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PBS

Pbs: Nature: The Gorilla King

For Students 9th - 10th
The fascinating biography of a gorilla named Titus in Rwanda, captured in video over a thirty-four year time span. Researchers, under the first guidance of Dian Fossey, were able to follow his development and experiences through most of...
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DOGO Media

Dogo News: Week of 4 4 16: Gorillas Love Egg Hunts Too!

For Students K - 1st
Photos and video of a gorilla enjoying an Easter egg hunt at a zoo in Cincinnati. Includes video.
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Unite for Literacy

Unite for Literacy: Saving Animals From Extinction: Good Day, Gorillas!

For Students 1st - 2nd Standards
Learn some facts about gorillas in this book. Includes audio narration in English and Spanish with text in English.
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Encyclopedia of Life

Encyclopedia of Life: Western Gorilla

For Students 9th - 10th
Comprehensive resource investigates the western gorilla with a description, pictures, and maps. Includes facts on ecology, history, behavior, conservation, and external links.
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African Wildlife Foundation

African Wildlife Foundation: Mountain Gorilla

For Students 9th - 10th
Resource takes an exploratory look at the mountain gorilla, the largest of the living primates. Content includes information on the gorilla's physical characteristics, habitat, behavior, diet, caring for the young, and predators.
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National Geographic Kids

National Geographic Kids: Animals: Mountain Gorillas

For Students 3rd - 8th
A nice multi-media National Geographic site with video and audio clips about mountain gorillas. Fun facts about the gorillas include information ideal for research projects.
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Sea World Parks & Entertainment

Sea World: Animal Bytes: Gorillas

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from SeaWorld/Busch Gardens provides a wealth of information regarding gorillas. Content includes a focus on gorilla habitats and distribution, physical characteristics and special adaptations, senses, behavior, diet,...
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A-Z Animals

A Z Animals: Animal Facts: Gorilla (Troglodytes Gorilla)

For Students 9th - 10th
This entry identifies the defining characteristics of Troglodytes Gorilla, more commonly known as the Gorilla.
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Animal Fact Guide

Animal Fact Guide: Mountain Gorilla

For Students 3rd - 8th
Learn interesting facts about the Mountain Gorilla including information on its physical characteristics, habitat (with a distribution map), diet, breeding patterns, unique traits and behavior, conservation status, and tips on what you...
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American Museum of Natural History

American Museum of Natural History: Mountain Gorilla O Logy Card

For Students 3rd - 8th
Flip this interactive OLogy card to find fast facts, questions and answers, and other bite-size pieces of information about the mountain gorilla.
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BBC

Bbc: Nature Wildfacts: Eastern Gorilla

For Students 9th - 10th
BBC's Nature Wildfacts series offers habitat photographs of the eastern gorilla of Africa as well as a fact sheet.
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Other

Koko: The Gorilla Foundation

For Students 9th - 10th
The Gorilla Foundation promotes the protection, preservation and propagation of gorillas. Learn about gorillas, including basic gorilla life and the politics of extinction, as well as a "biography" of Koko, the signing gorilla.
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NBC

Tool Using Gorillas Intrigue Scientists

For Students 9th - 10th
The use of tools was previously thought to be a human trait and is now reportedly shared by gorillas. Keepers in a sanctuary located in the Congo saw 2 1/2-year-old female gorilla Itebero using rocks to smash palm nuts. Learn more about...
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Other

The Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund International: Dian Fossey

For Students 9th - 10th
The Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund International provides a brief biography of its namesake, as well as providing a wealth of information regarding the life of mountain gorillas and what is being done for conservation and research.
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Center for Educational Technologies

Exploring the Environment: Mountain Gorillas

For Students 9th - 10th
Try these learning activities to help understand issues around efforts to preserve an endangered species. Lots of information on the biology of mountain gorillas and the human factors that effect them.
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A-Z Animals

A Z Animals: Animal Facts: Western Lowland Gorilla (Gorilla Gorilla Gorilla)

For Students 9th - 10th
This entry identifies the defining characteristics of the Gorilla Gorilla Gorilla, otherwise known as the western lowland gorilla.
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A-Z Animals

A Z Animals: Animal Facts: Western Gorilla (Gorilla Gorilla)

For Students 9th - 10th
This entry identifies the defining characteristics of the Gorilla Gorilla, otherwise known as the Western Gorilla.
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A-Z Animals

A Z Animals: Animal Facts: Cross River Gorilla (Gorilla Gorilla Diehli)

For Students 9th - 10th
Offers a summary of the Cross River Gorilla with details on their habitat, diet, physical characteristics, and status as an endangered species. Images and a fact sheet are also included.
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A-Z Animals

A Z Animals: Animal Facts: Eastern Gorilla (Gorilla Berengei)

For Students 9th - 10th
Presents an overview of the Eastern Gorilla, including their habitat, appearance, behaviour, diet, and status as an endangered species. Images of this species and statistics can also be found here.
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A-Z Animals

A Z Animals: Animal Facts: Eastern Lowland Gorilla (Gorilla Berengei Graueri)

For Students 9th - 10th
Explore images and facts about the Eastern Lowland Gorilla, including details on their appearance, habitat, diet, status as an endangered species, and behaviour.
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A-Z Animals

A Z Animals: Animal Facts: Mountain Gorilla (Gorilla Berengei Berengei)

For Students 9th - 10th
View images and learn facts about Mountain Gorillas, including where they live, their appearance, behaviour, and status as an endangered species.
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Denver Zoo

Denver Zoo: Western Lowland Gorilla

For Students 9th - 10th
The Denver Zoo provides an in-depth overview of the western lowland gorilla highlighting its habitat, range, adaptations, diet, physical characteristics, and more.
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Lincoln Park Zoo

Lincoln Park Zoo: Western Lowland Gorilla

For Students 9th - 10th
Use this site for information on the Western Lowland Gorilla. The information consists of special adaptations the gorilla has had to make, what it looks like, where it is found in the wild, what it likes to eats, and what its...
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Read Works

Read Works: Say Hello to the Giant Gorilla

For Teachers 4th
[Free Registration/Login Required] A literary text about a girl named Kara who met a giant gorilla at the zoo. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.

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