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Who Am I? Name These Arctic Animals

For Teachers 5th - 6th
In this science worksheet, students examine 16 detailed pictures of different species of Arctic animals. Students identify each animal. There is no room to write the name under the picture. It is assumed this is an oral activity.
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Who Am I? - Name These Arctic Animals

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
In this science fill in the blank worksheet, students label 16 pictures of artic animals. They check their work using the names of the animals that are in the word bank at the bottom of the page.
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Polar Bear Drawing

For Students K - 1st
In this coloring page instructional activity, learners study a black line drawing of a bear which appears to be a polar bear. Students color the picture.
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Favorite Arctic Animal Survey

For Students 4th - 5th
For this Favorite Arctic Animal Survey worksheet, students survey their friends, family, and teacher to find out their favorite Arctic animals. Students are then asked to write the animal that got the most and least votes.
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Polar Bears Past Bedtime

For Students 1st - 3rd
For this sled shaped word search puzzle worksheet, students find 12 words from the provided word bank. All pertain to the book Polar Bears Past Bedtime.
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Endangered Species: Report Planner

For Students 5th - 7th
In this science related worksheet, learners write three things they would like to learn about an endangered species and then list the resources they plan on using to secure the answers to their three facts.
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Polar Bears Past Bedtime

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this crossword puzzle instructional activity about polar bears, students are given 8 descriptions from which to find words which fit in the crossword format.
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Adjectives

For Teachers 1st
First graders participate in group activity in which they examine how to use words, adjectives, to better describe people, animals, places, and things. They listen to a read aloud of "The Napping House" while describing items on each...
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Polar Animal Research Reports

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders research and write a report on a polar animal. Each student be given a graphic organizer to complete on a particular animal. They are encouraged to use technology for the research and presentation portions of the project.
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Polar Pals: Polar Bears & Penguins

For Teachers 1st
First graders complete a variety of activities about polar bears and penguins including the "Blubber Mitten" experiment. They culminate the unit by creating a visual representation comparing and contrasting the two animals.
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Animals: Polar Bears

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Students use the Internet to examine the polar bear. They discover information about their diet, behavior and habitat.
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Polar Bears in Houston

For Teachers 1st
First graders read a book about animal babies from the Arctic and discuss what a polar bear needs to survive. They design a suitable zoo habitat for a polar bear using crayons and paper.
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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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Travel to the Polar Lands

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders receive an "Expedition Ticket" to travel through the Polar Regions- the Arctic and the Antarctic. They research polar bears and make drawings that are to scale.
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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. For this observations lesson plan, 1st graders listen carefully and sing a bear chant.
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Help Save the Polar Bear

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Learners 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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Arctic Animals

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this animal habitats worksheet, students study the various pictures of the animals and then make a cross over the animals that don't live in the arctic with the polar bear.
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Help Save the Polar Bear

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this energy conservation worksheet, students read the poem about saving energy by changing light bulbs to save polar bears. Students may color the bear.
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Shadow Know-How: Arctic Animals

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
In this fill in the blank worksheet, students analyze ten different arctic animals whose pictures are outlined with shadow pictures.
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Animals of the Cold

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Learners access the Internet to research information about animals found in the coldest parts of the world. They gather data for collaborative exchange and research answers to teacher designed questions. They create original works of art...
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Polar Bear Cubs and ME

For Teachers K - 1st
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...
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Insulation and Buoyancy

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students predict whether their hands be warmer in ice water with or without a blubber mitten. They construct a blubber mitten using plastic, Crisco and compare their results with a control group. They observe how this affects buoyancy too.
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Canadian Arctic Profiles

For Students 9th - 10th
Detailed sections providing further information on the Canadian Arctic's exploration, climate, maps, migration, and indigenous people, make this resource useful for many topics. Put together with images, this resource is useful for high...
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Canadian Museum of Nature: Arctic Hare Origami Figure

For Students 3rd - 8th
Follow these 13 easy steps to create your own origami figure of an Arctic Fox. A finished example is shown. The instructions may be downloaded in PDF format.