Endangered Species: The 3 Bears

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Endangered Species The 3 Bears

• Respect Animals Project (R.A.P), K-2nd grade
• Part 3a., Volume I

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Panda Bear

• The Panda Bear

• The Panda Bear is large, and can weigh up to
  400lbs. That is as much as 40 bowling balls!
• Pandas are 99 Herbivores, which means they eat
  primarily bamboo, stems, and leaves.
• Pandas do not have to hibernate like other bears,
  because there is always greenery available for
  them to eat even when it is very cold.
• Pandas like to swim!
• Pandas are endangered, and there are only
  approximately 1600 left in the wild today.

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Pandas cont

• Click for short Panda video http//video.national
  geographic.com/video/kids/animals-pets-kids/mammal
  s-kids/panda-wild-kids/

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Polar Bear
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Polar Bear Cont

• Click here for a cute Polar bear video
  http//kids.nationalgeographic.com/kids/animals/cr
  eaturefeature/polar-bear/ 

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Spirit Bear

• The Spirit Bear

• The Spirit Bear only lives in Canada, in what is
  known as The Great Bear Rainforest.
• These bears are really Black Bears with White
  Fur, and are also called Kermode Bears.
• The bears are extremely rare, and it is estimated
  that only 500 exist today.
• Local people do not hunt these bears, and people
  have been successful in protecting them via the
  Great Bear Campaign.
• However, they (Along with other animals-
  Grizzlies, Salmon, Herring) may be in trouble
  because an oil pipeline may be run through their
  habitat.
• This pipeline could destroy their habitat, or
  worsedestroy their population as well as others
  if oil were to spill.

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Sarahs Bears Story

• Teacher and Students read this short story
  together.

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Verbal Quiz

• Questions for students-
• Using the Bear Silhouette sheet provided, circle
  the applicable bear after the teacher asks a
  question.

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Sources

• http//www.wwf.ca/newsroom/?10761/Oil-tankers-and-
  oil-pipelines-too-great-a-risk-say-Canadians-for-t
  he-Great-Bear (photo of Spirit bear, facts and
  article for older grades)
• http//en.wwfchina.org/en/what_we_do/species/fs/pa
  nda/ (panda photo and info)
• http//awsassets.wwfcn.panda.org/downloads/panda_1
  00_q_as_answer_sheet_en_final.pdf (panda facts
  wwf)
•  www.kidzone.com
• www.bearstop.com
• www.covebear.com
• www.maxwaugh.com