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What do you know about polar bears?
- Some bears are polar bears and some bears are just bears.
- Polar bears live in the Arctic.
- Polar bears sometimes eat people.
- Polar bears like snow.
- Polar bears like the coldness.
- Polar bears like to eat fish.
- Polar bears are used to eating fish from the water.
- Some bears live in zoos.
- Some bears sleep with their babies.
- They almost live next to Santa.
- They like ice.
- They like water.
- They have fur to keep them warm.
- Polar bears have igloos to sleep in.
- Polar bears have white fur.
- Polar bears may attack us.
- Polar bears run fast.
What Questions do you have about polar bears?
- How do polar bears survive?
- Do polar bears run faster than people?
- How do polar bears have their babies?
- Where do they live?
- How do they have fur?
- What do polar bears look like?
- Do they have nails?
- Do they ice skate?
- Do they swim?
- How do they help their babies?
- Do polar bears run faster than their babies?
- How do polar bears keep their babies warm?
- How do polar bears drink from the water?
- How do polar bears sleep?
- How do polar bears sleep in the winter?
- What is it like where they live?
- How do they jump?
- How do they keep themselves warm?
We learned the following facts about polar bears.
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Polar bears hide from the seal and they surprise the seals the catch them.
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They also eat caribou.
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Polar bears also keep their babies warm.
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Male polar bears are bigger than female polar bears, but the females are still huge.
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Polar bears may stand in front of an airhole waiting for a seal to come up for air to breathe.
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Some polar bears have long feet.
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Polar bears are the biggest bears on earth.
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Some polar bears are dying because the ice is melting.
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Sometimes polar bears eat seaweed.
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Polar bears can swim.
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Polar bears are furry.
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Polar bears like to eat seals and sometimes they will sneak up to a seal in the water.
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Polar bears eat seals.
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Polar bears may not get seals during the summer because the ice is melted.
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Polar bears live close to the North Pole. It is very icy and very snowy.
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Polar bears live in dens sometimes.
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Polar bears like to eat whales.
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Polar bears can swim down to 90 feet.
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Polar bears eat seals.
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Polar bears are 150 feet long.
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Polar bears are mammals.
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Polar bears live in dens.
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Polar bears protect their babies.
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Polar bears wait for their food.
Resources we used for our research:
- Gibbons, Gail. Polar Bears. New York: Holiday House, 2001.
- Kallen, Stuart A. Polar Bears. Edina, Minnesota: Abdo & Daughters, 1998.
- Kalman, Bobbie & Sjonger, Rebecca. The Life Cycle of a Polar Bear. New York: Crabtree Publishing Company, 2006.
- Ryder, Joanne. A Pair of Polar Bears: Twin Cubs Find a Home at the San Diego Zoo. New York: Simon & Schuster Books, 2006.
- Shores, Erika L. Polar Bears. Mankato, Minnesota: Capstone Press, 2006.
- Squire, Ann O. Polar Bears. New York: Children's Press, 2007.
- Townsend, Emily Rose. Polar Bears. Mankato, Minnersota: Capstone Press, 2004.
- Snow Babies. Ruth Musgrave. National Geographic Kids. November 2003. Pages 26-27.
- Polar Bear. John Bonnett Wexo. Zoobooks. 1997.
- Memphis Zoo. January 18, 2011. http://www.memphiszoo.org/polarbearcam
- National Geographic Kids Creature Feature. January 18, 2011. http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/Animals/CreatureFeature/Polar-bear.
- San Deigo Zoo. January 18, 2011. http://www.sandiegozoo.org/zoo/ex_polar_bear_plunge.html.