PolarRegions

Internet Resources

Resource Sites

Polar Bear Fact Sheet @ Kids Planet

Polar Bears @Enchanted Learning - diagram and facts for printing

Polar Bears - Lessons/Activity Sheets - Jim Cornish, Gr. 5 Teacher's Site

Penguins Theme - Lesson Plans/Resource Sites - Jim Cornish

Sea World/Busch Gardens Education Departments offers more than 75 educational resources for teachers. Information booklets and Teacher's Guides provide animal information and classroom activities. Posters of sharks, killer whales, and more will enhance your classroom.

Seaworld Guides for Teachers - Penguins, Arctic Animals Seals, Sea Lions and Walruses, Shark, Whales - pdf files

http://www.seaworld.org/just-for-teachers/index.htm

Lesson Plans

Travel to Polar Lands - activity ideas for researching polar animals and studying polar lands.

Antarctica Plans - Jim Cornish, 5th Grade Teacher at Gander Academy

http://www.cdli.ca/CITE/antarctica.htm

links and activities

Arctic Tundra - Carolyn's Links and Lesson Plans

http://www.eagle.ca/~matink/themes/Biomes/tundra.html

Polar Bears - Students will explain what keeps Polar Bears warm in the Arctic by experiencing a layer of blubber to protect them.

http://www.seaworld.org/just-for-teachers/guides/pdf/penguin-k-3.pdf

Printables

Polar Bear Crossword - includes facts about polar bears

Polar Bear Wordsearch - includes facts about polar bears

Polar Bear Word Scramble - includes facts about polar bears

Polar Bear Maze

Kidzone Penguin Activities

Online Activities

The Penguin Place @ Enchanted Forest - activities for students including printables List of links for teachers also

Penguins Unit - Webquest

Kentucky Elementary School

- Page on Penguins - Informational Sites, Interactive Sites, WebQuests

http://www.picadome.fcps.net/lab/currl/penguin/default.htm

Bear Songs and Poems @ Can Teach

Carolyn's links and lesson plans for Glaciers and Icebergs

http://www.eagle.ca/~matink/themes/Physphen/geyser.html