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Activity
Read Works

Read Works: Look Who's Talking

For Teachers 3rd
[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.
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Activity
Read Works

Read Works: One Big Family

For Teachers 4th
[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...
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Handout
Bagheera

Bagheera: Elephant

For Students 9th - 10th
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.
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Lesson Plan
Discovery Education

Discovery Education: Stories From Africa

For Teachers 1st - 5th
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...
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Handout
PBS

Pbs Nature: Elephants

For Students Pre-K - 1st
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.
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Website
World Wildlife Fund for Nature

World Wildlife Fund: Elephants

For Students 3rd - 8th
The resource includes information on two different species of elephant, the African Elephant and the Asian Elephant.
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Article
Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Australian Broadcasting Corporation: News in Science: Elephants Recognise Themselves in Mirror

For Students 9th - 10th
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.
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Website
University of Wisconsin

The Why Files: Do Elephants Run?

For Students 9th - 10th
The Why? Files article posted on April 17, 2003 explores the puzzling riddle into whether or not elephants can really run.
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Lesson Plan
PBS

Pbs Teachers: Why Do Elephants Have Big Feet?

For Teachers 9th - 10th
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...
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Handout
Science4Fun

Science4 Fun: Elephant

For Students K - 1st
Learn about the appearance, diet, habitat, conservation, and other fun facts about this large land mammal.
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Article
Mocomi & Anibrain Digital Technologies

Mocomi: Facts About Elephants

For Students 2nd - 8th
Take a look at 11 fun elephant facts.