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    Home » Homeschooling Off The Grid

    How to Study Polar Bears: 25+ Free Resources

    Published: Dec 22, 2021 · Modified: Nov 28, 2022 by Sarita Harbour · This post may contain affiliate links and Amazon links

    Are you interested in learning how to study polar bears with your kids? If so, you aren't alone. I've had several requests in the past few months for kid-friendly resources on these bears. That's why I created a few activities for every subject related to the theme of polar bears.

    Looking for the free Polar Bear Printable Pack? Scroll down ⬇️ to the bottom of this post to get access to it!

    What you'll find in this Polar Bear Post

    • Bears in Our Backyard
    • Why Study These Bears?
    • Ways to Study Polar Bears
      • Polar Bear Science
      • Polar Bear Math
      • Study Polar Bear in Books
      • Polar Bear Writing Activities
      • Polar Bear Literacy Activities
      • Polar Bear Handwriting
      • Study Polar Bears through Arts
      • Polar Bear Crafts
      • Hands-On Play with Polar Bears
      • Cute Polar Bear Snacks
    • Polar Bear Kindergarten to Grade 3 Printable Pack

    Living in Canada's subarctic Northwest Territories, polar bears are a popular topic.

    In fact, our license plates are shaped like polar bears. Our airport has a large stuffed polar bear in the middle of it.

    And these big white bears figure largely in advertising campaigns, slogans, and marketing. You'll find polar bear facts all over the place!

    Bears in Our Backyard

    Our neighbor says it wasn't so long ago that polar bears roamed the wilderness not far from our off grid home, on the very land where we forage for learning and dabble in forest schooling. So it makes sense to study polar bears as part of our off grid homeschooling.

    Why Study These Bears?

    Capitalizing on the interest in polar bears in your homeschool is a genius way to engage your kids in the learning process. You will learn many fascinating facts about polar bears - these are incredible Arctic animals.

    For instance, did you know that polar bears don't actually have white fur?

    Their fur is made of transparent hollow hair follicles. Polar bears are truly captivating, and I've pulled together a list of fascinating and fun resources to help you study polar bears in a fun and exciting way.

    Build your own polar bear unit study or focus on the polar bear facts that interest you most.

    Nowadays, climate change has pushed the bears farther north, and sadly they've become a serious threat to some of the more remote communities, where starving bears wander into towns to rummage through garbage looking for food.

    You can learn more fascinating facts about polar bears in the Northwest Territories by visiting the Environment and Natural Resources page.

    Ways to Study Polar Bears

    Luckily, today's homeschoolers have many options for resources. You will find many different ways to study polar bears. And of course, depending on your children's ages and interest in the topic, you could really extend this further.

    For example, if you're also homeschooling upper elementary or middle school students, take a look at our Northern Wilderness Collection.

    You'll find unit studies on the polar bear, brown bear/grizzly bear, and the black bear (plus seven other northern animals.) All were created for my homeschoolers in the third through seventh grade.

    If you want to take the most obvious route, study polar bear science and read about the bears.

    But for extra fun, add some of these other subjects to your studies. A full-on unit study takes every subject and works it around the theme.

    Have as much fun with it as you like. Include this as a winter nature study when you want a break from your own homeschool curriculum.

    Use it to supplement your forest schooling activities or alongside your Think Outside Boxes homeschool materials.

    (We LOVE Think Outside Boxes and highly recommend them to homeschool families looking for ways to learn more together outdoors.)

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    Another fun way to include studying polar bears in your homeschool day is to sign up for one of the many polar bear classes available on the online platform Outschool.

    At the time I'm writing this, there are 40 classes (!!!!) coming up on Polar Bears.

    Remember, when you study something your child already finds fascinating, you fuel their desire to learn. This makes your job much easier.

    Polar Bear Science

    If your kids love experiments and hands-on learning, check out these polar bear science resources for kids.

    Figure out how blubber works with this science experiment from Little Bins for Little Hands.

    If you have older kids or have the time to explore with your kids, this polar bear website is run by a scientist and full of great information about polar bears.

    Learn about Hibernation from Year Round Homeschooling

    Why Are Polar Bears White from Polar Bear Facts

    Polar Bear Math

    Even reluctant math students enjoy numbers with these fun polar bear math activities.

    Play this polar bear math game for kids from The Educator's Spin On It.

    Polar Bear Counting Cards from Artsy Momma

    Study Polar Bear in Books

    Reading books together on any topic is a wonderful way to share as a family in the learning process. Here are four books about Polar Bears from different perspectives.

    Ice Bear by Nicola Davies

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    The Three Snow Bears by Jan Brett

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    Polar Bears by Gail Gibbons

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    Polar Bears: A Complete Guide to their Biology and Behavior by Andrew E. Derocher

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    Looking for more kids' books about polar bears? Here are a few you might enjoy.

    Polar Bear Writing Activities

    Capture your children's imagination with polar bear writing activities and prompts like these ones.

    Polar Bear Writing Prompt from Creative Classroom.

    Also, try this Polar Bear Craft and Writing Prompt Combined from Primary Playground

    Polar Bear Free-Writing Frames and Papers from The Wise Owl Factory

    Polar Bear Literacy Activities

    Life of a Polar Bear Emergent Readers from In All you Do

    Try these Polar Bear Sequencing Cards from Making Learning Fun

    Polar Bear Handwriting

    Polar Bear Handwriting Practice for PreK from Year Round Homeschooling

    Arctic Animals Copywork from Multi-Tasking Mom.

    Study Polar Bears through Arts

    Watch a video of Polar Bear Drawing from Whimsy Workshop Teaching

    Polar Bear Art Project from Artsy Momma

    Make this cute Polar Bear Winter Painting from Projects with Kids

    Polar Bear Crafts

    Make Polar Bear "Blubber" with this recipe from Science Fun.

    Polar Bear Paper Craft from No Toy Gifts

    Enjoy these Polar Bear Bookmarks from Red Ted Arts

    3D Edible Polar Craft from Darcy and Brian

    Hands-On Play with Polar Bears

    Easy Polar Bear Sensory Bin from Living Life and Learning

    Because kids relate so well to hands-on objects they can touch, something like this Polar Bear Playset is a great idea to have on hand.

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    If you have younger kids at home, this beautiful Floor Puzzle of Polar Bears will help them relate to the lesson and practice problem skills and hand-eye coordination at the same time.

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    With older kids in the house, you might enjoy this 300 Piece Polar Bear Puzzle

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    Likewise, a fun Polar Bear Puppet like this one helps with role play and storytelling skills.

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    Cute Polar Bear Snacks

    Finally, the best way to end a good thematic study of polar bears than a few creative snacks. I love this idea! Maybe you can have a little polar bear party on the last day of your polar bear study.

    No-Bake Polar Bear Cookies from Butter Your Biscuit

    Easy Rice Krispy Polar Bear Treats from A Few Shortcuts

    Polar Bear Kindergarten to Grade 3 Printable Pack

    Looking for a fun, hands-on open-and-go download to use alongside your other bear resources? Use my Polar Bear K-3 Printable Pack to add basic skills to study polar bears.

    Your child will work mazes, solve puzzles, copy letters, and more. All 36 pages have a cute polar bear theme.

    Subscribers get a free sneak peek of 9 of these pages - sign up down at the bottom below ⬇️ ⬇️

    Here are the pages included in our Polar Bear K-3 Printable Pack. Not only does this polar bear printable work great when you study polar bears it also works well on its own.

    This activity pack includes:

    • Four Mazes of Different Skill Levels
    • For Polar Bear Words Handwriting Pages
    • Four Counting Pages
    • One Word Search
    • One Crossword Puzzle
    • Two Polar Bear Puzzles
    • Two Polar Bear Sudoku Puzzles
    • Arctic Animal Patterning Pages
    • One Polar Animal Dice
    • A Polar Bear Movement Game (using the dice) - two pages
    • A Polar Bear Board Game (also using the dice)
    • An Alphabet Maze
    • A Numbers Maze for 1-30
    • Two Polar Bear Writing Prompts
    • Solutions for all puzzles.

    In short, using a topic your kids are curious about is a great way to engage them in the learning process and get them excited about school.

    When you decide to study polar bears, visit this list to find ideas on every topic for your study.

    Looking for more wildlife-related articles? Try "Are Moose Dangerous? My Own Near-Death Experience".

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