Other
Encounters: Wild Explorers: Polar Bear
Learn fascinating facts about the incredible polar bear and listening to them growl.
Other
Columbus Zoo and Aquarium: Mammals
This interactive animal guide from the Columbus Zoo highlights general information and fun facts about mammals; this information can be sorted by diet or region where they live. Select an animal from the extensive list to begin exploring.
PBS
Dialogue for Kids: Bear Facts & Information
This Dialogue for Kids site by the Idaho Department of Fish and Game features detailed information on bears, their lifestyle, habitat, and much more. Links and lesson plans can be found here as well.
PBS
Pbs: Nature: Walking With Giants: The Grizzlies of Siberia
This site gives lots of great information on grizzly bears in Siberia. Read about living near grizzlies, baby bears, and captivity of these animals.
PBS
Pbs: Nature: Showdown at Grizzly River
PBS Nature presents Grizzlies. Learn how grizzly bears raise their young around McNeil River Falls, a place in the wilderness of Alaska. This is a great place because of the salmon that swim up stream every summer.
A-Z Animals
A Z Animals: Animal Facts: Bear (Ursidae)
Illustrated entry describes Bears along with providing details about its habitat, physical characteristics, diet, and habitat.
A-Z Animals
A Z Animals: Animal Facts: Giant Panda Bear (Ailuropoda Melanoleuca)
This entry identifies the defining characteristics of Alluropoda Melanoleuca, more commonly known as the Giant Panda Bear.
A-Z Animals
A Z Animals: Animal Facts: Grizzly Bear (Ursus Arctos Horriblis)
This entry identifies the defining characteristics of Ursus Arctos Horriblis, more commonly known as the Grizzly Bear.
Read Works
Read Works: Looking for a Bear
[Free Registration/Login Required] A literary text about a brother and sister's trip to the museum. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
Other
Berenstain Bears: Activities for Learning and Fun
This is the official Berenstain Bears website. Students can read from an interactive story book, create their own coloring book, or try any of the latest activities in the Kids tab.
Defenders of Wildlife
Defenders of Wildlife: Polar Bear
Has a fact sheet on the polar bear and video footage of a polar bear in the Arctic.
Discovery Education
Discovery Education: Bears Lesson Plan
This lesson plan explores how polar bears survive in areas near the North Pole.
BBC
Bbc: Nature Wildfacts: Red Panda, Lesser Panda
The BBC provides this photo-illustrated fact sheet on the red or lesser panda of Asia.
Orca Book Publishers
Orca Book Publishers: Flight From Bear Canyon Teaching Guide [Pdf]
Flight From Bear Canyon, an adventure novel written by Anita Daher, is set in the Nahanni River Valley of Canada's Northwest Territories. It tells the story of a young girl's experience as she flies a plane and helps to save the life of...
World Wildlife Fund for Nature
World Wildlife Fund: Polar Bears
This resource offers detailed information on polar bears.
Royal Canadian Geographical Society
Canadian Geographic: Animal Facts: Grizzly Bear
Offers quick facts on the grizzly bear about physical appearance, habitat, behavior and its range.
Royal Canadian Geographical Society
Canadian Geographic: Animal Facts: Polar Bear
Offers quick facts on the polar bear about physical appearance, habitat, behavior and its range.
Alabama Learning Exchange
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...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Once Upon a Bear
This lesson uses children's literature as a basis for a cross-curricular mini-unit on bears.
Denver Zoo
Denver Zoo: Grizzly Bear
The Denver Zoo features a comprehensive overview of the grizzly bear focusing on its habitat, range, adaptations, diet, physical characteristics, and more.
San Diego Zoo Global
San Diego Zoo: Kids: Andean Bear
Colorful resource for learning fun facts about Andean bears with photographs as well as information regarding their physical characteristics and unique features. Sound clip included.
San Diego Zoo Global
San Diego Zoo: Kids: Giant Panda
Colorful resource for learning fun facts about giant pandas with photographs as well as information regarding their physical characteristics, diet, and unique features.
San Diego Zoo Global
San Diego Zoo: Kids: Sloth Bear
Colorful resource for learning fun facts about sloth bears with photographs as well as information regarding their physical characteristics and unique features.
San Diego Zoo Global
San Diego Zoo: Kids: Polar Bear
Colorful resource for learning fun facts about polar bears with photographs as well as information regarding their physical characteristics and unique features. Audio clip included.