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Debunking Myths: Part II

For Students 4th - 6th
In this debunking myths worksheet, students, after reading Polar Bears and the Arctic, explain five science myths in their own words in complete sentence.
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Black Bear Maze

For Students 7th - 8th
For this mazes worksheet, students analyze the most efficient strategy to help a bear find its way through the forest to the mountain meadow through an intriguing maze.
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Once Upon A Bear

For Teachers K
Students study different types of bears, their characteristics, and habitats. They discuss what they know and what they want to learn before visiting a website to look at images and information about bears. They listen to teacher read...
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Polar Bear Needs a Home!

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders are introduced to the topic of habitat . They create a zoo exhibit fo a polar bear that is being donated to the Albuquerque Zoo. The zoo is not big enough for a brand new cage, so the students choose which of three...
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Winter is All Around Us

For Teachers K - 1st
Students present what they have learned on Antartica. Students identify deciduous and evergreen trees and plants; identify and study about the habitats of animals that migrate, hibernate, and adapt; study the Aurora and Aurora Borealis...
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Born to be Wild

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students watch an episode depicting the human vs. polar bear conflict in Churchill, Canada. They conduct online research and analyze the information. They interpret the facts and use storytelling techniques and role playing to convey...
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Keeping Warm When it is Cold: How does a polar bear keep warm?

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students make a model of a polar bear and discuss why fur/skin color is important. They also perform a simple experiment using black and white socks to determine how color affects temperature.
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Maine Black Bear Research and Field Study Activity

For Teachers 11th - Higher Ed
Young scholars participate in a field study of Maine Black Bears. They first do academic research on the Maine Black Bear. Following extensive research and discussion, students go out into the field with Maine State Biologist to observe...
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The Letter B

For Teachers Pre-K - 2nd
Students read books, play internet games, and trace letters to learn about the letter b. In this letter b lesson plan, students also make bear crafts.
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Lesson Planet Article
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Polar Bears

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students read books, color pages, and make crafts having to do with polar bears. In this polar bears lesson plan, students link to different sites for these activities.
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Which Bear?

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students study bears. In this science instructional activity, students compare black, grizzly and polar bears. Students measure the bear tracks and compare the bear habitats and diet.
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Polar Bears in Captivity

For Students 3rd - 6th
In this polar bears worksheet, students answer short answer questions about how polar bear's needs are met at the zoo. Students complete 6 questions.
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Researching Begins in Kindergarten

For Teachers Pre-K - 5th
Students bookmark bears that they see in books and take pictures of them to practice researching. In this researching lesson plan, the teacher then takes the pictures and puts them into a book of their own.
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English Exercises: Verb Tense and Pandas

For Students 6th
In this verb tense and pandas activity, 6th graders read a long passage about panda and interactively select the correct word to fill in 44 blanks in the story, with immediate online feedback.
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The Great Grizzly

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Young scholars view video on grizzly bear.  In this research lesson students create a list of questions about grizzlies and create a life size poster of an adult grizzly. 
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The Giant Panda

For Students 1st
For this the giant panda worksheet, 1st graders write the answers to three questions about the giant panda.
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Cheetahs and Bears: copy the sentences

For Students 1st - 3rd
In this sentence copying worksheet, students copy 2 sentences onto the lines below them. Students copy a sentence about a cheetah and a bear. Students could also just answer the questions as well.
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Learning About Bears

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students build knowledge about different types of bears. In this bears lesson, students study notes about the different types of bears. Students then complete comprehension questions.
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Grzimek's Animal Life: Polar Bears

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students examine the physical adaptations of polar bears. In this animal adaptations lesson, students access interactive resource pages on the Internet, discovering the habitats of polar bears and their physical attributes. Students...
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Starring...Bears!

For Teachers K - 4th
Students illustrate a First Nations' legend.  In this legend of bears instructional activity, students read several legends which involve bears and groups of stars or constellations. After reading, students illustrate portions of the...
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It Bears Repeating!!!

For Teachers K - 5th
Learners research bears and their characteristics with a specific study on North American bears and polar bears. In this bear study lesson plan, students read books about polar bears and wild bears. Learners complete activities to...
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Bears: Print and Color

For Students Pre-K - 1st
In this word recognition worksheet, learners trace the word "bears", write the word independently, and color the picture of the bears.
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First Word: Bear

For Students K - 2nd
In this word recognition worksheet, students trace the word bear, write it independently, and identify it in a group of other words.
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Pandas

For Students 4th - 6th
In this endangered animals worksheet, students read a brief paragraph regarding panda bears and then respond to a short answer question.