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Chicago Botanic Garden

Food for Thought: Climate Change and Trophic Cascades

For Teachers 7th - 9th Standards
Learners examines the arctic food web with a short video about polar bears and an article about bears and warming temperatures. They design an arctic food web and discuss the trophic cascade that could come from climate change. 
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Polar Bear Cubs and ME

For Teachers K - 1st
Young scholars 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...
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IDENTIFYING AND SORTING BEARS

For Teachers K
Students study the difference between living and nonliving bears by classifying pictures of bears and placing them on the appropriate posterboard. Given pictures of bears, students recognize types of bears by placing the pictures correctly.
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Blubber Mittens:Adaptation to Cold Climates

For Teachers 4th - 6th
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.
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Wild BC

Bearly Any Ice

For Teachers 5th - 8th
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 instructional activity, but if you have the...
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National Wildlife Federation

Life in the Cold: Climate Challenges

For Teachers K - 8th Standards
What does it take to make it in the Arctic? Learners examine the cold weather adaptations of a polar bear that help it survive. With everyday objects, they model these characteristics as they become make-shift polar bears. Modeling helps...
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Goldilocks and the Real Bears

For Teachers K - 1st
Students participate in a comparison lesson where they compare fictional bears to real life bears. In this science/language arts lesson, students read Goldilocks and the Three Bears. Students observe characteristics of these fictional...
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Polar Bear, Polar Bear, What Do You Hear? Lesson Plan

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Students use technology and listening skills to explore the sounds of their environment. In this environment observation activity, students read Polar Bear, Polar Bear, What Do You Hear? in order to identify the sounds in the story;...
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Make Words Using the Letters in the Words "Polar Bear"

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
In this science based spelling worksheet, learners read a short description of a polar bear before using the letters in the words to make as many new words as possible. They can check their words with those posted at the bottom the page.
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Life in the Freezer

For Teachers 5th - 8th
In this global warming worksheet, climatologists examine a few possible results of climate change. There is no specific reading from which learners extrapolate the information needed to answer the questions, so you will need to preface...
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The Bear Necessities: A K-2 Computer Activity

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students demonstrate understanding of basic facts of polar bears based on their completed worksheets. They then demonstrate basic skill at scrolling on a Web page and identify key points in text.
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Sense of Hearing

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students explore the sense of hearing. In this human biology lesson, students listen to the story Polar Bear, Polar Bear, What Do You Hear? and give examples of how they use their sense of hearing everyday. Students pass around plastic...
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Climate Change Challenge

For Teachers 4th - 9th
Students participate in a demonstration in which they role-play polar bears and habitat components to demonstrate the impacts of climate change on the Arctic Ocean ecosystem.
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OUR FAVORITE BEARS

For Teachers K
Students state bear facts aloud, practice counting the nuber of bears aloud on the picture graph, read the picture graph and answer questions aloud about the data on the picture graph, and draw a picture of their favorite bear.
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Brown Bear Pudding Style!

For Teachers K
Students are read the story "Brown Bear, Brown Bear". They create their own bear painting out of chocolate pudding. They are allowed to bring in their own stuffed animal to make the first day better for them.
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Inuit and Arctic Animals

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students will explore the animals and people living in the Arctic. In this science lesson, students locate Alaska on a globe, discuss its climate and geographical features, and identify common arctic animals. Students complete the first...
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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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Alabama Learning Exchange

Three Awesome Bears

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Young scholars explore the different types of bears.
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Observation And Listening Skills

For Teachers 1st
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.
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Polar Bear Polar Bear

For Teachers K - 1st
Students explore fictional literature. Students listen to a story about a polar bear who changes color. Students observe color models of the bear as the teacher reads. Students perform hand motions to parts of the story. They...
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Polar Bear Adaptations

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Students explore the adaptations that are made by polar bears. They discuss the color of polar bears as well as the dominant color that is found in the arctic. Students create a polar bear puppet.
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Polar Bears International

Top of the World

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Learn about polar bears and the Arctic circle with a lesson about the countries and conditions of the region. After examining how the area differs from Antarctica, kids explore climates, animals, and geographical position of countries in...
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Bears

For Teachers 1st
First graders investigate the bears of North America that include the grizzly, polar, black, and Alaskan brown. They conduct research on each of these different varieties. The goal is for students to find common characteristics and...
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Learning About Bears

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Learners receive instruction about the different types of bears: Brown bears, Polar bears, and Panda bears. They then work on a worksheet independently to show how well they comprehended the instruction.

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