Building a Bigger, Better Bear Safety Toolbox

Panelists: Polar Bears International's Geoff York and Alysa McCall, and Brigham Young University's Kyle Garrett

Tune in to learn more about our process and partners, some new tools being created, and how we can keep people safe and polar bears in the wild.

As polar bears spend more time on land in more places, we need more safety tools to better support the people that live with the world’s biggest bear. Polar Bears International is developing new tools, testing existing ones and piloting projects to collaboratively expand polar bear safety across the Arctic. Tune in to learn more about our process and partners, some new tools being created, and how we can keep people safe and polar bears in the wild.

Grades 4-12 Curriculum

• Polar Bears and Energy (Math, Gr. 6/7)

• Arctic Biodiversity (Gr 4-8)

• Adaptations & Characteristics

• Diet & Prey

Website Materials:

• Bear Tracker

• Churchill Bear Smart Working Group

• Coexistence Research

• Early Detection of Polar Bears

• Living Safely with Polar Bears

• Bear Spray Effective

• What to do when there's a polar bear in your backyard (TED Talk)

• Food Attractants and Polar Bear Conservation

• Polar Bear Safety Poster

• "Detect to Protect" Polar Bears – to Help Keep Bears and People Safe

• "You don't get to the end of things with just one study."