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Bears are large mammals that eat mostly meat, with the exception of panda bears which are herbivores and live also entirely on bamboo. The list below covers some of the basic facts about bears.

Bears are large mammals that eat mostly meat and fish. Many bears also eat plants, bulbs, and insects.

The polar bear eats mostly meat, and is classified as carnivores, while the panda feeds almost entirely on bamboo and is classified as an herbivore. The six other species of bear eat both plants and animals and are classified as omnivorous.

There are only eight living species of bears and they can be found throughout most of the world.

Bears have large bodies, stocky legs, a long snout, shaggy hair, paws with claws, and a short tail.

Even though bears are big and heavy, they can run very fast and are also good at climbing and swimming.

Bears have a large brain and are one of the more intelligent mammals.

Bears take a long sleep in the winter similar to hibernation. They will sleep in their dens and a mother bear will also have her cubs in a den.

Bear cubs are born in litters of 1 to 3 and usually stay with their mothers for about 3 years. Most bears live alone except when a female has cubs. A mother bear will defend her cubs ferociously if they are threatened.

Polar bears and grizzly bears can be dangerous to people, especially when they are sharing a habitat, but for the most part, bears are shy and are easily frightened of humans.

Laws have been passed in many areas of the world to protect bears from hunters and the destruction of their habitat.

This study pack contains 7 ready-to-use printable worksheets that can be used in science class to teach students about different species of bears, their habitat, diet and more. These worksheets are also cross-curricular and can be used to practice reading and comprehension of informational text, helping students to understand the main idea of the text, key words and phrases and more.
After completing these worksheets students will be able to:

Reading and understand a series of informational facts about bears, including their characteristics, environments, and diet

Use the learning from the sample text to fill in the blanks and complete the 8 main species of bear

Use visual recognition to identify different species of bear from a picture

Complete a crossword using the informational text to provide the answers

Explore the diet of a bear and think of examples of other animals with a similar diet

(Optional) Complete the included bear coloring page

(Optional) Learn about the origins of "teddy bears" and complete a fact file about their own teddy bear

Included in this study guide

Information Text: Facts about Bears

Species of Bear Fill in the Blank

Identify the Bear

Bear Crossword

Diet of a Bear Activity

Bear Coloring Page

The Origins of Teddy Bears Activity

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This resource provides an introductory video with a STEM Ambassador reading the story of Goldilocks and the Three Bears and a follow-on activity for children to carry out. In the activity children think like engineers in order to help Goldilocks build a chair that seats ALL the bears at once.

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At-Home STEM Challenge! The Gummy Bear Dare

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Grab your stash of rainbow counting bears and great ready for some playful pattern card practice!

Children will love solving the challenge cards and then coloring the pattern. They can even stretch their brains and create their own counting bear patterns for friends to solve when they're finished!

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Getting Ready

To prep the activity, I simply printed the pattern cards (below) on card stock to make them durable and cut along the grey lines to separate them into strips.

Although I decided not to laminate the set this time around, I would recommend doing that if you'll be using the cards in a classroom. Laminating adds an extra layer of durability.

Solving the Pattern Cards

Little Sister (age 3) had just finished using our counting bears to practice the numbers 1 to 12, so she was eager to pull them out again for another math challenge.

She grabbed the first strip in the pile and read the colors out loud:

"Red - blue - yellow - red - blue..."

When she got to the empty box she immediately recognized the next color in the sequence.

She grabbed a yellow bear and placed it in the square.

Then she started at the beginning of the pattern card and read through the sequence again, adding the missing red bear at the end.

With her pattern now complete, I handed her the record sheet and challenged her to color the same pattern with crayons.

Little Sister happily colored the first line and then grabbed the next card in the batch - a fun AB pattern.

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Counting Bear Pattern Cards - The Stem Laboratory

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In this Science upd8 activity students take on the role of a trainee documentary producer working for an environmental channel. The television programme scenario, 'Bears in Trouble', explores how rising temperatures in the Arctic could be endangering the survival of polar bears.

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I love doing fun STEM activities with my students! This teddy bear bridge activity is always a big hit with my class each year. It's very simple to set up, and we can do it over and over again once the kiddos get the hang of it! I also love that it promotes team work.

LET'S PREP:

Here are the materials that you need: teddy bear counters, popsicle sticks, and cups. I used the small dixie cups and found that those work best.

I also used the book: 21 Elephants and Still Standing to introduce the idea of what a bridge is.

I got the idea to use this book from: Playground Parkbench!

OUR ACTIVITY!

We read 21 Elephants together, and then talked about bridges. I showed them some pictures of other bridges, and we talked a little bit about how bridges are strong. I told them that for our activity, we were going to pretend that our teddy bears were elephants 🙂

When my students did this STEM project, I had them in small groups of 3. The first time that we built our bridges, each group got 20 teddy bear counters, 4 dixie cups, and 4 popsicle sticks. Their goal was to build a bridge that would hold ALL 20 bears at the same time! I loved seeing my students work together to design their bridges. They did such a great job!

The best part, was that each group's bridge looked different! They were so creative.

When we did this activity again, I changed the number of popsicle sticks and cups that I gave my students as a challenge! I gave each group only 3 sticks and 3 cups. It was fun to watch them try our activity again! I also added a couple of extra bears to see if that made a difference.

That is one of the things I like about this project: there are lots of ways to extend it and change it! I came up with a fun extension worksheet for my students to record what their bridges looked like.

MORE STEM FUN!

I love doing STEM activities with my students. Click on the links below to check out some of my other STEM activities:

Thanks for stopping by! I hope your enjoy doing STEM in your classroom. 🙂

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We're Going on a Bear Hunt has been one of my favorite songs to sing with my kids for a while and when I first discovered the book, when my daughter was a baby, I was so excited to read it to her! Create this fun icy exploration of the different places they go to in the book for your child to melt, discover and explore!

Set Up Time

A few days.
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What You'll Need

Plastic Table Cloth or Shower Curtain Liner

A Deep Tupperware Container

Green Grass (Real or Artificial)

Blue Food Coloring

Rocks

Dirt or Pudding or Brown Food Coloring

Green Leaves (Real or Artificial)

White and Blue Pom Poms or Cotton Balls

Little Bears Figurines or Brown Pom Poms

Bowls

Tweezers or Tongs

Scissors

Turkey Baster

Watering Can

Eye Droppers

Toy Hammer

Play Dough Scraper

Salt

Set Up

1. Fill your container with an inch of water add your grass clippings. Freeze overnight.

2. Take it out of the freezer, add another inch of cold water with blue food coloring and rocks. Put it back in freezer overnight.

3. Remove from freezer, add another inch of cold water and add dirt. Put it back in freezer overnight.

4. Remove from freezer, add another inch of cold water and add green leaves. Put it back in freezer overnight.

5. Remove from freezer, add another inch of cold water and add blue and white pom poms. Put it back in freezer overnight.

6. Remove from freezer, add another inch of cold water and add bears. Put it back in freezer overnight.

7. Remove from freezer, run warm water over the bottom of the container to remove the ice block.

8. If doing this activity indoors place a plastic table cloth or shower curtain liner under the sensory bin.

9. Place the ice block into the sensory bin with the bears side on the bottom.

10. Add 2 bowls of warm water and another with salt.

11. Add fine motor tools spoons, turkey baster, watering can and eye dropper.

How To Play

Invite your child to use the fine motor tools with the warm water and salt to melt the ice down to find the bears. They can also use the hammer and scraper to chip away at the ice as it melts.

What To Talk About

There is so much to talk about with this sensory bin! Read the book before playing. You can ask what is happening as they pour warm water or salt on the ice. Ask what part of the book they are 'hunting' through. Ask what they are discovering as they melt through the ice. Sing the lyrics of the book as they play.

Useful Tips

This is a great activity to do outside on a hot summer day. If doing this outside lay an old towel under the sensory bin. Don't finish this activity in one sitting? Put the rest back in the freezer to complete on another day!

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We're Going on a Bear Hunt Sensory Bin - HAPPY TODDLER PLAYTIME

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We're Going on a Bear Hunt has been one of my favorite songs to sing with my kids for a while and when I first discovered the book, when my daughter was a baby, I was so excited to read it to her!

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Little Scientists 'We're going on a bear hunt'

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Little Scientists 'We're going on a bear hunt'

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We're going on a bear hunt - A STEM Maths Video & Activity for Years 3-6

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Using teddy bears, this activity is designed to add everyday mathematical language into playtime and will help you to spot the Mathematics in the everyday.

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