Animals in Hot and Cold Places

🌍Mission Brief #26

Animals live in many different places.

🎯 Your mission

Connect the place to the people.

⚡ The twist

Borders move. Mountains don't.

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Mind = Blown

🤯 Russia spans 11 time zones. You could leave on Monday and arrive on Tuesday without traveling for a day.

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Then & Now

🌍 Where things are still decides who gets what.

Animals live in many different places. Some animals, like polar bears and seals, live in cold areas. Other animals, like lizards and snakes, live in hot places like deserts. Each animal has special ways to stay safe and find food in their homes.

Key Facts

Polar bears live in cold places.

Lizards live in hot deserts.

Animals have special ways to survive.

Check Your Understanding

Question 1

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Where do polar bears live?

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Why this still matters

Every label on the food in your kitchen says where it traveled from.

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Stretch Challenge

Try this in real life this week.

Pull up a map and find a country you've never heard of. Look up one fact.

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For the dinner table

“If you could live anywhere on Earth, where would it be — and why?”

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