How do bears get their food?
Download and reference Kindergarten: Bears Through the Season teacher guide (link to teacher guide) pages 66-71 and student guide (link to student guide) pages 42-45 for full lesson plan.
List of Materials
- Balls of various sizes and weights. Examples:
- Baseball
- Softball
- Playground ball
- Ping pong ball
- Tennis ball
- Bowling ball
- Bear headbands from Introduction Lesson: Black Bears in Missouri (link)
- Student guide and pencil
Estimated Time
2 hours
- Engage: 10 minutes
- Explore: 10 minutes
- Explain: 10 minutes
- Explore: 45 minutes
- Explain: 15 minutes
- Elaborate: 20 minutes
- Evaluate: 10 minutes
Lesson Extensions
Cross-Curricular Extensions
Tug for a Bug Activity
In this game, pairs of students will take turns playing Tug for a Bug (Tug of War) to depict a bear pulling on a stick to get a bug, but meeting resistance from the tree. A jump rope of a long string or yarn can be used. A large, clear space is needed for this game. Practice different numbers of students on each end of the rope. Students can discuss how the motion of the rope changed the direction of the rope by changes in with pull or resistance from the other side.
Standards
Topic
Pushes and Pulls
Disciplinary Core Ideas (DCI)
Science and Engineering Practices (SEP)
Crosscutting Concepts (CCC)