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San Diego Zoo Global

San Diego Zoo: Pygmy Hippopotamus

For Students 9th - 10th
An in-depth description of Pygmy Hippopotamus, including their classification, appearance, habitat, adaptations, reproduction, diet, and other interesting facts. Also includes pictures and video.
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Saint Louis Zoo

Saint Louis Zoo: Hippopotamus

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn all you wanted to know about the hippopotamus with pictures, a video, fun facts, and more.
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National Geographic Kids

National Geographic Kids: Animals: Hippopotamus

For Students 3rd - 8th
Multi-media National Geographic site includes video and audio clips about hippopotamuses. Fun facts are great for students doing research projects and you can send a postcard to a friend.
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Encyclopedia of Life

Encyclopedia of Life: Common Hippopotamus

For Students 9th - 10th
Exhaustive resource examines the common hippopatamus with a description, pictures, and maps. Includes facts on range, reproduction, habitat, behavior, conservation, and external links.
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Canadian Museum of Nature

Canadian Museum of Nature: Pygmy Hippopotamus

For Students 9th - 10th
Get to know the Pygmy Hippopotamus.. colored photos, description, life cycle, map of habitat, food. Only the basic details of this animal are given, making this site perfect for younger researchers.
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Encyclopedia of Life

Encyclopedia of Life: Pygmy Hippopotamus

For Students 9th - 10th
The Encyclopedia of Life presents this in-depth overview of Pygmy Hippopotamus (Hexaprotodon liberiensis), including their habitats, size, conservation status, and much more. Images of this species and maps of its global distribution can...
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BBC

Bbc: Nature Wildfacts: Hippopotamus

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource provides detailed information about hippopotamuses.
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Curated OER

Science Kids: Science Images: Hippopotamus

For Students 9th - 10th
This photo shows a very large looking hippopotamus in a zoo. Found in Africa, the hippo is one of the largest land mammals in the world. Learn more about hippos by checking out our range of fun hippopotamus facts for kids.
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Curated OER

Eternal Egypt: Statue of Recumbent Hippopotamus

For Students 9th - 10th
Statue of recumbent hippopotamus, the body is made of blue glazed faience and is adorned with nice drawings of aquatic plants showing flowers and foliage.
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Pittsburgh Zoo & PPG Aquarium

Pittsburgh Zoo: Pygmy Hippo

For Students 9th - 10th
The pygmy hippopotamus has eluded researchers in the wild for years. In fact, the species was not discovered until 1840. Us this resource to discover other quick facts about this endangered animal.
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San Diego Zoo Global

San Diego Zoo: Hippotpotamus

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource presents detailed information about the hippotpotamus, including several photos and an audio clip.
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University of Toronto (Canada)

University of Toronto: Poetry of t.s. Eliot

For Students 9th - 10th
This website provides links to selected online texts of many of Eliot's poems, including "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock," "The Waste Land," and "Sweeney Among the Nightingales." Also offers a biography and selected bibliography of...
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DOGO Media

Dogo News: Discovery Reveals Modern Hippos Evolved in Africa

For Students 3rd - 8th
Article reports on a recent fossil discovery in Kenya that reveals new information about the evolution of the modern-day hippo. Includes video.
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San Diego Zoo Global

San Diego Zoo: Animals

For Students 3rd - 8th
This resource describes the most popular animals at the world-famous San Diego Zoo. Each profile gives background about a specific animal, and more information about the species.
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Other

Cincinnati Zoo: Hippo Baby Fiona Updates

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Follow the unlikely journey of a preemie hippo, and see how a zoo care team helped her thrive.
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Read Works

Read Works: Smile! Show Off Those Pearly Whites

For Students 2nd
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text telling about the teeth of different animals including: hippopotamus, beavers, sharks, lions, and people. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading...
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Other

Bernard Most on the Web

For Students 1st - 5th
Use the Stegosaurus on this page to click through information about Bernard Most, his books and awards, play games, and print coloring pages.
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Read Works

Read Works: African Animals

For Teachers 1st - 3rd Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This nonfiction passage shares information about lions, elephants, giraffes, and warthogs. This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential reading skills and strategies and...
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Curated OER

Unesco: Cote D'ivoire: Tai National Park

For Students 9th - 10th
This park is one of the last major remnants of the primary tropical forest of West Africa. Its rich natural flora, and threatened mammal species such as the pygmy hippopotamus and 11 species of monkeys, are of great scientific interest.
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Curated OER

Unesco: Kenya: Lake Turkana National Parks

For Students 9th - 10th
The most saline of Africa's large lakes, Turkana is an outstanding laboratory for the study of plant and animal communities. The three National Parks serve as a stopover for migrant waterfowl and are major breeding grounds for the Nile...
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Curated OER

Eternal Egypt: Statuette of the Goddess Taweret

For Students 9th - 10th
The statuette represents Taweret, the goddess of protection of women in childbirth. She is depicted as a female hippopotamus with the arms and the legs of a lion and the tail of a crocodile. The statuette is placed on a rectangular,...
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Curated OER

Eternal Egypt: Statue of the Goddess Taweret

For Students 9th - 10th
This statue represents Taweret with the head of a hippopotamus, the legs and arms of a lion, the tail of a crocodile, and with sagging human breasts.
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Curated OER

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Egyptian Hunting

For Students 9th - 10th
Egyptian hunting Hippopotamus. - Lardner, 1885
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Curated OER

Clip Art by Phillip Martin: Hippo

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Cartoon illustration of a purple hippo.

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