Wild BC
Bearly Any Ice
After reviewing food chains, your class members participate in an arctic predator-prey game that exemplifies the impact of climate change of food availability. If you are in a hurry, skip this lesson, but if you have the time to...
Teacher Printables
My Mini Book About …
This is one of several printable pages on which little life scientists can write out their research on an assigned animal. The highlighted page is for alligator research, but several other animal pages are included as other materials....
Curated OER
Blubber Mittens:Adaptation to Cold Climates
Students get a first hand look at the benefit of a "blubber layer" in cold climates through a simulation using vegetable shortening and icy water. Through this simulation, students examine how adaptations help organisms survive.
Curated OER
Animal Survival
Viewers of this PowerPoint are introduced to endangered and extinct animals. They discover why apes, elephants, pandas, polar bears, rhinoceri, and marine turtles are threatened. Finally, ways that humans have and can make a difference...
Curated OER
Adaptation
The camel, polar bear, penguin, golden eagle, shark, and ostrich are displayed as examples of animal that have adapted to their particular environments. Each slide has a picture of the animal and a bullet-style list of the animal's...
Curated OER
Polar Bear Literacy Activity
Students generate vocabulary words synonymous or related to "noise." In this literacy lesson, students listen to the book Polar Bear, Polar Bear, What do You Hear? by Bill Martin and Eric Carle and discuss the meaning of vocabulary words...
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Polar Bear Needs a Home!
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...
Curated OER
Polar Bear Drawing
In this coloring page worksheet, students study a black line drawing of a bear which appears to be a polar bear. Students color the picture.
Curated OER
Observation And Listening Skills
First graders read a story about polar bears and make observations as they read. In this observations lesson plan, 1st graders listen carefully and sing a bear chant.
Curated OER
Help Save the Polar Bear
Students use ice cubes to demonstrate how the polar ice caps are melting and how it effects the polar bears. In this polar bear lesson plan, the teacher explains how polar bears live on the north pole and how they are having trouble due...
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Polar Bear Cubs and ME
Students visit the following web site to find out the birth weights and lengths of polar bear cubs- Ask Jeeves for Kids. They then enter the information found at this site relating to the birth length and weight of polar bear cubs into a...
NOAA
Noaa: Recent Polar Bear Happenings
Scott Schliebe gives an in-depth look at polar bears and what may be the cause of their changing population over the past 30 years.
Exploratorium
Exploratorium: Ice Stories: Dispatches From Polar Scientists
During the International Polar Year, scientists descended on the Arctic and the Antarctic in droves. While there, they documented their experiences and research work. That rich database of information, covering November 2007 to October...
Sheppard Software
Sheppard Software: Polar Bears
This site gives an in-depth description of a polar bear, including its behavior, appearance, reproduction, and classification. The site includes photos and illustrations and an interactive quiz to test your understanding.
Encyclopedia of Earth
Encyclopedia of Earth: Conservation Biology: Polar Bear
Information about the polar bear: physical characteristics, behavior, life cycle, distribution, threats to their survival, conservation efforts, etc. (Published Sept. 7, 2011)
Other
Ursus International Conservation Institute: Polar Bears
Read an in-depth description of polar bears. Includes numerous images.
Other
Animal Planet: Top 10 Animal Moms: Polar Bears
This article describes the mother polar bear's pregnancy, birth, and motherhood. She is number four of the top10 animal moms.
Other
Polar Bears International: The Bear Facts
This site from Polar Bears International, dedicated to the worldwide conservation of the polar bear and its arctic habitat, provides extensive information about the polar bear. Content includes polar bear I.Q., hibernation facts,...
Other
Polar Bears International: Bear Tracker
Using this tool, students can watch polar bears as they travel across the sea ice to hunt seals. The Bear Tracker also shows current and past sea ice extents on Hudson Bay, along with the locations of polar bears.
Other
Polar Bears International: Units and Lessons
A collection of seven units and six lessons about polar bears created by professionals that support national literacy standards and learning outcomes for specific school districts.
San Diego Zoo Global
San Diego Zoo: Polar Bears
Listen to a roar (with RealPlayer) and learn about the lives of polar bears. [0:52]
Unite for Literacy
Unite for Literacy: Animals: Polar Bears Rock!
Read some facts about polar bears. Includes audio narration in 8 additional languages with text in English.
Smithsonian Institution
National Museum of Natural History: Wildlife Portfolio
The Smithsonian Arctic Studies Center offers a portfolio of arctic animals. A page dedicated to each animal provides a physical description, personal observations of the animal in the wild, and several pictures.
Encyclopedia of Life
Encyclopedia of Life: Polar Bear
Extensive resource investigates the polar bear with a description, pictures, and maps. Includes facts on biology, history, behavior, conservation, distribution, habitat, and external links.