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San Diego Zoo Global

San Diego Zoo: Chimpanzee

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource provides detailed information about the chimpanzee, as well as several pictures and audio clips.
Interactive
National Geographic Kids

National Geographic Kids: Animals: Chimpanzee

For Students 3rd - 8th
National Geographic offers great information on this multi-media site all about chimpanzees. See video, hear audio, learn fun facts and send a postcard to a friend.
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Other

Center for Captive Chimpanzee Care

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides a detailed overview of the chimpanzee, including a focus on community chimp's communication skills, grooming, diet, use of tools, life cycle, and more.
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Oakland Zoo

Oakland Zoo: Chimpanzee

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource provides a general overview of the chimpanzee. The content includes a focus on the ape's habitat, diet, life cycle and social structure, special adaptations, and status in the wild.
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National Geographic Kids

National Geographic Kids: Chimpanzee [Pdf]

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Print this fun and engaging coloring page of the chimpanzee! What big mouths they have! And big hands and feet! Requires Adobe Reader. [PDF]
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Saint Louis Zoo

Saint Louis Zoo: Chimpanzee

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn all you wanted to know about chimpanzees with pictures, videos, fun facts, and more.
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Jane Goodall Institute Research Center: Gombe Chimpanzees

For Students 9th - 10th
Take a trip to Tanzania and discover the chimpanzees that live at Gombe National Park. Meet the biologist who works with the chimps and learn how she distinguishes different chimps.
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BBC

Bbc: Nature Wildfacts: Chimpanzee

For Students 9th - 10th
Here are some photos adult and young chimpanzees. There is also a detailed fact sheet.
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eSkeletons

E Skeletons: Boneviewer: Chimpanzee: Skull & Cranium

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Look at different views of the details of a chimpanzee's skull and cranium.
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Encyclopedia of Life

Encyclopedia of Life: Chimpanzee

For Students 9th - 10th
The Encyclopedia of Life presents this in-depth overview of Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes), including their habitats, size, conservation status, and much more. Images of this species, and maps of its global distribution can also be found...
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Tickle Me Nim. Do Primates Speak Language?

For Students 9th - 10th
Read the information about Nim, a male chimpanzee who lived in a human environment, was taught American sign language. Then complete the 5-question quiz concerning Do Primates Speak Language?
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San Diego Zoo Global

San Diego Zoo: Bonobo

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource provides extensive information about the bonobo, including the differences between bonobos and chimpanzees. A video and photos are also provided.
Article
BBC

Bbc Newsround: Week of 4 25 16: Study Reveals Ravens as Clever as Chimps

For Students 1st - 5th
Article reports on recent animal intelligence research that has found ravens to be as smart as chimpanzees, despite having much smaller brains.
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PBS

Pbs News Hour Extra: Scientists Discover Oldest Human Ancestor

For Students 9th - 10th
Scientists have recently published their research into fossil bones from Ethiopia that they say came from an ancestor common to both humans and chimpanzees. They have named the ancestor Ardipithecus ramidus. In the articles and video,...
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Read Works

Read Works: Good Chimp

For Teachers 4th
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about chimpanzees and their ability to cooperate with each other. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Life Science: Humans and Primates

For Students 6th - 8th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] The great apes are the members of the biological family Hominidae, which includes four living genera: chimpanzees, gorillas, humans, and orangutans. Learn more about...
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Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Digging for Fossils: Studying Fossils as Evidence for Human Evolution

For Teachers 9th - 10th
As students dig for paper fossils, they make observations of brain size, teeth, hands, thumbs, trunks, pelvis, foot and big toes to determine characteristics of chimpanzees and humans. Then, they dig up and analyze a new fossil...
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Jane Goodall

For Students 9th - 10th
A biography of Jane Goodall can be found on this site. Learn about her life and work with the chimpanzees.
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Other

Jane Goodall Photo Gallery

For Students 1st - 9th
Twenty one high quality downloadable images of Jane Goodall and chimpanzees can be found on this page. A short description is given of each image as well as links to many more good photographs.
Interactive
eSkeletons

E Skeletons Project

For Students 9th - 10th
Funded by the National Science Foundation, the eSkeletons Project provides interactive views of bones. Various menus allow you to review the bones of the human skeleton and compare them to the bone structures of nine primates.
Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Life Science: Molecular Evidence for Evolution

For Students 6th - 8th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Chimpanzees and humans turn out to be very similar - if you look at their DNA. When scientists determined the entire genetic code of both humans and chimpanzees,...
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Curated OER

Jane Goodall Photo Gallery

For Students 9th - 10th
Twenty one high quality images of Jane Goodall and Chimpanzees can be found on this page. A short description is given of each image as well as links to many more good photographs.
Graphic
Curated OER

Jane Goodall Photo Gallery

For Students 9th - 10th
Twenty one high quality images of Jane Goodall and Chimpanzees can be found on this page. A short description is given of each image as well as links to many more good photographs.
Handout
BBC

Bbc News: Hiv Origin "Found in Wild Chimps"

For Students 9th - 10th
This is an article from BBC News about the possibility that researchers have found the natural reservoir for simian immunodeficiency virus. It is thought that the virus originated in Chimpanzees then made the jump to humans that were...

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