Read Works
Read Works: Look Who's Talking
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students read about how elephants communicate with each other. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in cause and effect.
Read Works
Read Works: One Big Family
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text that asks the reader to make predictions about a filmmaker's experience working with wild elephants. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading...
Bagheera
Bagheera: Elephant
This site takes a detailed look at elephants and the current threats to their existence. Content includes a focus on the elephant's role in the ecosystem, relationship with humans, and more.
Discovery Education
Discovery Education: Stories From Africa
At the end of this lesson, students will have a better understanding of the size of the African elephant. This could be used in an animal science unit, a measuring unit in math, an extension to literature, or for social studies...
PBS
Pbs Nature: Elephants
Did you know that the elephant is the largest animal in the world? Discover more about where they live, what they eat and how they socialize when you visit this site.
World Wildlife Fund for Nature
World Wildlife Fund: Elephants
The resource includes information on two different species of elephant, the African Elephant and the Asian Elephant.
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Australian Broadcasting Corporation: News in Science: Elephants Recognise Themselves in Mirror
From ABC News in Science, Jennifer Viegas's article discusses a new study on elephants involving place them in front of a jumbo mirror and charting their reactions, reactions that suggest they recognize themselves.
University of Wisconsin
The Why Files: Do Elephants Run?
The Why? Files article posted on April 17, 2003 explores the puzzling riddle into whether or not elephants can really run.
PBS
Pbs Teachers: Why Do Elephants Have Big Feet?
Explain how an organism's adaptations give it advantages in particular environments. Calculate and compare the amount of pressure exerted by the foot of an elephant and a human, and apply that knowledge to an understanding of automobile...
Science4Fun
Science4 Fun: Elephant
Learn about the appearance, diet, habitat, conservation, and other fun facts about this large land mammal.
Mocomi & Anibrain Digital Technologies
Mocomi: Facts About Elephants
Take a look at 11 fun elephant facts.