FAT BEAR WEEK 2023

FAT BEAR WEEK IN THE CLASSROOM
This google doc has resources, lesson plans, and a form for your students to submit questions to the rangers at Katmai National Park. Submit questions by September 26. 

Fat Bear Voting

Voting Begins at Noon Each Day

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BEARS OF BROOKS RIVER
​A Guide to their Identification, Life, and Habits

Fat bears exemplify the richness of Katmai National Park and Bristol Bay, Alaska, a wild region that is home to more brown bears than people and the largest, healthiest runs of sockeye salmon left on the planet.
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STUDENTS-
Become a Katmai Junior Ranger by downloading
the booklet, completing it, and mailing to Katmai National Park!

Save the Salmon

Jacob Jesionek,  Restoration Project Manager  with Trout Unlimited, explains how the Salmon Super Highway project uses STEM to restore access to almost 180 miles of blocked habitat throughout six major salmon & steelhead rivers of Oregon’s North Coast.

RESOURCES

Katmai National Park
Fat Bear Week Voting
Fat Bear Junior (cubs)
NPS Fat Bear Lessons
Explore.org Fat Bear Lessons
Meet the Bears of Fat Bear Week 2022
Bears in Native American Culture
Brown Bear or Grizzly:
What's in a Name? 
The Bears of Brooks River: A Guide to their Identification, Lives and Habitats
​Black bear vs Brown Bear
Fat Bear Week Word Problems 

Lesson Plans

How Many Bears Can Live in this Forest (4,5)

​"Bear Dance" music lesson plan

How Much Does a Bear Weigh (K-2)

www.teachengineering.org/activities/view/cub_dams_lesson06_activity1Fish Friendly Engineering  (3-5)

Engineering a Salmon Ladder (3-5)

Salmon Activities and Lessons (K-5)

​Bear Poetry (1-5)

ABC's of Black Bears (the species of bears in GA)

Fish Weir: Culturally Relevant STEM Activity

National Park Service Lesson Plan Search Engine

Smokey the Bear

Three Bear Plastic Bear Counters

Live CAM of
​Brook Falls

Go to 13:50 to see what technology is used to calculate weight of fat bears

Underwater Salmon Cam

26 minutes of Awesome Fat Bear content
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Why do Katmai's bears get so fat?
A 7 minute video about hibernation, adaptations, and Fat Bear Week. ​

Army Corp of Engineers Fish Ladder STEM Video


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The entire food web of the Katmai national park would contain nearly 184 animals, each with a unique relationship to one another. For the sake of simplicity, this is a food web with only a few of the 184 organisms.

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FAT BEAR WEEK 2022

Campaign Posters have always been a big part of voting!

Fat Bear Week is brought to you by...SALMON!

KATMAI - Where the Fat Bears live!

Who will be the winner of Fat Bear Week?

PHOTO GALLERY OF CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES

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Fat Bear Art from Fat Bear Week 2021

SUBMIT YOUR STUDENTS QUESTIONS FOR KATMAI RANGERS BY SEPT. 30:  click here
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SPONSORS & PARTNERS

CONTACT [email protected] if you would like to sponsor our school-wide Fat Bear Week  
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