Finally, the class discusses the polar bear food chain and how all organisms in the food chain are in danger due to the melting sea ice. Polar bear activities, worksheets, printables, and lesson. The polar bear is a large white bear found in the arctic. Food chain questions refer to chapters 3436 for help as needed 1. You made your flight, you sailed the cold waters of the arctic ocean, your feet touched down where so very few have dared to. Explain to students that because alaskan brown bears eat so many different foodsboth plants and animalsthey are at the top of a complex food web. Its preferred habitat is the annual sea ice covering the waters over the continental shelf and the arctic interisland archipelagos. To understand the food chain of a polar bear, we need to know some things about polar bears. As an ecosystem changes, natures attempt to balance the food chain becomes as challenging as walking a tightrope. Polar bears live on the sea ice of the arcticthe northern poleand they do not live in antarctica like most. They may eat many different types of plants or many different animals. Food chains and food webs key elements used in this book the big idea. Desert food web activity food web, life science classroom.
Food webs a web food is made up of interconnected food chains. The polar bear is often regarded as a marine mammal because it spends many months of the year at sea. Food chains, food webs, and energy pyramid worksheet. Every living thing is part of a food chain as well as a more complex food web. The top of the arctic animal food chain the polar bear. Including food chains in the ocean and common woodland as may be found in the uk.
Food chains and food webs united states environmental. Ask the children if they know or can guess what is meant by the term food chain. Each food chain ends with a top predator and animal with no natural enemies ike an alligator, hawk, or polar bear. When the bear eats salmon, the beat is as a tertiary consumer. Polar bear food chain paper slides, 1st grade youtube. Primary producers organisms that make their own food from sunlight andor chemical energy from chemicals in deep sea vents are the base of every food chain these organisms are called autotrophs. There are various ways to categorize organisms within an ecosystem, including producers, consumers, and decomposers. The tertiary consumers are eaten by quaternary consumers an example is a hawk that eats owls. This makes everything more complicated and the food chain becomes a food web. The next link in the chain is an organism that makes its own food from the pnmary energy source an example is.
Primary consumers are animals that eat primary producers. The polar bear is the largest predator that lives on land. Food web hibernation introduction to polar regions musk oxen narwhals polar regions sun bears walruses geography no assigned grade level a visit to roger williams park zoo grades 35 eskimos in alaska iceland geography grades 68 canada geography. Scarlett saunders printable blank worksheet template. One of the creatures most threatened by environmental changes is the polar bear. An example of an animal that is negatively affected by climate change is the polar bear. Polar bear and arctic preschool and kindergarten activities, crafts, games, and printables. Food chain information plus questions worksheet read the information about food chains then answer the questions about food chains. In this worksheet, we will look at a simple food chain and identify the producers and consumers. If you come across a polar bear during your arctic cruise youll be looking at the worlds largest species of bear and the largest land predator.
Activities include picture of a polar bear cards for children to stick on sheet to label polar bear physical appearance jungle arctic sorting table with 2 sets of cards for children to sort set one facts about the areas, set two animals polar bear adaptations worksheet facts to stick. Like polar bears, seals rely on sea ice for fundamental activities such as. The reason why polar bears are important to the ecosystem is because polar bears keep the balance of seals and other prey by from over populating. Staple the pages together, then read and color the pages and answer the questions. Jan 01, 2000 polar bear s photos include a picture of an injured cub and another of two animals around a mostly eaten seal, complete with bloody ribs and offal. Food chain pyramidwildlife conservation belt loop 19 anatomia, allatok, novenyek welcome home from insects to carnivores, this food chain pyramid shows students how the animal kingdom comes together. What is the ultimate source energy for all life on earth. Polar bears are at the top of the food chain in the arctic, and are therefore the ones that are in the most danger of becoming extinct. They eat the bearded seal, which eats the polar cod, which feeds on pelagic invertebrates. Jan 27, 2017 first graders created a paper slideshow about a polar bear food chain. A food chain starts with the primary energy source, usually the sun or boilinghot deep sea hydrothermal vents. Heres an example of a northern food chain including a. Despite what we think, a polar bears fur is not white.
At each link in the food chain energy is lost as it passes from one organism to another. This quizworksheet combo helps you understand the different links in the polar bear food chain and how these animals ensure the health of other species of arctic plants and animals. First graders created a paper slideshow about a polar bear food chain. Science education teaching science life science mad science science resources earth science science experiments teaching ideas ocean ecosystem. Each food chain ends with a top predator and animal with no natural enemies like an alligator, hawk, or polar bear.
Nov 4, 2014 heres an example of a northern food chain including a polar bear, ringed seal, arctic cod, shrimp and algae. Polar bear activities, worksheets, printables, and lesson plans. Living things are linked together in food chains and food webs. The different plants and animals in a food chain are connected by arrows. As the energy flows from organism to organism, energy is lost at each step. Polar bear food chain worksheet polar bear food chain video lesson transcript study com. Food chains and food webs a science az life series word. However, polar bears are not too fussy when it comes to eating and will take advantage of other available prey when presented with the opportunity. A fun, editable habitat worksheet including space for. The polar bear is one of the largest meateating animals. Print out the following to make a short book about polar bears.
For example, the producer in this food chain is leaves. Food chain worksheet for kids worksheet turtle diary. When a polar bear spots a seal coming up for air, it gets down on all fours, delicately putting each paw on the ice to keep silent. This quiz worksheet combo helps you understand the different links in the polar bear food chain and how these animals ensure the health of other species of arctic plants and animals. Due to shrinking icecaps, the polar bears habitat is melting away. A food chain is the sequence of who eats whom in a biological community an ecosystem to obtain nutrition. Circle time and fun ideas for polar bears make it with art supplies for polar bears literacy ideas for polar bears math ideas for polar bears science ideas for polar bears snack recipe igloo activities polar themed ideas activities for polar bear, polar bear by eric carle. Learn how energy is transferred from one living thing to another with the food web.
You made the call youve wanted to make for years and booked yourself an arctic vacation. In addition to ecosystems and food chains, these printable worksheets also cover consumers and producers, as well as herbivores, carnivores, and omnivores. Male polar bears may grow 10 feet tall and weigh over 1400 pounds. If using the html files, to get back to this page from a printout, just click on the picture.
In turn, these animals are eaten by larger predators an example is an owl that eats snakes. Overhead coastal arctic food chain overhead coastal arctic food web student worksheet sea ice web additional resources glencoe life science ch 2021. The trophic level of an organism is the position it holds in a food chain. Jan 14, 2015 each food chain ends with a top predator and animal with no natural enemies like an alligator, hawk, or polar bear. Food chains bundle packincludes different backgrounds for your students to draw, label, and create their own food chain. However, i didnt know that which types of research projects might be available. Polar bears live on the sea ice of the arctic, the most northern region of. Polar bear hidden message worksheets lesson worksheets.
Identify a number of arctic plants and animals and their role in arctic food chains. I was already excited to be part of any project in the arctic or antarctic, but then with a project with polar bears was just even more amazing. Despite what we think, a polar bear s fur is not white. Engage i want to inspire further interest in todays lesson and capitalize on student curiosity, so i continue by showing two videos on global warming the national geographic documentary below, followed by a.
Jan 08, 2012 polar bears are at the top of the food chain in the arctic, and are therefore the ones that are in the most danger of becoming extinct. Polar bear activities, crafts, lessons, and printables. And tertiary consumers, top of the food chain, in the arctic ecosystem. When i heard about the polar bear project, it was sort of like a dream come true.
Displaying all worksheets related to polar bear hidden message. Lesson grade instructions 3 grades 6 activity procedure 1. Polar bears photos include a picture of an injured cub and another of two animals around a mostly eaten seal, complete with bloody ribs and offal. Complete the food chains worksheet circle the organisms that complete the food chains.
Primary consumers, like zooplankton and small fish, eat the phytoplankton. Heres an example of a northern food chain including a polar. Because of the decrease in algae and plankton, the next organisms on the polar bear food chain will have less to eat. Students take different plants and animals and place them into a food chain diagram which explains how energy is transferred from one organism to another. Its most common prey is the ringed seal and the bearded seal. Punnett square worksheet 1 henry county school district. Many other creatures are also dependent on the ice flows in the arctic areas. Explain that phytoplantkon are microorganisms that contain chlorphyll and go through. Polar bears look white because each hollow hair reflects the light. Polar bears are native to the icy cold water of the arctic ocean and its surrounding areas. Make a list with the class of the living things we as humans depend on, such as animals for food, materials, plants for food, wood for building, etc. A key stage 1 science printable worksheet on different food chains in the animal kingdom. All links in every food chain depend on each other.
Every organism needs to obtain energy in order to live. Energy can be tracked through energy pyramids, with producers at the base and levels of consumers stacking up to the apex predators. A globe highlighting the arctic and the north pole the polar bear arctic ocean food chain figure 2 a simplistic food webfor an arctic ecosystem image source commons wikimedia org wiki image foodweb png. Establish that a food chain is essentially the order in which animals including humans eat other animals and plants. Winter topic, polar bear, adaptation, habitat, sen. Sadly the polar bear is classified as a vulnerable species. Worksheet with questions that follow about their food chain, 2 versions to choose from to save on color ink. Polar bears are the keystone species, tertiary consumers that help keep the food web in balance. There is a large difference in size between male and female polar bears with the male weighing anything from 350 to 800 kilograms. Ask students why the phytoplankton is pictured at the bottom and not the top. Food chains and food webs a science az life series. Seals are secondary consumers and eat the fish and zooplankton. Food chains are very useful diagrams which show us the feeding patterns of different animals. Understanding these relationships leads to an understanding of the circle of life and the flow of energy through living organisms in ecosystems.
Understanding these relationships leads to an understanding of the circle of life and the flow of. In relation to the arctic mention that global warming is having an effect on the food chain. Polar bears eat seals, small whales, fish, walruses, sea birds and their eggs. Hawk polar ear wolf arctic fox reindeer arctic hare lemming musk ox lichen wildflowergrass sun 1 list the producers, primary onsumers, secondary onsumers and tertiary onsumers.
The polar bear is at the top of the arctic food chain. Winter topic, polar bear, adaptation, habitat, sen teaching. Polar bears find such breathing holes and wait, sometimes for several days, until a seal comes up for a breath. One rag,bandana or cloth for each student, using three different colors for the class, arctic species cards included background the arctic is home to plants and animals adapted to take advantage of its unique climate. Begin by showing the class the overhead coastal arctic food chain. A food chain starts with the primary energy source, usually the sun or boilinghot deep sea vents. Tell students that food webs show the feeding relationships and flow of energy among organisms in a community. The 1st organism in a food chain must always be what type of organism. You made your flight, you sailed the cold waters of the arctic ocean, your feet touched down where so very few have dared to tread. This means that the polar bear has no predators, but only has prey. Read through both sides of activity sheet 2 with the whole class. Effects on the food chain polar bears in the arctic. We can read a food chain and understand not only what an animal feeds on to get its food, but also what other animals may eat that particular animal for food. The bear then makes a shallow dive through the hole to grab the seal with its claws.
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