Monday 6 December 2010

Why are polar bears white?


Teaching is just so joyful sometimes.  Especially when students come out with an innocent and funny little story.  This morning, six year old R. and I started a science unit called 'Animal Adaptations'.  We began with a pre-test where I asked her to explain why animals have certain features.  The first question was 'Why are polar bears white?'  R. went on to give me a very serious and detailed description of how the frost goes inside the mummy's tummy to the baby and turns all the hair white.  It made my day.

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