Summary Students measure a life sized template of a black bear, and compare it to themselves. Science content Biology: Features, Adaptations of Living Things (K, 1, 3, 7) Biology: Classification of Living Things, Biodiversity (1, 3) Science competencies (+ questioning + manipulation + others that are in every activity) Planning/conducting: measuring (non-standard K up, standard 2 up) Planning/conducting: data collection/recording (K up) Evaluating: inferring (3 up) Lessons activity is in Black bears: size, fur and food Materials black bear template, cut from large sheets of paper metre sticks worksheet (attached) bear footprint or printout bear claws (if available) or print out Procedure Use a metre stick to measure a template of a black bear, and find out how tall and how long a bear is. (It is on all fours, 2m long and 1m high). Record it on a worksheet. Stand next to the bear template to compare its size to their own (are you taller/shorter, narrower/wider) and measure your own height if time and able. Students fit their foot into a bear print, to compare sizes. Students look at a model of bear claws and compare their size to their own nails. They can use space on the worksheet to draw the bear paw or claws. Attached documents worksheet_how_big_is_a_bear.pdf Grades taught Gr K Gr 1
