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Text: Ukaliq the Arctic Hare.
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Text: About the Arctic Hare. Photo: An Arctic hare. Text: Heritage, History and Art. Photo: A carving in walrus ivory of an Arctic hare. Text: Studying the Arctic Hare. Photo: David Gray looking through a spotting scope. Text: Games and Activities. Photo: An Arctic hare in mid-hop.
Texts: "For Educators", and "Ukaliq" in Inuktitut syllabics. Photo of a maple leaf.

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Image 1) An Arctic hare.

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Image 2) Two Arctic hares with muskoxen in distance.

Enlarge image.Two Arctic hares at Polar Bear Pass, Bathurst Island (Nunavut) in early summer. Note the muskoxen (Ovibos moschatus) in the distance.
 

Educational Activities

Lesson Plan Activity Sheets (with Curriculum Links)

Grade 4 and 7; grade 4 and secondary 1: Food Web
Grade 6: Comparing Hares and Rabbits
Grade 6: Creating a Classification System
Grade 7; secondary 1: The Museum under the Magnifying Glass
Grades 11 and 12; secondary 5: Birth, Growth and... Reproduction!

Hands-On Activities

Grades 1 and 2: Memory Game Art Project (with Curriculum Links)
Traditional String Figure: Ukaliq ('Rabbit', or Arctic Hare)
Origami: Arctic Hare Figure

Word Games

12-Word Crossword
25-Word Crossword
21 Hidden Words
45 Hidden Words

Online Interactive Activities

Crossword: Life Cycle
Crossword: Predation
Hidden Words
Build a Food Web
Memory Game

 

   

 

  

 

 

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