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Other

Bonobo Conservation Initiative: What Is a Bonobo?

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource provides information about Bonobos.
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Website
The Field Museum

Field Museum: Exhibits: Evolving Planet: Tertiary

For Students 9th - 10th
Delve into the Tertiary Period portion of the Evolving Planet exhibit, and trace the climate and continental shift during this time. Includes an overview of the period, a collection of images, and a look at the Tertiary Period's...
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Handout
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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Handout
San Diego Zoo Global

San Diego Zoo: Mandrill

For Students 1st - 9th
This excellent resource from the San Diego Zoo presents extensive information on mandrills including details about their habitat, physical characteristics, size, diet, family life, conservation status, and fun facts.
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Handout
San Diego Zoo Global

San Diego Zoo: Lemur

For Students 9th - 10th
This excellent resource from the San Diego Zoo presents extensive information on lemurs including details about their habitat, physical characteristics, size, diet, family life, conservation status, and fun facts.
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San Diego Zoo Global

San Diego Zoo: Mangabey

For Students 9th - 10th
This excellent resource from the San Diego Zoo presents extensive information on mangabeys including details about their habitat, physical characteristics, size, diet, family life, conservation status, and fun facts.
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Oakland Zoo

Oakland Zoo: Squirrel Monkey

For Students 9th - 10th
Meet the squirrel monkey and discover fascinating facts and statistics. Learn about its physical characteristics, habitat, diet, behavior, breeding patterns, conservation, and more.
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Oakland Zoo

Oakland Zoo: Ring Tailed Lemur

For Students 9th - 10th
Meet the ring-tailed lemur and discover fascinating facts and statistics. Learn about its physical characteristics, habitat, diet, behavior, breeding patterns, conservation, and more.
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Oakland Zoo

Oakland Zoo: Siamang

For Students 9th - 10th
Meet the siamang and discover fascinating facts and statistics. Learn about its physical characteristics, habitat, diet, behavior, breeding patterns, conservation, and more.
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Handout
Oakland Zoo

Oakland Zoo: White Handed (Lar) Gibbon

For Students 9th - 10th
Meet the white-handed gibbon and discover fascinating facts and statistics. Learn about its physical characteristics, habitat, diet, behavior, breeding patterns, conservation, and more.
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Handout
Oakland Zoo

Oakland Zoo: Red Tailed Monkey (Schmidt's Guenon)

For Students 9th - 10th
Meet Schmidt's red-tailed monkey and discover fascinating facts and statistics. Learn about its physical characteristics, habitat, diet, behavior, breeding patterns, conservation, and more.
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Handout
Oakland Zoo

Oakland Zoo: Hamadryas Baboon

For Students 9th - 10th
Meet the hamadryas baboon and discover fascinating facts and statistics. Learn about its physical characteristics, habitat, diet, behavior, breeding patterns, conservation, and more.
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Website
University of Wisconsin

The Wisconsin Primate Research Center: Primate Info Net

For Students 9th - 10th
Information about primates, includes links to primate centers and organizations. Find out about the International Directory of Primatology. Click into "Resources on Primatology" and then "About the Primates" to get to primate-specific...
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Handout
University of Wisconsin

University of Wisconsin: Mangabey

For Students 9th - 10th
Comprehensive exploration on the taxonomy of the Mangabey with a detailed factsheet that includes an extensive list of outside resources.
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Handout
Wikimedia

Wikipedia: Primate

For Students 9th - 10th
Wikipedia offers several paragraphs of information on the term, "Primate," including a species chart and hyperlinked terms.
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Handout
PBS

Pbs: Madagascar, a World Apart What's a Lemur?

For Students 9th - 10th
This PBS site, which explores the near paradise of Madagascar, provides a general overview of lemurs.
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Lesson Plan
PBS

Pbs: The Living Edens Madagascar

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Informative site that includes information about the land of Madagascar as well as the animals that inhabit it. Accompanies a PBS video, but you do not necessarily need the video to check out the site. Includes lesson plans as well as a...
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Lesson Plan
PBS

Pbs Teachers: Scientific American: Chimps R Us: Speaking Chimp

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Explore the vocabulary and vocalizations in chimpanzee communications and connect them to emotions. Develop and participate in a field study of animal behavior based on observations and interactions with dogs
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Regents of the University of Michigan

Animal Diversity Web: Order Primates

For Students 9th - 10th
Part of a larger site on the animal kingdom, this page provides a detailed overview of primates. Click on the various links throughout the page for more descriptions and explanatory pictures.
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Handout
Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian National Zoo: Zoogoer Magazine: Easy as 1,2,3

For Students 9th - 10th
Rob Shumaker's article in Zoogoer Magazine focuses on a variety of primates, from orangutans to chimpanzees, and their responses to tests and procedures including the Boysens tests.
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Article
Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian National Zoo: Zoogoer Magazine: The Question of Primate Language

For Students 9th - 10th
Alex Hawes's article deals with a variety of topics related to primates language and communication skills. Several of the topics covered in the article include Animal Linguists, When Monkey Talks People Listen, Ape Bilinguists, and more.
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Handout
A-Z Animals

A Z Animals: Animal Facts: Tarsier (Tarsius)

For Students 9th - 10th
This entry identifies the defining characteristics of the Tarsius, more commonly known as the Tarsier.
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Website
Other

International Primate Protection League

For Students 9th - 10th
The International Primate Protection League was founded in 1973 and, since this time, has been working continuously for the well-being of primates. Includes news and recent developments concerning primates, a topic search engine, audio,...
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Interactive
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.