Polar Bear Lesson Plan

Homeschool Teacher - Lesson Plan & NewsletterFebruary 27, 2008


History

Today is Polar Bear Day! more about polar bears here: http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/mammals/bear/Polarbearcoloring.shtml



Vocabulary
Unscramble these polar bear words: http://www.atozteacherstuff.com/pdf.htm?polarbear_scramble.pdf

Define these words: adaptation, environment, food chain, hibernate, predator, prey.

Reading

Learn more about how global warming effects polar bears here: http://www.timeforkids.com/TFK/teachers/wr/article/0,27972,1575087,00.html

Science

Animal Classification. Use this example to classify the polar bear from domain down to genus: http://nationalzoo.si.edu/Animals/GiantPandas/PandaEducation/CurriculumGuides/5-8/5to8AnimalClassificationAct1.pdf


Don’t Forget the Math Challenge!

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