Why do animals hibernate in the winter?

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Why do animals hibernate in the winter?
By Sara Kleczka, Roger Williams
University
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Why do some animals need to hibernate during
the winter?

• Instructions
• Explore the websites on the right to learn more
  about why and how animals hibernate.

• Inquiry Materials
• Snug in the Snow
• Hibernating Animal Printouts

Hint Read and look at the pictures to help
you learn more about hibernation.
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Assessment Questions

• Put these answers and pictures in your science
  notebook.
• What are some ways animals prepare for
  hibernation?
• What is considered a true hibernator?
• Name tree mammals that hibernate?
• Name two cold-blooded animals that hibernate?
• Draw a picture of an animal that hibernates
• during the fall (preparing to hibernate)
• during the winter (during hibernation)
• during the spring (after waking from
  hibernation)
• (hint use an animal from the inquiry websites)

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Developer Page

• New York State Learning Standards
• Content Science Standard 5
• Organisms maintain a dynamic equilibrium that
  sustains life
• Performance Indicator
• describe some survival behaviors of common living
  specimens

• Assessment
• The assessment will be based on the information
  they put in their scientist notebooks.
• By answering the questions and drawing pictures
  they will show whether they understand the
  inquiry assignment.

• Credit
• The Inquiry Challenge idea is based on the
  Reusable Internet-Based Inquiry Template (RIBIT).
• Picture credits
• Snowy Scene
• Bears
• Doormouse