Lesson Six – Polar Bears

This curriculum topic teaching pack for the Foundation Stage gets the children to investigate and record information how polar bears have adapted to living in winter conditions as part of an arctic habitat.

The class can select different vocabulary words to complete sentences explaining how polar bears use parts of their body to survive the winter such as thick fur to stay warm.

Download this teaching pack including a lesson plan, classroom activities and an interactive presentation to investigate and record information how polar bears have adapted to living in winter conditions as part of an arctic habitat

Activities in this teaching pack include display posters to identify and describe how animals have adapted to winter conditions and a template to explain and record how polar bears have adapted to living in winter conditions in an arctic habitat.

The interactive presentation gets the children to explore and record how polar bears have adapted to living in winter conditions.

This lesson is part of a curriculum topic scheme of work to get the children to explore how animals adapt to the changes to the natural world in the winter including animals that live in Britain and other habitats such as the arctic. There are teaching activities for shared learning, differentiated worksheets to support independent learning and interactive presentations to introduce concepts and key skills.

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