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What do you know about polar bears?
They have white fur.
They have brown fur.
They have white fur to keep them warm from the coldness.
I think they live in igloos and I think I saw one with red fur.
They live in a cold place.
They have sharp teeth.
They eat fish.
They have sharp claws and sharp teeth.
- When they look for fish when they are standing at the edge of the snow.
Polar bears live in a nice place, in an igloo.
They live in the water.
They eat honey.
They live in the snow.
They can swim.
They have sharp fingers.
They have a lot of teeth.
They can swim in water and eat fish.
They eat chicken.
I know that they are dangerous.
They live in a cold place.
What questions do you have about polar bears?
- Has a polar bear ever eaten a person?
- Where do they sleep at night?
- Where do polar bears live?
- How do polar bears swim?
- Do they have babies?
- What do they eat?
- Do they climb trees to get honey and eat it?
- How do polar bears swim through the water?
- Do they eat fish in the water?
- How do they get their food?
- Do polar bears live in the snow and brown bears in the woods?
- Do polar bears salivate?
- How big do polar bears get?
- Do they eat snow?
- Do they live in the zoo?
- Do polar bears live in the Arctic?
- Have any polar bears ever been killed by humans?
- How do they use their paws?
We learned the following facts about polar bears.
- They use their paws to help them swim, catch food and to dig.
- Many polar bears have been killed by humans.
- Polar bears live in the arctic.

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- Some polar bears live in zoos
- Polar bears do salivate
- Polar bears live in the snow

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- Polar bears use camouflage to sneek up on their food
- Polar bears eat fish.

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- They use their big paws to help them swim. 4

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- Polar bears eat fish and seals.

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- Female polar bears have babies called cubs.

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- Polar bears sleep on the snow or ice.
- Polar bears are excellent swimmers.

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- Polar bears swim under water to get food.
- Polar bears will stand still up to 14 hours to get a seal.
- A polar bear has 3-4 layers of skin and fur
- A polar bear's blubber helps hold in heat.

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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.
- Shores, Erika L. Polar Bears. Mankato, Minnesota: Capstone Press, 2006.
- Snow Babies. Ruth Musgrave. National Geographic Kids. November 2003. Pages 26-27.
- Polar Bear. John Bonnett Wexo. Zoobooks. 1997.
- Polar Bears International. February 11, 2009. http://www.polarbearsinternational.org/photo-and-video-gallery/2004-2005-polar-bear-photos/.
- San Deigo Zoo. February 11, 2009. http://www.sandiegozoo.org/zoo/ex_polar_bear_plunge.html.
- Pittsburgh Zoo. February 10, 2009. http://www.pittsburghzoo.org/polarbear/Polar%20Bear%20Album_files/frame.htm
- National Geographic Kids Creature Feature. February 9, 2009. http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/Animals/CreatureFeature/Polar-bear.
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