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The Magic
School BusA Science Chapter Book #13
Polar BearPatrol
Lapbookby
Amy Yee
. Yee Shall KnowYee Shall KnowYee Shall KnowYee Shall Knowhttp:///www.yeeshallknow.com
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Valley fold
Lapbook Basics
Follow the instructions in the following page(s) to complete all the individual pieces that will go into your lap-
book. And then assemble as follows:
Open a file folder and fold in the two sides.
Glue the booklets inside. Close the shutters and decorate the cover.
If more space is needed to complete your project, there are several methods to extend your file folder. Youcan fold another folder in the similar fashion and glue the back of section 3 of your first folder to the back of
section 1 of your second folder. You can also lay an additional piece of paper (card stock) just above or belowthe middle section (2) of the folder. Use packing tape or other strong tape, secure the paper to the folder creat-
ing a flap that can be opened to display your students work. You can also staple the crease between sectionstwo and three of the first folder to the crease between sections one and two of the second folder using a long
stapler. This method will give you two additional surfaces to add your students completed work.
Some students prefer to assemble the lapbook after they have completed all the activities so they can arrangetheir booklets, while others prefer to affix each booklet to the lapbook after each activity. Either way willwork.
A note on cutting and folding. In the following templates, please cut on the solid lines. The black dotted
lines are folding lines for mountain folds (when you are done folding, the black dotted lines should be on theoutside of the fold). The yellow dotted lines are for valley folds (when you are done folding, the line is tucked
on the inside of your fold). Do make sure that you use firm pressure to make your creases as sometimes thesecreases will help the final booklet to fall into their proper positions.
For some younger students you may wish to have them dictate their answers to you or you may write down theanswers for them to copy.
Lapbooks not only are fun for kids to do and help with their information retention, they also serve as a perma-nent record of their learning. The students can refer to it when looking for information, or they can use it in
presentations to friends and relatives thus further reinforcing their learning.
I hope your student(s) will enjoy this lapbook and the information learned will remain with them.
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Instructions
1. Define: Arctic, blubber, frost bite, gangrene, ice floe, tree line, tundra
2. How do each of these Arctic animals stay warm: seals, musk oxen, lemmings, polar bears
3. How did the polar bears get the name?
4. Describe the first parkas.
5. What five nations have land in the Arctic polar region?6. What kind of bird migrate the furthest? How far do they fly each year? What are their des-
tinations?
7. Why do trees stop growing at the tree line?
8. What are caribous? How do they find grass? What happens to the males antler each year?
What can a caribou calf do in its first day of life?
9. What does blubber do for an animal?
10. How many pups does a mother seal have each time? Where does the seal pup stay?
11. What helps the polar bears to be good swimmers?
12. What percent of a polar bears diet is seals? What is the polar bears favorite part of the
seal? Usually how often does a polar bear catch seals? How much blubber can an adultpolar eat at one meal?
13. How do polar bears clean themselves after a meal?
14. How much do adult female polar bears weigh? How much do adult male weigh?
15. What does a mother polar bear do around November? Describe the cubs at birth and at 10
weeks after birth.
16. From how high can a polar bear dive? How fast can a polar bear run? How far can they
swim without a rest?
17. How often does an Arctic fox change its fur? Describe its winter fur. Describe its summer
fur.18. What people first used dogs to pull sleds? How much weight can a team of 12 dogs pull?
What do the lead dogs do for the team? How much do the dogs eat each day?
19. How do musk oxen travel? What are their curved horns used for? What do they do when
they smell nearby wolves?
20. What are two animals which are able to fight a polar bear? Describe them.
21. How do adult male polar bears fight each other?
22. How do polar bears greet each other?
23. What are lemmings? How many babies can a female lemming have in a month? How old
before a lemming can begin to have babies? What do lemmings do when they run out of
food? What do lemmings like to do when they see a crowd?24. What part of the polar bears paw helps it not to slip? What part helps it to grip the ice?
25. How does a polar bear get cross thin ice?
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ice floe arctic
tundra frost bite
tree line blubber
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Seals
Musk Oxen
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Lemmings
Polar Bears
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What kind of birds migrate the furthest?What kind of birds migrate the furthest?What kind of birds migrate the furthest?What kind of birds migrate the furthest?
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Why do trees stopWhy do trees stopWhy do trees stopWhy do trees stop
growing at the tree line?growing at the tree line?growing at the tree line?growing at the tree line?
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What are caribous?
What happens to the maleantlers each year?
How do they find grass?
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What can a caribou calf do inits first day of life?
What doesblubber
do for ananimal?
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Where do theWhere do theWhere do theWhere do the
seal pupsseal pupsseal pupsseal pups
stay?stay?stay?stay?
How manyHow manyHow manyHow many
pups does apups does apups does apups does a
mother sealmother sealmother sealmother seal
have eachhave eachhave eachhave each
time?time?time?time?
Polar bears are good
swimmers because...
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How do polarHow do polarHow do polarHow do polarbears cleanbears cleanbears cleanbears clean
themselves afterthemselves afterthemselves afterthemselves after
a messy meal?a messy meal?a messy meal?a messy meal?
How much do
adult female polar
bears weigh?
How much do
adult male polar
bears weigh?
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What does a polar bear mom
do around November? Describe a cub at birth.
Describe a cub at 10 weeks
after birth.
November December January February March
CubsCut the top piece and make a
shutter fold. Cut out the cover
and glue to the front of the folded
timeline.
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Describe
its
winter
fur?
Describe its
summer
fur?
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Whowerethefirstpeo-
pletousedogsleds?
H
owmuchweightcana
te
amof12dogspull?
Wh
atdotheleaddogs
dofortheteam?
How
muchdothedogs
eateachday?
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How do musk oxen travel?How do musk oxen travel?How do musk oxen travel?How do musk oxen travel?
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What do they do when they smellWhat do they do when they smellWhat do they do when they smellWhat do they do when they smellnearby wolves?nearby wolves?nearby wolves?nearby wolves?
What are their curvedWhat are their curvedWhat are their curvedWhat are their curvedhorns used for?horns used for?horns used for?horns used for?
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Gree
tings
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What are lemmings? How many babiescan a lemming havein a month?
How old must a lem-
ming be before it canbegin to have babies?
What do lemmings do when
they begin to run out of food
in an area?
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How do polar bears
get across thin ice?
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