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NZ Bearhunt
26 March
Public discussion Created by Anne-Louise Robertson
This has been in the news and so I am sure many of you have already seen it. I think it is a great activity for parents to do with their kids; it gets them out and about and also learning how to use a map. You may want to add your bear to the map!
It's also a good introduction for maps for teachers. I was also thinking how the bears could be great story prompts for kids. They could create a photo story of the bears they see, create a video, invent characters, write a 'bear diary', what journey has the bear been on, which countries has it visited?
Any other thoughts of areas of the curriculum or activities that this could lead to?
Update to the Update!
Looks like it's become more official - check out this website
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Update to the Update!
Looks like it's become more official - check out this website
https://maps.bearhunt.co.nz/findbears/index.html
UPDATE - looks like the link to the map is returning a 404 message! It did look the other day like it had been overrun with 'false' locations so maybe it has been taken down by the owner.
I'll see if I can find it again
Where's the link take us to Anne?
Image source: CCO Pixabay
Could also write/describe/vlog 'character profiles' for particular bears that catch their eye? In my small community we have a facebook page for the bear hunt - maybe some of those imaginative stories could be shared on those types of community pages?