Read Works
Read Works: Passages: An Elephant's Excellent Trunk
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students read an informational text about elephants and answers questions about reading comprehension, supporting details, main idea, and more. Links to a paired text and paired text questions are...
San Diego Zoo Global
San Diego Zoo: Elephant
This resource provides detailed information about the elephant, as well as several pictures and audio clips. [1:00]
African Wildlife Foundation
African Wildlife Foundation: Elephant
Resource takes an exploratory look at the African elephant. Content includes information on this animal's physical characteristics, habitat, behavior, diet, caring for the young, predators, and more.
Other
Morgan Library and Museum: Jean De Brunhoff: Histoire De Babar Maquette
Get a glimpse into the creative mind of Jean de Brunhoff by paging through a maquette, or scale-model manuscript, of his first book about Babar the Elephant. View Brunhoff's hand-drawn illustrations for each manuscript page and view them...
Read Works
Read Works: Passages: Abraham
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students read a literary text about an elephant who escaped captivity to go back into the wild and answer questions on comprehension, dynamic characterization, textual evidence, main idea, and more....
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Zoos Victoria: Animal Profiles
Learn all about many of the different animals in the zoo including many little known facts. Profiled are the dingo, koala, meerkat, platypus, tree kangaroo, and many more.
Extreme Science
Extreme Science: Largest Land Animal: African Elephant
The African elephant is the world's largest land animal. Facts about this amazing animal can be found here. Included are two audio files of an elephant's vocal sounds, as well as a video of an elephant swimming.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Unforgettable Elephants
A family of elephants rescues a baby elephant kidnapped by a rival elephant family in this video segment from Nature. [4:39]
Scholastic
Scholastic News: Knitting for a Cause
In response to cold weather, volunteers in India use a traditional craft, knitting, to make enormous garments for elephants in India.
Other
Elephant Information Repository
A wealth of information on elephants. Learn about an elephant's family structure, anatomy, senses, life cycle, and environmental impact. Content also includes information on conservation efforts, video clips, audio clips, photos, and...
BBC
Bbc: Animals on the Edge: Elephants
What are the threats to elephants? What specific species are in trouble and what can you do about it? These questions are all addressed by this resource.
Regents of the University of Michigan
Animal Diversity Web: African Elephant
Comprehensive overview of the African elephant, with information about physical characteristics, geographic range, diet, reproduction, behavior, and habitat.
Smithsonian Institution
Smithsonian National Zoo: Zoogoer Magazine: Tracking an Elephantine Mystery
This article in Zoogoer Magazine centers on the work of Deem and Blake as they track and use GPS locators with Elephants. General information is also provided on forest elephants and jungle elephants.
Smithsonian Institution
Smithsonian National Zoo: Zoogoer Magazine: Making Room for Elephants
John Tidwell's article on elephants for Zoogoer Magazine centers on Asian elephants and covers topics including The Little Prince, The Princess and the Plague, and The Mating Game.
A-Z Animals
A Z Animals: Animal Facts: Elephant (Loxodonta Africana)
This entry identifies the defining characteristics of Loxodonta Africana, more commonly known as the Elephant.
Read Works
Read Works: Macy the Elephant
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students read a story about an elephant named Macy who lives in the jungle with her parents. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works: African Animals
[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...
Bagheera
Bagheera: Elephant
This site takes a detailed look at elephants and the current threats to their existence. Content includes a focus on the elephant's role in the ecosystem, relationship with humans, and more.
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Harcourt: School Publishers: Animal Communities
At this site click on the pictures to find out about an animal community in Africa. Think about how animal communities are like your community. Think about how are they different.
BBC
Bbc: Nature Wildfacts: Savannah Elephant
This resource provides information about Savannah elephants.
Read Works
Read Works: Abraham
[Free Registration/Login Required] This nonfiction passage describes the life of a wild elephant named Abraham. This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential reading skills and strategies and establishes...
PBS
Pbs Nature: Elephants
Did you know that the elephant is the largest animal in the world? Discover more about where they live, what they eat and how they socialize when you visit this site.
World Wildlife Fund for Nature
World Wildlife Fund: Elephants
The resource includes information on two different species of elephant, the African Elephant and the Asian Elephant.
Defenders of Wildlife
Defenders of Wildlife: Fact Sheets
Here you can find fact sheets on over 50 species of animals. Find an animal by where it lives in the world, and learn all about it.