Canada's Two Dollar Coin

Canada has a two dollar coin. One side of the coin shows a polar bear. Queen Elizabeth the Second is on the other side.

The coin has two colours. The outside ring is a silver colour. The inside ring is a yellowish-gold colour.

Canada's one dollar coin has a loon on it. People call the coin a "loonie". What will people call the new two dollar coin? 

Background Information

Have you used the new two dollar coin? Talk about what it looks like; what pictures are on it. Then talk about why we have this coin.

Questions

1. What is on one side of the coin?

2. What is on the other side?

3. Describe a polar bear.

4. Why do you think the coin has two colours?

5. What is a loon?

6. What's another word for coin?

7. What do we call the two dollar coin?

8. Why do you think the government is slowly changing our paper money to coins?