Polar+Bears


 * Research Project: Polar Bears **


 * Explore why the number of polar bears worldwide are on the decrease. **

**Central Idea: Biodiversity relies on maintaining the balance of organisms within systems.**

==== Your research project is a great opportunity to apply what you have recently learnt about the **Inquiry Cycle**. This is the process you will all go through. ====


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 ** Tuning In: ** You will create a presentation about a given **organism**. What is it about your**organism** and the **ecosystem** it lives in that you think is important to share with the rest of the class. What **sub questions** do you have to answer to be able to complete your task? =====

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**Remember, in your presentation you will need to explain:**  =====

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· what the problem is with your assigned organism. (Are there too many of them? Is the species becoming endangered? )  =====

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<span style="font-size: 1.033em; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px;"><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: Symbol; font-size: 14pt; font-style: normal; line-height: 28px;">· <span style="color: windowtext; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-style: normal; line-height: 28px;">the ecosystem it lives in (biotic and abiotic features)  =====

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<span style="font-size: 1.033em; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px;"><span style="font-size: 1.033em; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px;"><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: Symbol; font-size: 14pt; font-style: normal; line-height: 28px;">· <span style="color: windowtext; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-style: normal; line-height: 28px;">the role it plays in its food web  =====

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<span style="font-size: 1.033em; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px;"><span style="font-size: 1.033em; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px;"><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: Symbol; font-size: 14pt; font-style: normal; line-height: 28px;">· <span style="color: windowtext; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-style: normal; line-height: 28px;">what is happening to the ecosystem? =====

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<span style="font-size: 1.033em; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px;"><span style="font-size: 1.033em; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px;"><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: Symbol; font-size: 14pt; font-style: normal; line-height: 28px;">· <span style="color: windowtext; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-style: normal; line-height: 28px;">can the situation be changed? =====

What other questions do you have? **Record them on your project research sheet**.

Let us give you a bit of help here. For each assignment you will be given links to internet sites and videos

Read this page on polar bears:

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Birth of a Polar Bear []

media type="file" key="Watch the birth of a polar bear - BBC wildlife.mov" align="center" width="300" height="300"

First Sighting of a Polar Bear
media type="file" key="BBC Search for the Polar Bears - First Sighting of a Polar Bear.mov" align="center" width="300" height="300"

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[] Global warming
media type="file" key="Ecosystems In Danger - Polar Bears-1.mp4" width="420" height="420" align="center"

Polar bears and Global Warming

media type="file" key="Ecosystems In Danger - Polar Bears_0.mp4" width="363" height="363" align="center"

** Sorting Out: ** Think about how useful your sources are? Look at your notes, have you answered all your questions?

** Going Further: ** Do you have any further questions? Are any of your questions still answered? Go back to '**Tuning In**' and repeat the process again.

** Drawing Conclusions: ** How are you going to organize your presentation? By now you should have all the information for creating your food web, and creating your presentation. You might want to use images from the sites you visited or you might want to search for some other images to include in your presentation. Don't forget to cite your sources when you use images.

** Reflecting and Acting: ** Once you have all your notes, you are ready to start creating your presentation.