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(Attitude)
Key Points
- These points can be emphasized throughout the lesson.
- Grizzlies have been clocked at 35 miles per hour. It takes about 1 second for a grizzly to cover 16 m. Bears can run 66% faster than the world's fastest runner. In most circumstances, running from a bear is a bad choice.
- Bears are able to figure out how to get into "bear-proofed" cabins and caches. They are resourceful and intelligent when motivated.
- Bears are able to rip open vehicles to get to food inside (a persistent problem in Yosemite National Park, California).
- Information on attacks (from this component introduction) could be included here.
Learning Activities
- Class discussion of photos showing power and intelligence of bears.
- Most of the activities in the other objectives will give you an opportunity to develop this attitude in your students.
Teaching Aids
- Collected cut out photos.
- Bear Aware video shows a diagram of the fastest human compared to a grizzly.
- The NFB video Bears and Man has a good scene of a black bear mother opening a dumpster lid.
- Safety in Bear Country includes lots of good footage showing bears' power, and speed.
Suggested Evaluation
- Ask questions throughout the lesson to make sure students have or are developing this attitude.
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