The Magic

School Bus A Science Chapter Book #13

Polar Bear

Patrol Lapbook

by

Amy Yee

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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. You

can 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 below

the 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 student’s work. You can also staple the crease between sections

two 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 student’s completed work.

Some students prefer to assemble the lapbook after they have completed all the activities so they can arrange

their booklets, while others prefer to affix each booklet to the lapbook after each activity. Either way will

work.

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 the

outside 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 these

creases 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 the

answers 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.

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 male’s antler each year?

What can a caribou calf do in it’s 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 bear’s diet is seals? What is the polar bear’s favorite part of the

seal? Usually how often does a polar bear catch seals? How much blubber can an adult

polar 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 bear’s paw helps it not to slip? What part helps it to grip the ice?

25. How does a polar bear get cross thin ice?

ice floe arctic

tundra frost bite

tree line blubber

Seals

Musk Oxen

Lemmings

Polar Bears

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?

How

far do they fly?

How

far do they fly?

How

far do they fly?

How

far do they fly? What are their destinations?

What are their destinations?

What are their destinations?

What are their destinations?

Why do trees stop Why do trees stop Why do trees stop Why do trees stop

growing at the tree line?growing at the tree line?growing at the tree line?growing at the tree line?

What are caribous?

What happens to the male antlers each year?

How do they find grass?

What can a caribou calf do in it’s first day of life?

What does blubber do for an

animal?

Where do the Where do the Where do the Where do the seal pups seal pups seal pups seal pups

stay?stay?stay?stay?

How many How many How many How many pups does a pups does a pups does a pups does a mother seal mother seal mother seal mother seal have each have each have each have each

time?time?time?time?

Polar bears are good swimmers because...

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How much do

adult female polar

bears weigh?

How much do

adult male polar

bears weigh?

What does a polar bear mom

do around November? Describe a cub at birth.

Describe a cub at 10 weeks

after birth.

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What are lemmings? How many babies

can a lemming have

in a month?

How old must a lem-

ming be before it can

begin to have babies?

What do lemmings do when

they begin to run out of food

in an area?

How do polar bears

get across thin ice?