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Why are polar bears white if they don’t have any predators (other animals that might want to eat them)?
Can you think of how this is helpful to them?
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DISCUSS:
Why are polar bears white if they don’t have any predators (other animals that might want to eat them)?
Can you think of how this is helpful to them?
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| Color A Moth printout | 1 per student |
| Look For Moths printout | 1 per student |
| Moths For Teachers printout | 1 per class |
| Stump #1 printout | 1 per class |
| Stump #2 printout | 1 per class |
| Tree #1 printout | 1 per class |
| Tree #2 printout | 1 per class |
| Tree #3 printout | 1 per class |
| Glue Dots | 1 dot per student |
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Glue Dots
Extra dots can be used to hang trees around your classroom. |
9 dots per class |
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| Color A Moth printout | 1 per student |
| Look For Moths printout | 1 per student |
| Moths For Teachers printout | 1 per class |
| Stump #1 printout | 1 per class |
| Stump #2 printout | 1 per class |
| Tree #1 printout | 1 per class |
| Tree #2 printout | 1 per class |
| Tree #3 printout | 1 per class |
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Crayons
Provide a variety of colors so students can create moths that camouflage in the classroom. Colored pencils or markers also work. |
3 crayons per student |
| Scissors | 1 pair per student |
Each tree takes a wall space measuring about 32" wide by 55" tall (about the size of a door). You can build your trees on an empty wall, a bulletin board, or on a door. The activity works best if you have three different bark patterns, but if you don’t have enough space (or time) to make three trees, you can make one tree and two stumps.
To make your trees and/or stumps, follow these steps:
You are going to hide paper moths for your students to find, and then your students will hide moths for you to find. Put a glue dot on the back of each moth and place it on a tree or stump — hide all nine moths. Put most of them on the bark that match, but put a few on the bark that don’t match, so that they are easy for your students to find.
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