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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.

• Polar bears hide from the seal and they surprise the seals the catch them.  

• They also eat caribou.

• Polar bears also keep their babies warm.

• Male polar bears are bigger than female polar bears, but the females are still huge. 

• Polar bears may stand in front of an airhole waiting for a seal to come up for air to breathe.

• Some polar bears have long feet.

• Polar bears are the biggest bears on earth.

• Some polar bears are dying because the ice is melting.

• Sometimes polar bears eat seaweed.

• Polar bears can swim.

• Polar bears are furry.

• Polar bears like to eat seals and sometimes they will sneak up to a seal in the water.

• Polar bears eat seals.

• Polar bears may not get seals during the summer because the ice is melted.

• Polar bears live close to the North Pole.  It is very icy and very snowy.

• Polar bears live in dens sometimes.

• Polar bears like to eat whales.

• Polar bears can swim down to 90 feet.

• Polar bears eat seals.

• Polar bears are 150 feet long.

• Polar bears are mammals.

• Polar bears live in dens.

• Polar bears protect their babies.

• 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.