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Chirpy Chicks Presentation

Welcome to Chirpy Chicks! Thanks for joining us on this journey to Phillip Island. There are many amazing Australian native animals that call this island home, including the world famous little penguin! So let’s begin to explore! Click on the picture to meet our two passionate Rangers and learn about what Phillip Island Nature Parks does to look after this beautiful habitat.

Where do they belong? Habitat: The natural home of an animal On your activity sheet, place the animals in the area of land, sand, water or sky that you think they belong. Think about what the animal might need to survive in the area it belongs. (Hint: some animals may belong in more than one area!) Extra task: Choose your favourite animal from the group and research 5 facts about where they live and what features they have to help them survive in their habitat.

Phillip Island habitat and who lives there? Have you been to Phillip Island? Do you know where it is? Is it in Australia or overseas? Does it have palm trees or gum trees? Challenge: Discuss with your parents, friends or teachers all these questions and search a map to see if you can find Phillip Island. If you have been before, talk about what you saw there. Click on the picture to look at a short video of the different habitats of Phillip Island Challenge: Make a list of the animals and birds you can spot in the video

Storytime! Click on the wombat to see Rangers reading the story Click those brains into gear and see if you can work out from the clues what animal has ALL the features in the book. Will you work it out before the end?

It’s all about the little penguin! What does a little penguin eat? How does it move in the water? What does it use its feathers for? Join Rangers to learn about this amazing little wonder called the little penguin. Click on the picture below to see how penguins survive in their habitat.

What did you learn? Little penguins have many different features and adaptations to help them survive in their habitat. Click on the penguin for the link to view our 3 D penguin and see if you can remember what all the features of the penguin are for. When you are done, work on the features activity sheet and see if you can link the penguins feature and adaptation (how they use that feature).

What a hard life! The little penguin has many amazing features to help it survive in its habitat. But many threats, both natural and human related, are a problem for their survival. Challenge: Talk to your parents, friends or teacher about the difference between natural threats and human threats. See if you can come up with a list of each type of threat for the little penguin. Click the picture to hear a story of a very real threat to the little penguin.

Become a Wildlife Warrior & help the little penguin! Marine debris (rubbish in our oceans) is not only a problem for the little penguin, but all the amazing sea creatures across the world. Plastic is a man-made product and ends up in the ocean due to people not putting it the bin. Challenge: Discuss with your parents, friends or teacher how you can reduce plastic use in your home. (Hint: think about Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, Refuse). Create a poster to educate and inspire others to change their plastic use. Include the statement “I pledge to protect penguins by ______. ”

Questions? ? ? In the next few weeks we will be catching up with you on a live chat with your school. We would love to hear from you about the changes you have made to reduce your plastic use and to see your wonderful pledges and posters you have created! Challenge: Think about 3 questions you would like to ask the Rangers from Phillip Island Nature Parks about the little penguin or marine debris.

Thank You!!! Thank you for being part of the Chirpy Chicks program. We hope you have enjoyed your time with us and learnt many interesting things about Phillip Island the little penguin and have been inspired to reduce your plastic use. If you would like to continue exploring the world of the little penguin, follow the links below by clicking the pictures.