Endangered Species ......................... An Exploration!

Wild Creek

Lets travel to the other side of the world to North America to explore black bear country.

The black bear or Ursus americanus is one of the most well known wild animals in North America today and is related to the grizzly bear and polar bear.

It is not known exactly how many black bears there are as they live in heavily wooded areas and are very secretive animals.

Black bears, especially males and young bears are endangered mainly as a result of legal hunting. Although black bears can live for up to 20-25 years few bears ever reach that age.

Exploration 1 - Wild creek
Use the information on this website to help you answer the following quick quiz about black bears.
http://www.cws-scf.ec.gc.ca/hww-fap/hww-fap.cfm?ID_species=53&lang=e

Click here for the quick quiz

Exploration 2 - wild creek
Based on the information in this website make up 5 extra multiple-choice questions and test your partner.
http://www.cws-scf.ec.gc.ca/hww-fap/hww-fap.cfm?ID_species=53&lang=e

Exploration 3 - Wild creek
Examine the diagrams of the black bear and the grizzly bear and write down their similarities and differences.
http://www.cws-scf.ec.gc.ca/hww-fap/hww-fap.cfm?ID_species=53&lang=e

Exploration 4 - Wild creek
Create a word search about black bears by visiting this site and following the instructions. Click here for a few tips to start you off. Then print the word search and give it to your classmate to complete.
http://puzzlemaker.school.discovery.com/WordSearchSetupForm.html