Bear Essentials

Join Ranger Jessi to learn all about these fall time favorites and what to do if you encounter one.

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Resource Type: 
Activity
Speaker, Presenter, Performer
Resource Topic: 
Mammals
Education Standards: 
  • 21st Century Learning Framework
    • Critical Thinking and Problem Solving
    • Use Systems Thinking
    • Make Judgments and Decisions
    • Solve Problems
  • AFWA Conservation Content Standards
    • Students should understand and accept and/or lawfully participate in hunting, fishing, trapping, boating, wildlife watching, shooting sports, and other types of resource-related outdoor recreation.
    • Responsible users of fish, wildlife and the out of doors, respect the rights and property of others.
  • Benchmarks for Conservation Literacy
    • Exhibit responsible personal and social behavior that respects self and others in nature-related outdoor recreation.
    • Understands and follows activity-specific safe practices, rules, procedures and etiquette during nature-related outdoor activities. (5th grade)
    • Participates cooperatively in nature-related outdoor activities with persons with diverse abilities and backgrounds. (8th grade)
    • Initiates responsible behavior, functions independently and responsibly, and positively influences the behavior of others while participating in nature related outdoor activities. (12th grade)
  • National Science Education Standards (1996)
    • Levels K-4
    • Characteristics of organisms
    • Life cycles of organisms
    • Organisms and environments
    • Levels 5-8
    • Regulation and behavior
    • Diversity and adaptations of organisms
    • Populations and ecosystems
    • Reproduction and heredity
    • Structure and function in living systems
Language: 
English
Education Continuum: 
Information
Grade Levels: 
Preschool-Adult Education
Contact Organization: 
Colorado State Parks- Vega
Contact: 
Helen Spence
970-487-3407

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