Boredom Busters Bitez - Awesome Arctic Animals

Issue 18

BCFL Children’s Services

AWESOME ARCTIC ANIMALS Today’s theme is all about the animals of the Arctic! The Arctic is located at the most northern part of the world. It is made up of Alaska, Finland, Greenland, Iceland, and Canada. It’s very cold in the Arctic, but there are still lots of animals that love to live there. These animals love the cold. The Arctic is very important because it helps keep all of the world’s weather balanced. It’s also where lots of people and animals call home.

Today’s fun includes a coneect-the-dots, an exercise to test your smarts, and a crossword puzzle!

April 27, 2020

Camouflaged Connect the Dots Most of the animals in the Arctic are hard to see. A lot of the animals camouflage into their environments. Camouflage helps animals blend in to their surroundings. This makes them hard to find. Connect the dots and identify each hidden animal!

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Air, Land, or Water?

All types of animals live in the Arctic. Some animals fly around, others walk and run on the snow, and the rest swim in the seas. Label where each animal spends most of its time. Be careful! Some animals like to spend their time in more place than one!

The Arctic wolf spends its time ______________________ ______________________

The walrus spends its time ______________________ ______________________

The lemming spends its time ______________________ ______________________

The Arctic whale spends its time ______________________ ______________________

The musk ox spends its time ______________________ ______________________

The snowy owl spends its time ______________________ ______________________

The Arctic tern spends its time ______________________ ______________________

The Arctic hare spends its time The penguin spends its time ______________________ ______________________ ______________________ ______________________

Chilly Crossword Use the clues to solve the puzzle!

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DOWN 1. A large bear that loves to swim in the sea.

2. It has soft white fur and long ears to help it hear predators.

4. Unicorn of the sea.

6. Snowy creature that flies in the skies and can turn its head completely around.

7. Bird that can’t fly but loves to swim.

11. Loves to howl at the moon.

12. It loves to swim in the sea and bounce around on land. Its blubber keeps it nice and warm.

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ACROSS 3. A smart, fast, and sneaky canine.

5. Bird with a black cap on its head.

8. Humongous mammal that swims in the cold seas.

9. Tiny rodent that resembles a gerbil, and loves to burrow in the snow.

10. Stocky mammal with wooly fur and horns.

11. Large mammal with flippers and tusks.

Boredom Busters Bitez is an extension of our previous publication, Boredom Busters. Instead of one large publication, we will release three different Boredom Buster activities. Each issue is a different theme!

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