them: they march long ways to find mating grouds, the father takes care of the egg while the mother gets food for the baby. humans can learn many things from these animals: perseverence, parntershipo, unity, and love. overall, we can learn much about ourselves by observing these creatures.
kathryn r.
period 3
Dear mr waldram and friends,
by watching march of the penguins, i learned that they are very similar to humans in some ways. their families are just about the most important thing to the family. the mom dad and kid(s). they don't really socialize with other penguins and don't care what happens to ohers. if one gets eaten, "at least it wasnt me" is their philosiphy. the community is structured like that, and its every man for himself there. the conditions are cold and harsh, and if an egg does not get the proper care and warmth, they have no chance of survival. like this one guy had this egg, and it rolled away. when he got back to it, it froze and cracked open, killing the chick. in our sociaety, the same things happen in a similar form. when someone dies, unless they know who died, it makes no impact. and the story of the good samaritan is true for us too. almost nobody goes out of their way to help a stranger. and thats pretty much the ways of life according to penguins and peoples, and their similarities. but we can lean from the mistakes of the penguins and be able to care for others. it can make a huge difference on the person's life, even if the act of random kindness was something so small.
Love,
Eddie
Dear mr waldram and friends,
by watching march of the penguins, i learned that they are very similar to humans in some ways. their families are just about the most important thing to the family. the mom dad and kid(s). they don't really socialize with other penguins and don't care what happens to ohers. if one gets eaten, "at least it wasnt me" is their philosiphy. the community is structured like that, and its every man for himself there. the conditions are cold and harsh, and if an egg does not get the proper care and warmth, they have no chance of survival. like this one guy had this egg, and it rolled away. when he got back to it, it froze and cracked open, killing the chick. in our sociaety, the same things happen in a similar form. when someone dies, unless they know who died, it makes no impact. and the story of the good samaritan is true for us too. almost nobody goes out of their way to help a stranger. and thats pretty much the ways of life according to penguins and peoples, and their similarities. but we can lean from the mistakes of the penguins and be able to care for others. it can make a huge difference on the person's life, even if the act of random kindness was something so small.
Love,
Eddie
in march of the penguins i learned that penguins stay on antartica while drifting they chose a place where ice is thickest. penguins are techniacally birds evevn though they chose to make thier home in the ocean. penguin fathers go without food for 125 days. humans can learn from this: sacrifice , unity ,dedication and love.
joana m.
Tyler M.
There are a couple thingz we can |earn from penguins. One thing i learned is dedication. The parents would risk their lives to protect the young. I hope my parents would risk their lives to protect me. I also learned that sliding on your belly on ice is a great way to travel. Naxt time i go to ice i will slide on my belly.
They live in a ice filled place with harsh colds and they have to dedicate themselves if they want to get to their breeding ground.
In the "March of the Penguins", penguins struggle everday for survial, and, on a personal level, one the bravest species on the planet. In the movie, it starts out by penguins jumping out of the subzero temperature water. Their next task is to walk for seventy miles to where they will breed. There are some that get out of the water too late and died because of the killing coldness of winter.
After the penguins are at their breeding spot, they each look for a male or female mate, and then they would later concieve their baby in an egg. Then the females will somehow put their egg into the male's pouch. If they don't pass it to the oppisite gender correctly, their egg will die like a human baby with no warmth. Then the females will rewalk 70 miles back to the ocean to go eat and bring back food for their baby and mate. But deadly sea creatures could kill the penguins, which could result to two starving penguins, slowing dying of hunger like the Jewish prisoners did. For those who do survive, they feed their newly hatched penguins, thus making the males go get food for themselves. Then it is spring, the ice is melting, making it closer distance to the oceans. The baby penguins are seperated from their penguins, like Moses was in the Old Testament. The baby penguins must confront their frears, and swim into the ocean so they can grow to their appropriate size. The end of the movie is also how it leads up to the beggining.
The parents of the baby penguins can teach a lot to human parents. Even though there are penguins that have done their ritual many times, they each treat their baby with same kind of love, so should humans do with each of their children. The penguins also showed that if your partner is not as strong, mentally, as you are, then their is a small chance of their offspring surviving.
Gustavo Romero
Period 0
The lives of penguins are very interesting and have many similarities to our own lives. They have a sophisticated lifestyle, that consists of a pattern that they repeat every year. They migrate away from the shore to the spot where they were born, in order to breed, and their families stick together until the child is able to survivie on it‘s own. Their communities are very tight knit, they are always there to help out there own. For example, when there are severe snow storms, they all huddle together in order to form a shield, which protects their young from being harmed. They also adapt to their environment very easily, and can make “inventions” of sorts to help then adjust. Humans are very similar to them because we also have supportive families. We also have tight knit communities that are willing to give up their luxuries for the sake of their neighbors. We can also easily adapt to our environments, and create inventions just like the penguins with their shield. We can learn some very important things from the penguins. For example, we can learn how to work together better, like, with other nations that we might have had disagreements with. We can also learn perseverance, because the young penguins are left to find a life of their own, and they have to fight constantly in order to survive. They must persevere to live, and we must do the same to make our world a better place.
Aditi S.
Per. 0
Penguins live in hazardous conditions. The weather and predators affect their possibilities of growing as a population. Ones penguins found their mate they are really tied together. They mate ones a year and go through the same steps every year. They go to the place they were born just by instinct then find their mate and reproduce, after chick is born they’ll take care of it till a certain point after that they will return to the sea. When it comes to their community they also have a really strong bond. They’ll get together for body heat throughout the winter storms and at times protect each others chicks from predators. We humans have a lot to learn about penguins. The world should have a strong bond like they do so we don’t end up killing each other like we are already.
Joyce M.
per.0 =]
what i learned from this movie is how much penguins care for their children, and what they do for them. i also realized just how ingrained into their mind this life must be. they must have been making these trips since they adapted to the artic to go through with this whole thing without a thought- it is basically second nature to themthough they have never done it before.
the penguin comunity is very close. the children all stay together and help each other, the way they stayed together when they were attacked to keep from being taken. The same scene showed how the adults all work to care for the babies, and do not worry about who's is who's when they are in real danger. When the babies get attacked by a bird, the adults let them alone and make them try to take care of themselves. but when one of the babies runs off, and it is obvious that they will die without help, the adults all run up and beat up the bird trying to eat the baby penguin. by working together they protected their offspring, which seems to be their main goal.
The penguins envorinment in becoming increalingly hard to navigate, and they are continually adapting to it. not only do they have to fear the everyday problems of lack of food and predators, but they have the additional disadvantage of having to be on ice, the amount of which is currently shrinking, and of having to live in such a harsh climate that they really can't make any mistakes or they will die.
What is even worse is that, because of their environment, the penguins must go months without food, and if the mothers don't come back from fishing, as was shown in the movie, both her and the baby will die. Their environment has made every person in their group of three equally crutial to the survival of all of them, which is perhaps the best tacteck of all in such a harsh environment.
Dispite all of this, their family relationships are by far the strongest. for the sake of their baby bird, the fathers will sit in the middle of nowhere with literally no sunlight and constant snowstormes. they take turns between tiny amounts of heat and none at all, not eating for months and months, so that they can protect their egg. mean while, the mother lives on 30% body weight till she leaves the males and babies to go get food. she risks death by seals, sea lions, and many other creatures just to feed herself. then she goes back and gives the food to her baby, becoming just as hungry again. they raise the baby penguin, teach them to eat and protect each other, and make them learn the consequences of their actions. Everything the penguins do is selfless and done only to raise a strong, self protecting penguin, so that when they leave, the babies can care for themselves and repeat the process.
As people, we can learn alot from penguins. Wedon't need to learn to beat up birds that try to take our babies, but we can try to teach or children to take care of themself and protect their friends. We can also teach our kids to take everything they have and use it to their advantage, the way penguins do. we can learn to trust each other, and work together as a group to raise children in the hopes that they will do the same.
Miki Grim
Per.0
Penguins almost live the same lifes as humans, but instead they wobble. They live in harsh winters of about 58 degrees or below even during the sun is out. Penguins have been living for more than millions of years. Penguins families are chaneged per year, penguin males always find a mate and have affairs per year. For 8 months they are with the female. Females go hunt for food, while the males stay and heat up and take care of the egg. They stay groups and march together everybody and take care of one another. Their environment they have to take care because the winters are very harsh. Predaotrs are always lurking about and they are always careful.
Humans should learn to cooperate with one another in their environment. Families should stay with one another and protect their young like the males do each year. We can learn to value the family and how the males go for the food and the females take care of the young better.
The lesson we can learn from penguins is they don't know how think, but they have instincts to survive the harsh environment.
Mildrid M :]
Per. 3
After watching the movie March of the Penguins I have deducted that humans can learn multiple lessons from these noble birds. Penguins have great patience and determination in all aspects of their life. On their great march to their resting ground they have to persevere through harsh weather and starvations. The patience they have to find their mate is great as well. In my opinion the women's sacrifice is most. They have to be trusting and leave their egg with their mate while they take the great journey again to the ocean to receive food for their young. Through this great teak they have to battle starvation and predators just to make sure their baby will have enough food in the early stages of their life. We can learn a great lesson from the males as well. They have to have extreme patience to stay with their egg and keep it warm in the intensely cold and windy climate. Basically, if humans would learn the concepts of patience, perseverance, and determination, we would be a much better species.
Lauren E
Period 3
We can learn many things from these little birds. Their relationships with their surroundings are intense, and their interdependence is amazing. They huddle together for warmth and use each other for comfort. They have extra fat just to keep their eggs warm. It the eggs have only a moments exposure to cold, they die. The father keeps and takes care of the egg under a flap of skin on his belly. He cares for the egg for over two months while the starving females go to the sea to retrieve food. The males huddle through the winter in one big mass. They eat fish, krill, and squid. They have gone without food for 3 months! Where they live is truly one of THE HARSHEST PLACES ON EARTH.
We can learn just to keep going. Life for these penguins is so hard, but they don't give up, even if they end up failing. They go on huge marches and journeys. Penguins are also very very loving. We should all follow in their example. If we all loved, imagine what this world would be like. Another thing that we can learn is to trust one another. The females have to trust their mates with the baby for a while. One wrong move and the baby is dead. We should love, nurture, and cherish our children, as the penguins did, because they are very special and need love, tender loving care, and attention. It is sometimes good to rely on others for help, because we cannot do everything ourselves. Hard work pays off in the end. After all the males hard work in protecting this egg, and the females long trek out to the sea and back while she was starving, they have a cute little brand new baby penguin that was a result of both of their efforts. Lastly, parents must leave their children alone sometimes for them to learn and be stronger, prepare them for living on their own. People are just like penguins in many ways and we should really pay attention to this movie
Noël H.
Period 3
Penguins have a rough life down at the Arctic, what with freezing weather and a super long trip just to have an egg, and starving yourself in the process. We can learn a lot from the penguins because they have been doing something that has worked for them for over 1000s of years. And if we continue down the road of pollution and global warming that will all be destroyed, and our fault. The penguins teach us that united we stand, divided we fall. A lone penguin has no chance. but in their huddles they will all survive.
Allison W
Period 0
Penguins are amongst the many animals who we take for granted. penguins have developed so much knowledge from doing the same thing for centuries. they have developed methods such as huddling when temperatures reach 80 below, and switching parents in order to gather food. From this i learned that you need to stay close to those who have stuck with you all your life and that nature will take its course and the outcome will always be the right thing. The penguins always let nature take its course and the one thing they cant do is change that and they never try. i believe thats something we need to learn because more often than not we try to change the course of nature and it bites back in the end. there are many things that humans can learn from animals but some people are to egotistical to believe it.
Alexia S.
Period 0
penguins are one of the coolest animals to watch! they are almost like humans.i learned that you cant give up so easily. like when they were walking and some got tired they "walked" on their bellies!! how awesome is that? their breeding grounds can be as far as 7 miles and they dont care. they still go on even though they are tired. i also learned that we need to work together to get what we want. for example, when they were FREEZING, they hudled to keep warm and took trun to be in the middle. also, the female and the male worked together to make sure the egg hatched. thats team work!i think theres many thing we can learn from them. for one thing, we can surely use their team work strategies when they are needed. we can work together to stop global warming, make better schools and things like that.
-jenny m
per 0
After watching "March of the Penguins" I have learned many things about the penguins and how they are almost like the human themselves. The penguins live a harsh life, in the cold weather and have to trust their instincts in order to know where they are going or what to do. The penguins mate every year and they are different then the humans. The mother gives birth to the egg but the father then tucks it under their skin and protects it until the mother comes back from finding their food for them. And for the humans it's different the mother keeps the baby in her stomach for nine months and then gives birth to it. Humans can learn about being a family and how important it is to love one another like the penguins show. The male penguins have a pretty hard job, they protect the baby until the mother comes back and if the baby falls out from under them then it is dead and it's not really like that for the humans. The males have to be very careful in the harsh cold windy weather.
Humans can learn to work together like the penguins do when they march and help stop global warming or work together to so something about it. We could also learn not to give up right away and when we are brought down to get right back up like the penguins do when they go on their marches or when they fail on doing something. We could really learn things from these penguins, although they don't really think they trust each other and if we, humans, learned how to do that the world would be better and we could work on improving it.
Valerie M :)
Period: 3
I learned that humans are WAY too lazy when compared to penguins. Penguins walk long distances and endure hardships (such as the walking) and humans just sit on their bottom and drive around polluting the Earth by driving, sitting around on the couch eating chips and much more. Penguins know what love really is and the movie has showed that to us. Humans have abused love and made it uh...... I think you know what I mean... ANYWAY, humans have advanced to the point where surviving is a thing of the past and the only thing there is to do is just to sit on our lazy fat bottom. Many children do not know hardship and get everything they want, mostly rich children. Penguins can handle hunger and pain while us humans cannot because most of us humans eat fatty foods everyday and cannot handle hunger.
The lesson I have learned is that humans are too lenient with things. Like the global warming issue. It's happening but we humans have just sat too long and just don't want to get off of it. What I've learned from penguins is how just lazy we are compared to them.
Matthew T.
Period 3
I learned about the penguins' life cycles. They live in large groups and use each other to stay warm. When they mate, the couples stay together for a short period of time, not forever like us. Their environment is very harsh and they are forced to deal with blistering winds and freezing temperatures.
What we can learn from penguins is that even though our life is tough, it can always be tougher. We could always be in -30 degree weather and not have eaten for 2 months. Also, we can learn about teamwork like when th epenguins huddled together for warmth.
Gabby r
I learned that penguins are very smart and they are very aggressive. They live in a harsh place with harsh conditions. They are very caring towards their own babies. However they are not caring to other penguins babies. I have learned that penguins are strong animals, they walk days on end to get to the breeding grounds and some die on the way. When they start the breeding process they fight over males. When the egg is hatched the females have to give the egg to the males and if it is dropped on the the ice the egg can no longer be hatched because it freezes. The females then leave and the males sit there until the egg is hatched. When the egg is hatched the males walk back to their houses and if the baby penguin is dropped it freezes to death. It is such a far walk that some penguins don't make it. Human life is easy compared to this, we don't have to walk miles to breed. We also don't have to worry about dropping our baby on ice and it freezing to death. Penguins are very strong.
We can learn that life is not easy and when something goes bad we should try to move on and get back on with our lives.
Hanna S.
Per. 3
Many lessons were learned in The March of the Penguins. As a family, the penguins marched over 60 miles as a group in the harsh, cold climate of Antarctica. As a group, the used teamwork and determination. As humans, during harsh or cold times, we can too, stick together and give each other a helping hand. In addition, when the mother stood for months without food, protecting her egg, she was alone and cold. She made herself fight against the force, due to her love towards a child. We as humans too, can follow this example, and love our children to death. Another theme occurs in March of the Penguins. The father of the eggs go back and forth, giving food to their mating partners. This demonstrates a deep effort to show loyalty, love, and respect towards their significant other. Humans today abuse this, and human being need to take these penguins example: be loyal to your significant other. Through the process these penguins go through to mate and bring their heir into the world is very important, and can be used as great examples for others to take their lead.
Chris H.
Period 0
i learned that like penguins people die and it is like the survival of the fittest. the strongest and most fit penguins dont die unlike the other penguins. people also need to learn how to starve for 6 months like the penguins, because if someone gets stranded then they have 6 months till they die. people should learn to defend ur baby unlike the penguins. the birds eat some babies while the parents just watched. parents need to defend kids.
this is waht i learned from March of the Penguins.
Anuj Patel
per. 0
I am quite amazed at the strength and durability these little animals can uphold. They will go through the most harsh conditions, just to keep their family from not starving. Their enviornment can easily make or break how they function. Because of the terrible conditions on the South Pole, penguins have to go through many tough situations in order to feed their families. I believe we can learn that we need to persevere and take the tough stuff that comes at us, just like these birds do. The parabolic lesson we can learn from penguins is that we need to try and keep everything simple and hold fast to our ideals.
Brent S.
Period 3
I learned that Penguins go throught many harships to have a child. They live in freezing cold temperature, and they usually travel in huge groups. I learned that They travel away from the water to have their baby and when they have it they must protect it from the harsh storms that come, or the baby will die because there is no way to save it. This can relate to our communities because we all live in a big group, just not as compact. Lessons that can be applied to human life is that, we have it way easy. we dont have to worry about our children freezing to death and having to survive harsh winter storms. a parabolic lesson that can be learned from the penguins is to not take so many things for granted. We have life so good and we take and take and what do we give back? Global warming is also probbaly making life harder for the penguins.
I really enjoyed watching march of the penguins because i could understand some of the things they had to go through in order to see another day. With constant battle for food and shelter for the penguins, life can be cut short. That can be compared to the economic crisis we are facing today. With not nearly as much money coming in as we would like and people all around the world losing their jobs, buying our daily necesities is becoming harder and harder. Also, with the high importance of family in the human and penguin life, we are seen as very similar. Parents care for their children just as penguins do for their young. From penguins, we can learn to stay strong and in any condition to keep marching forward =].
Remeny Perez
p.0
Penguins live in the worst weather there is. They go through the worst just so it, its partner, and their baby can survive. Although penguins dont stick with their mate for life, i think their dedication to their family is something to admire. Humans don't go through half of the hardships penguins do to survive. We have food waiting for us in supermarkets. All we have to do is go work in an office for a certain time everyday to receive the money for it. Penguins swim in freezing water for miles and risk dying to feed their mate and baby. I think their family dedication is admirable and they are hardworking animals we should follow.
Dejah H.
Per. 3
Penguins live in one of the harshest and coldest weather through out the wolrd, and together they get through it. Penguins through out the whole movie used team work. They would work together to get food, supply warmth, and take care of their babies. Humans can learn a lot form this. It is amazing how even though they are not truely family, they care each other as though they are. They stay strong the whole way. It is very sad for those who do not make it since they wait their while lives to see the birth of their baby. Humans must see the great lesson in this. and it is that we need to work together in order to make this the best place possible ofr them and their children to live in. If we do not there will just be enemies and fights and war that we don't want to go through, nor would we want out children to go through.
Samantha B.
Per 3
In the march of the penguins there are many facts and lessons i learned. to start off penguins enviroment is in a cold region artic where they are forced to raise a family and all the elements are working against them to fail. penguins unlike humans have the instinct to work together when they face a hardship. one example is when they first travel to where they will mate and together as a group they find the same place where there parents had them . in a normal human sitation its hard to find someone who will even hold a door open or even help someone with directions yet penguins have it in their nature not to let anyone fall behind. also the penguin has a stronger bind on family . when the baby is still in the egg the mother and father both hold on to the baby and care for it so nothing bad can happen to it , while human families struggle to do simple care while the mother is still pregnant. furthermore, for penguines the father and mother both care for their baby. while the mother goes to get food the father takes care of the baby . Humans lack the ability to hold joint custody of a baby. lastly when the babies are hatched as a community they celebrate the births and protect the young penguines from harm. we on the other hand dont celbrate the joy of others far less protect others from harm. what we need to learn from penguins is how to put family first and care for them through the difficulties. also we should also be able to help one another and not just think of ourselves and be less selfish
-michelle s.
period 0
In the march of the penguins there are many facts and lessons i learned. to start off penguins enviroment is in a cold region artic where they are forced to raise a family and all the elements are working against them to fail. penguins unlike humans have the instinct to work together when they face a hardship. one example is when they first travel to where they will mate and together as a group they find the same place where there parents had them . in a normal human sitation its hard to find someone who will even hold a door open or even help someone with directions yet penguins have it in their nature not to let anyone fall behind. also the penguin has a stronger bind on family . when the baby is still in the egg the mother and father both hold on to the baby and care for it so nothing bad can happen to it , while human families struggle to do simple care while the mother is still pregnant. furthermore, for penguines the father and mother both care for their baby. while the mother goes to get food the father takes care of the baby . Humans lack the ability to hold joint custody of a baby. lastly when the babies are hatched as a community they celebrate the births and protect the young penguines from harm. we on the other hand dont celbrate the joy of others far less protect others from harm. what we need to learn from penguins is how to put family first and care for them through the difficulties. also we should also be able to help one another and not just think of ourselves and be less selfish
-michelle s
period 0
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