The Mini Page — 2005 Activities
The Great Grizzly Bear
Issue 9
Feb. 26-March 4This week´s standards:Students understand the characteristics and life cycles of organisms. (Science: Life Science) Students understand the interactions of animals and their environments. (Science: Life Science) Activities:1. Make a series of grizzly bear trading cards. Draw a picture of a grizzly bear on the front of 3-by-5-inch cards. Then write facts about the grizzly bear on the backs of the cards. Share your cards with a friend. 2. Make a collage of words cut from the newspaper that relate to bears. Look in the sports pages for team names. 3. Why are these features important to the grizzly bear: (a) strong sense of smell, (b) large amount of body fat, and (c) long claws? 4. Draw a timeline representing 12 months, from January to December. Fill in the timeline showing what grizzly bears do throughout the year: When do they hibernate? When do they come out of hibernation? etc. 5. A grizzly bear is an "omnivore," that is, it eats both plants and other animals. Herbivores eat only plants and carnivores eat only meat. Use resource books and the Internet to learn about other bears. Use these questions to guide your research: What foods do other bears eat? What other animals are herbivores? What other animals are carnivores? Dr. Sherrye D. Garrett
Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi
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