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World Wildlife Fund for Nature

World Wildlife Fund: Chimpanzee

For Students 9th - 10th
See what you can learn about Chimpanzees with this World Wildlife Fund information page.
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Website
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Jane Goodall Institute Research Center: Gombe Chimpanzees

For Students 9th - 10th
Take a trip to Tanzania and discover the chimpanzees that live at Gombe National Park. Meet the biologist who works with the chimps and learn how she distinguishes different chimps.
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Handout
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Jane Goodall

For Students 9th - 10th
A biography of Jane Goodall can be found on this site. Learn about her life and work with the chimpanzees.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Tickle Me Nim. Do Primates Speak Language?

For Students 9th - 10th
Read the information about Nim, a male chimpanzee who lived in a human environment, was taught American sign language. Then complete the 5-question quiz concerning Do Primates Speak Language?
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Saint Louis Zoo

Saint Louis Zoo: Chimpanzee

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn all you wanted to know about chimpanzees with pictures, videos, fun facts, and more.
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San Francisco Zoo: Chimpanzee

For Students 9th - 10th
Detailed information and fascinating facts about the chimpanzee include diet, habitat, physical features, behavior, and conservation status.
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Encyclopedia of Life

Encyclopedia of Life: Chimpanzee

For Students 9th - 10th
The Encyclopedia of Life presents this in-depth overview of Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes), including their habitats, size, conservation status, and much more. Images of this species, and maps of its global distribution can also be found...
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Canadian Museum of Nature

Canadian Museum of Nature: Chimpanzee

For Students 9th - 10th
Information about the chimpanzee's physical features and social behavior is found here, along with some photos. The article notes that chimpanzees have been widely studied in scientific research.
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Article
Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Australian Broadcasting Corporation: News in Science: Chimp Dna Sheds Light on Humanity

For Students 9th - 10th
From ABC News in Science, Richard Ingham's article sheds light on scientific research comparing and contrasting the DNA of Chimpanzees with the DNA of humans.
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Article
Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Australian Broadcasting Corporation: News in Science: Chimps Have the Jump on Us in Evolution

For Students 9th - 10th
From ABC News in Science, Larry O'Hanlon's article explores a comparison of genes between chimps and humans which suggests a larger evolutionary jump on the part of the chimps in the span of 6 million years.
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Other

Jane Goodall Photo Gallery

For Students 1st - 9th
Twenty one high quality downloadable images of Jane Goodall and chimpanzees can be found on this page. A short description is given of each image as well as links to many more good photographs.
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PBS

Pbs Teachers: Scientific American: Chimps R Us: Understanding Travel Routes

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Examine a map of the travel routes and evening nesting sites of two chimpanzees and create a travel route of your typical day. Describe the social enhancements that helped humans to evolve from foraging behavior to establish fixed...
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Lesson Plan
PBS

Pbs Teachers: Scientific American: Prime Time Primates: Chimps Count

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Explore the techniques and steps in training an animal by attempting to train a classmate to perform a simple task without using known words. Train him or her to respond to a vocabulary of nonsense words with hidden meanings.
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My Hero Project

My Hero: Jane Goodall

For Students 3rd - 8th
Learn about Jane Goodall's work with chimpanzees, which makes her a hero to animals and people. This resource includes quotes, images and links to further information on Goodall, the "Earthkeeper hero."
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Handout
The BIG zoo

The Big Zoo: Chimpanzee

For Students 9th - 10th
Virtual Zoo Site provides a physical description on chimpanzees as well as information regarding their diet, habitat, social structure, reproduction and senses.
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Website
Ducksters

Ducksters: Biography for Kids: Scientist: Jane Goodall

For Students 9th - 10th
This webpage has Jane Goodall's biography on it. Learn how she was a scientist who studied chimpanzees in the wild for many years discovering that they used tools and ate meat.
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Curated OER

Jane Goodall Photo Gallery

For Students 9th - 10th
Twenty one high quality images of Jane Goodall and Chimpanzees can be found on this page. A short description is given of each image as well as links to many more good photographs.
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Graphic
Curated OER

Jane Goodall Photo Gallery

For Students 9th - 10th
Twenty one high quality images of Jane Goodall and Chimpanzees can be found on this page. A short description is given of each image as well as links to many more good photographs.