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Title:
| Animals: Polar Bears |
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Description:
| These sites include many facts about polar bears, including their diet, behavior, and habitat. Watch short movies about polar bears, listen to audio files of their ferocious roars, and see live footage of polar bears in a zoo. Includes some suggested classroom activities relating to polar bears. |
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Grade Level:
| 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 |
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Resource Links:
| Animal Bytes
This site has a brief description of polar bears. Includes an illustration.
National Geographic
Learn fun facts about polar bears, then click on "Video" to see a short movie of a polar bear. Also, don't miss the audio link or the map showing the location of polar bears.
Safety in Polar Bear Country
Read about the precautions you should take if you are in an area inhabitated by polar bears. See polar bear tracks.
The Bear Facts on Polar Bears
This site has many links to common questions about polar bears. Learn how they adapt to the cold as well as common myths. Includes photos.
BBC Nature Wild Animals Wildfacts
This site has facts about polar bears, plus images and audio. Click on the photos in the upper-right to enlarge them. Click on "Growls" to hear the ferocious sound that these bears make.
National Geographic
Watch this multimedia presentation about polar bears. Includes outstanding photos, including some of a mother and her triplets. This is narrated by the photographer. Requires Flash plug-in.
Sea World
This site has lots of facts about polar bears. Topics include diet, longevity, behavior and habitat. Includes images.
Polar Pairs Java Game
Play this fun interactive game of matching up the animals that live in the Arctic.
Pics4Learning
View photographs of polar bears. These images are copy-right free, so you can download and use them.
Education World
In this lesson plan, students will learn why polar bears are white. This was submitted by a Missouri teacher.
San Diego Zoo
This site has lots of facts about polor bears, plus photographs. Click on "Polar Bears Can Stay So Warm" to conduct a science experiment.
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Education Standards:
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ME Standards:
C.2, A.3, B.2, B.3
MO Standards:
1.1, 1.2, 1.7, 3.1, 4.1, 3, 3, 4, 8, 5
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