🐻❄️ Polar bear report template
Three versions, one page each. Print the one for your child’s grade. The facts come from the polar bear page, every number with its source.
Grades 1–2
My report: the polar bear
Ursus maritimus · Grades 1–2
| Length | not checked yet: look it up! |
|---|---|
| Height at the shoulder | 4.9 ft (1.5 m) |
| Weight | 399 to 1,450 lb (181 to 658 kg) |
| Top speed | not checked yet: look it up! |
| How long it lives | 25 years |
Read about it
Polar bears live where it is cold and icy. They are great swimmers. Under the white fur, their skin is black.
It lives in:
It eats:
The coolest thing I learned:
Where my facts came from
- National Park Service, nps.gov/subjects/bears/polar-bears.htm, checked 2026-10-30
Grades 3–4
My report: the polar bear
Ursus maritimus · Grades 3–4
| Length | not checked yet: look it up! |
|---|---|
| Height at the shoulder | 4.9 ft (1.5 m) |
| Weight | 399 to 1,450 lb (181 to 658 kg) |
| Top speed | not checked yet: look it up! |
| How long it lives | 25 years |
Read about it
A polar bear's fur looks white, but each hair is clear and hollow, and its skin underneath is black to soak up the sun's warmth. Thick fat keeps it warm while it swims between pieces of ice. Its big paws work like paddles and snowshoes.
Where it lives (its habitat):
What it eats:
How its body helps it live there:
My favorite fact:
A question I still have:
Where my facts came from
- National Park Service, nps.gov/subjects/bears/polar-bears.htm, checked 2026-10-30
Grades 5–6
My report: the polar bear
Ursus maritimus · Grades 5–6
| Length | not checked yet: look it up! |
|---|---|
| Height at the shoulder | 4.9 ft (1.5 m) |
| Weight | 399 to 1,450 lb (181 to 658 kg) |
| Top speed | not checked yet: look it up! |
| How long it lives | 25 years |
Read about it
Polar bears are counted as marine mammals because they spend so much of their lives on the sea ice and in the water. They wait beside breathing holes in the ice for seals to come up. Mother bears dig snow dens where tiny cubs are born in winter. As Arctic sea ice melts earlier each year, polar bears have less time to find food, which is why scientists watch them closely.
Habitat and range: where on Earth, and what the place is like:
Diet: what it eats, and what might eat it:
Adaptations: two ways its body or habits help it survive:
Is it in danger? Why or why not?:
Compare it with another animal you know:
Bibliography: write each source below as site, page title, date checked:
Where my facts came from
- National Park Service, nps.gov/subjects/bears/polar-bears.htm, checked 2026-10-30