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The Family Structure of Elephants Instructional VideoThe Family Structure of Elephants Instructional Video
Publisher
TED-Ed
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7th - 12th
Subjects
Science
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Resource Type
Instructional Videos
Media Length
8:12
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Year
2014
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The Family Structure of Elephants

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Elephant family relationships are a lot like ours. They cooperate in child rearing, have social structure, and practice coming-of-age events. Supported by fabulous photography, an elephant biologist shares 20 years of study with the audience. 

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CCSS: Adaptable

Concepts

animal behavior, animals, elephants

Additional Tags

elephant, animal family, animal behavior, science

Pros

  • Gorgeous photographs add interest to the lecture
  • Adaptable to Common Core State Standards for literacy in science
  • A Dig Deeper feature lists other resources that can be explored
  • Multiple-choice and open-answer questions are provided and can be altered or added to

Cons

  • None

Common Core

RH.11-12.7 RST.6-8.9 RST.9-10.9 RST.11-12.9

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