How to Make a Clay Polar Bear. This is a clay Polar Bear project I just completed with Grade 3. Take a slice of clay and roll to about 1/2 inch thick. Cut a nice oval base with a wooden skewer. Using your finger dipped in water smooth the jagged edge left from cutting. I explain to the students that if we leave this edge that once this piece is fired this could be very sharp and might cut someone. Take some clay and form 2 back legs and 2 smaller front legs. Using the "scratch, scratch, water, water" chant we attach these legs to the base. We want to be sure the 2 surfaces that are touching have been sufficiently scored and moistened so that our clay will "glue" together. Taking a fair lump of clay (palm sized) form a pear or gourd shape for the body. Place it on the 4 legs and continue refining until you are happy with the shape.
Continue to define the shape and pinch out some ears. I had reference photos for the kids to look at while sculpting. Using a toothpick we added our names and the year to the base. and that's it! Polar Bear Facts. Polar Bear | Species. IMAX To the Arctic: Educational Tools. To the Arctic, a MacGillivray Freeman Film from Warner Bros. Pictures and IMAX® Filmed Entertainment, is focusing a lot of attention on polar bears and their sea ice home. To help you bring a cold blast of the Arctic into your school or interpretive setting, we've pulled together some key tools. Lesson Plans The To The Arctic Curriculum Guide, produced by PBI in partnership with MacGillivary Freeman Films, contains lesson plans on the Arctic, polar bears, a warming world, and how we each can helpMom and Me: A Polar Bear Survival Story is a single lesson plan drawn from the larger curriculum guide All About Polar Bears: What People Ask First Videos on Polar Bear Mothers and Cubs The Polar Bear's Sea Ice Home Take Action!
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