Black Bear Ecology - Teacher Guides

With a focus on the fascinating world of black bears, this program provides teachers with a classroom ready resource.

• background readings on the Bears of North America; hibernation and bear-human interactions;
• unit at a glance;
• lesson plans and suggested activities;
• resources including a glossary, list of books and web sites and information sheets about black bears.

This program aims to generate awareness about black bears - their biological needs; their behaviour and how human action influences bears. It is an initiative of the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources.

NOTE: WINDOWS users: right-click on the link and "Save Link as" to your hard drive. MACINTOSH users: Hold-click on link "Save Target Link As...".

NOTE: * To view the PDF files you will require Adobe Acrobat Reader available free from the Adobe website.

TO REPORT BEAR PROBLEMS: contact the Bear Reporting Line at:
1-866-514-2327  (TTY) 705 945-7641

In a life-threatening emergency, call your local police or 911.