Animals: Mammoths

If you could bring back one extinct animal, what would it be? That is the question your class will ponder. Your budding scientists read a passage, follow a cloning timeline, and review a diagram about the process of reviving a woolly...

West of the West's documentary Arlington Springs Man and a two-page scientific article about the same topic provide the text for a reading comprehension exercise that asks individuals to craft a one page summary of information gathered...

For this picture scramble worksheet, young scholars place scrambled pieces of a picture in the correct place to create a full picture of a woolly mammoth and two dinosaurs. There are nine scrambled pieces for each of the three puzzles.

Learners research the causes of the extinction of Pleistocene mammals.  In this Pleistocene mammals lesson, students read essays to understand the Pleistocene epoch. Learners write an essay about the personal impact of this epoch. 

Students identify the body parts in Ice Age mammals that allowed them to survive. They answer questions as a class and discuss. They examine photographs of the animals as well.

Follow a herd of mammoths as they travel through the harsh Pleistocene grass lands. Well composed and straight-forward enough for third or fourth graders, this clip explains why these animals where so large, how they survived, and how...

Continue trekking alongside the mammoth and meet other members of the Pleistocene landscape. Woolly rhinos, Neanderthals, large cats, and reindeer are introduced along with the adaptations that help them survive extreme temperatures and...

In this compare and contrast worksheet, students compare the Colombian and woolly mammoths. Students read facts about both animals and then complete a chart based on the information.

Students study the ice age and the causes of it.  In this Ice Age lesson students examine why those animals became extinct and complete activity sheets.

Students research how certain types of animals became extinct, and write report about their chosen species, explaining scientific theories or facts about how it became extinct, and how extinction has affected other species and the...