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- 6th - 8th
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Students compare and contrast the physical appearance and adaptations of dugongs with those of elephants, and they'll consider the evolutionary relationship between these two animal species. They write paragraphs about the things they've discovered. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students, in groups, explore the survival skills of orphaned baby elephants. Full Review »
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- Kindergarten
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Students participate in a phoneme and letter naming activity, and act out the movements from a poem. Using mirrors they view how their mouths work when saying different phonemes, touch and identify letters on an alphabet strip, and read and act out the poem "What Does an Elephant Do?". Full Review »
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- 5th - 7th
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Students investistigate and form an opinion on how the problem of African elephant population should be solved through reading and discussion. Students write a persuasive letter about their proposed elephant solution. The lesson will extend off of information the students have already studied about South Africa. Full Review »
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- Kindergarten - 2nd
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Students will consider the fact that northern elephant seals, like many animals, select very different locations for different activities. They will draw pictures pretending they have visited one of the rookery beaches. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students examine the role of the elephant in the culture of Thailand through many different class activities based on a PBS program "The White Elephants of Thailand with Meg Ryan". Students also look at the impact of technology on society with respect to animal rights, human rights, and the environment. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students explore the ways warm-blooded animals regulate their temperatures in hot climates. They focus on adaptations of the elephant during a Discovery Channel video. In small, groups they use the internet to find other examples of temperature regulation in animals. Full Review »
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- 2nd - 5th
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Students investigate the concept of African and Asian elephants. They conduct research while comparing and contrasting the two different types of elephants. The lesson plan has some background information for the teacher to use. Students then draw an illustration of the elephants. Full Review »
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- 1st - 6th
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Students research the people, customs, and traditions of Sri Lanka. They discover the importance of elephants in Sri Lankan history in the areas of warfare, field work, and transportation. They then produce a highly ornate picture of an elephant decorated to walk in a peraheras. Full Review »
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- Kindergarten - 3rd
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Students are asked if they have ever seen an elephant, and where have they seen it? They are told that they are going to read a book about an elephant and an ant and other animals who do not want to help the ant. Students listen as the teacher reads "The Ant and the Elephant." Full Review »