A Unit on Pandas

A small unit that will go with the one on China:

PANDA

Books:

Panda Bear, Panda Bear, What do you See? (Eric Carle ISBN: 0805080783)
The Legend of the Panda (Linda Granfield ISBN: 0887764215)
Panda Story (Keren Su ISBN: 0966708814)
Giant Pandas (Gail Gibbons ISBN: 0823418286)
Endangered Pandas (John Crossingham ISBN: 0778719049)
Pi-Chu, the Little Panda (John Butler ISBN:

DVDS:

A Panda is Born
Ultimate Panda
The Amazing Panda Adventure
Nature: Pandas
China: Panda Adventure
Kung Fu Panda
Secrets of the Furious Five

Activities:

Put together book (coloring pages, activities pages, fact pages and blank pages)
Discuss what panda bears look like (coloring, eyes, teeth, paws, fur, size)
Label where panda bears are found (China) on a map
Find out about cub facts and write them down in book
Discuss why pand bears are endangered (only about 1000 large pandas left in the world)
Coloring pages:
http://nationalzoo.si.edu/Animals/GiantPandas/PandasForKids/color_panda.htm
http://www.billybear4kids.com/animal/whose-toes/color/color-panda.html
http://www.billybear4kids.com/animal/whose-toes/color/color-panda2.html
http://www.pandasinternational.org/pdfs/kp_one.pdf
Panda collage: http://www.activityvillage.co.uk/panda_collage.htm
Panda maze:
http://www.billybear4kids.com/worksheets/mazes/panda-easy.html
http://www.billybear4kids.com/worksheets/mazes/panda.html


Facts:

Habitat: Damp & Misty
Chinese people call pandas Large Bear Cats
Pandas eat for up to 12 hours a day
They eat bamboo, 50-60 pounds a day, they will eat meat, berries, flowers, grass and buts if necessary
Names: father=boar, mother= sow, baby= cub
Noises: bleating sounds, honk, huff, bark, growl; young cubs croak and squel
Female pandas will give birth to 1 or 2 babies but will only look after one of them. She will be a very attentive mother to that one cub but the other will die. After about a year, the young panda will be ready to live on its own.
Pandas are fast on foot and kind of lumber, or trot, along. Really good climbers and can swim to escape danger.
Pandas are shy.
Fact sheet: http://www.defenders.org/wildlife_and_habitat/wildlife/panda.php