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Arctic Centers for Kindergarten
Students gain a better understanding of the Arctic, its biology as well as the inhabitants. They then perform activities necessary to develop motor skills, listening and cognitive skills.
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Our Five Senses
Students identify their five senses and how the are used everyday. As a class, they develop a list of sounds they hear at a zoo and compare them with a list of sounds they hear at a park or school. They create an instrument on their...
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Biomes: Extreme Climate
Learners create a web connecting global warming, the Arctic, and wold climate. They write a paragraph explaining the role of the Arctic in world climate.
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Wildlife Study Comparison
Students compare/contrast two studies that examine the effects of environmental contaminants on animals. They read an article, identify the components of a research study, summarize the article, and complete a matrix.
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More Than a Campground
Fourth graders participate in a class disucssion on the term "habitat". The class brainstorms on what makes a national park special. In small groups, they research a a national park and create a mural depicting those factors that make...
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Animal Trackers
Students use space technology to monitor migratory species, map their movements, and gather data about their habitats and possible responses to climatic shifts.
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General Knowledge Quiz 1
In this general knowledge worksheet, students answer twenty common-knowledge questions on the lines provided.
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Crossing Paths
In this completing a chart instructional activity, 3rd graders fill in 22 items or category titles to two charts involving animals and fruit. Students choose their answers from a word bank.
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Make a Circle Graph
In this making circle graphs practice worksheet, learners sharpen their problem solving skills as they solve 6 story problems.
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The Food Web
Learners explore the role that the Arctic hare plays in the Canadian Arctic food web.
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Plant and Animal Adaptations
Fourth graders identify behavioral and structural adaptations to plant and animal life. In this unit overview, 4th graders discuss the importance of variation and adaptation in a species survival. This is a unit overview and does not...
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Passion for Change
Students reflect upon traditional, cultural, or ritualized events. They research and document the evolution of a familiar tradition or ritualized event and creatively represent the changes to the tradition.
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The Animals of Julie of the Wolves
Students explore Arctic animal life through use of electronic resources. They discover facts about various animals that share that ecosystem with wolves.
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Listening, Pronunciation and Vocabulary Practice
Students work together in reading groups. They practice pronouncing and spelling new vocabulary words. They listen to a recording to practice their comprehension skills.
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Creating and Acting Mammal Stories
Fifth graders write and perform stories on mammals. They review the parts of a narrative story and write stories. They rehearse their stories and present them to the class. They make mammal cookies after their peformance.
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Watch Over Wild Wanders
Students collect and organize data relating to migratory species and habitats; undertake a habitat action plan, then maintain planting and building projects for continuing benefit to wildlife; understand the unique needs of migratory...
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Global Warming Is Human Made
In this environmental awareness instructional activity, students read an article about the causes of global warming. Students then answer seven true or false questions, 10 10 synonym matching questions, and ten phrase matching questions...
Read Works
Read Works: Read Aloud Lesson: Where Do Polar Bears Live?
This activity is a close reading of "Where Do Polar Bears Live?". After reading the book to the class, students will be able to identify and recall characteristics that allow polar bears to survive in an extremely cold Arctic...
Discovery Education
Discovery Education: Bears Lesson Plan
This lesson plan explores how polar bears survive in areas near the North Pole.
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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.
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: Polar Bear Polar Bear
In this lesson, students will use a double bubble map to compare and contrast two characters from the story "Polar Bear, Polar Bear, What Do You Hear?" by Bill Martin, Jr.
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K 3 Learning Pages Web Resources: Polar Bears
This comprehensive resource brings together a list of elementary links on polar bears. Teachers can use this as a starting point for activities, ideas, lesson plans, photographs and more for their polar bear unit.
A to Z Teacher Stuff
A to Z Teacher Stuff: Polar Bears
This learning activity from A to Z Teacher Stuff explores what keeps polar bears warm in the Arctic. The activity allows students to experience what a layer of "blubber" protection is like.
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Alex: Three Awesome Bears
The lesson will be implemented during a study of bears. Books, class discussions, and the Internet will be used to learn about bears and their characteristics. Black, brown, and polar bears will be categorized according to their food and...