Bear DVD

To receive "The Bear Facts" DVD please use one of the following contacts to reserve your free copy. All educators including teachers, Museum employees, Parks Personnel, Scout Leaders and others are encouraged to request a copy.

 

Include the following information in your correspondence:

 


Email: storemanager@ncwildlife.org

 

Mailing Address:
1710 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC 27699-1710

 

Toll Free Phone: 1-866-WILDSHOP
(1-866-945-3746)

 

Local Phone: 919-707-0393

 

Local Fax: 919-707-0294

 

Click here for information on purchasing The Bear Facts Documentary for all non-educators.

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The Bear Facts, The Story of a

North Carolina Treasure

 

Interactive Educator’s Edition

 

These materials are designed to inform teachers, students, and other bear enthusiasts about black bears in North Carolina, and they are based on our popular TV documentary about North Carolina’s black bears. The Educator’s Edition contains the Original Documentary plus new Interactive Features.

 

Segments of the Original Documentary

 

Black Bear history and biology.

Black Bear research and monitoring.

Coexisting with Black Bears.

North Carolina’s Black Bear hunting traditions.

The future of Black Bears in North Carolina.

 

New Features in the Interactive Educator’s Edition DVD

 

The Interactive Educator’s DVD includes the full-length documentary with special features.

 

Optional Formats that give the educator the ability to tailor the presentation for different classes by showing the 5 segments as separate “episodes”.


Eight Interactive Functions that engage students on key topics:

 

  1. Are Bears Dangerous?
  2. Bear Management
  3. Explore a Bear
  4. Wildlife Extras
  5. Black Bear Facts
  6. Meet the Experts
  7. Meet a Bear Hunter
  8. Take a Bear Quiz

 

A CD containing lesson planning materials accompanies the Interactive DVD. Materials include:

 

  1. A Black Bear Profile
  2. A glossary of terms
  3. Maps
  4. Bear-related Activities
  5. Discussion of the fascinating hibernation process
  6. Spanish Translation
  7. Lesson Plans by Grade Level, and More!

 

Our goals are to inform educators and students about black bear issues in North Carolina, to provide bear safety tips, to explain bear management, and to clear up myths about this state treasure. The program contains excellent footage of black bears in North Carolina and interviews with bear experts. We have tested the DVD with approximately 80 North Carolina school teachers and with the State’s Department of Public Instruction and received resounding support.

 

For more information about black bears, please visit "North Carolina Black Bear". Here you will find updated bear information in the future. The website will also be used to provide updates on all issues related to The Bear Facts, The Story of a North Carolina Treasure.