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Lesson Planet Article
Curated OER

How to Tame a Field Trip to the Zoo

For Teachers 1st - 6th
Keep your pupils focused on field trip learning objectives with before, during, and after activities.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Primate Weight

For Students 3rd - 5th
For this animal weight worksheet, students fill out the weights of an orangutan, gorilla, and monkey. They answer 7 word problems related to their weights.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Preschool Coloring Sheet - Monkey

For Students Pre-K
What a fun picture to color! This worksheet features a simple image of a cartoon monkey for preschoolers to enjoy coloring. The sight word monkey is included at the bottom of the page. 
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Primates

For Teachers K - 6th
Students explore different primates. In this primate lesson, students examine the various primates by engaging in crafts, dramatic play, singing songs, and games. 
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Interactive
Curated OER

Count and Add Money

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this number sentence worksheet, learners complete the number sentence for adding one money to another. Students complete the blanks for 1 number sentence.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Word Maze: Mindy the Monkey

For Students 2nd
In this word search:  Mindy the monkey learning exercise, 2nd graders read the paragraph, trace the text inside the maze then answer four questions about the monkey.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Coloring page - Gorilla

For Students Pre-K - 1st
In this coloring worksheet, learners color a gorilla. The coloring sheet brings opportunities to discuss the characteristics of these animals. Students may use this coloring sheet as a flashcard to learn about animals. They may write a...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

GUNS & 18th CENTURY NAVAL COMBAT

For Teachers K - 12th
Students use a 4lb gun as a tool to show how difficult and dangerous it was aboard a revolutionary naval vessel. They are also shown the importance of how teamwork can help to complete a job safely and quickly. Students discuss the...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Chinese Zodiac Animals

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
In this Chinese zodiac animals worksheet, students search 12 different animals in a word search. First, they identify the various types of Chinese zodiac animals. Then, students locate and circle each word in the word search puzzle.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Mazes: Monkeys

For Teachers 7th - 8th
In this mazes worksheet, pupils analyze the best strategy for helping a monkey find nuts for his dinner through a maze. Students share their route with their classmates.
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Unit Plan
Language Guide

Language Guide: Los Animales Africanos

For Students 9th - 10th
Lots of colorful pictures illustrate African animals. Students can learn correct spelling and pronunciation by moving their mouse over each picture. Some pictures include the sound the animal makes, the name of the sound and the verb....
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Lesson Plan
Smithsonian Institution

National Museum of Natural History: Zoo Labs

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Five inquiry-based investigations designed for the observation of primates in a zoo setting. The labs ask guiding questions and list notable primate behaviors.
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eBook
Unite for Literacy

Unite for Literacy: Animals: Akira Grows Up

For Students 1st - 2nd
Meet Akira, a Japanese macaque. Learn how a zoo raised her from birth after her mother was unable to care for her until she was finally accepted by the other macaques. Includes audio narration in Spanish and English, with English text.
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Handout
Globio

Glossopedia: Primates

For Students 3rd - 8th
Primates are a group of mammals that include apes, humans, monkeys, and prosimians. Primate characteristics and anatomy are explored, as well as life cycles, behavior and diet. Human impacts on other primate species have been...
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Interactive
National Geographic Kids

National Geographic Kids: Animals: Orangutans

For Students 3rd - 8th
This multimedia site includes video and audio clips. The maps and fun facts will be very beneficial to students doing research projects.
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Website
PBS

Pbs: Nature: Clever Monkeys

For Students Pre-K - 1st
There are many things about monkeys that humans are just beginning to understand, such as how they use plants to self-medicate, their emotional life, and how they use language even to communicate between monkey species. There are plenty...
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Primary
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Primary Source Set: The Scopes Trial

For Students 9th - 10th
This collection uses primary sources to explore the 1925 Scopes Trial.
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Primary
Library of Congress

Loc: Poetry 180: To Help the Monkey Cross the River

For Students 9th - 10th
This poem explains how the monkey crosses a river without getting hurt.
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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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Website
Other

Vibrationdata.com: Animal Astronauts

For Students 9th - 10th
Information about some of the early animal astronauts who were launched into space to help determine the effects of space travel on human beings.
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Website
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Curious George

For Students 3rd - 5th
If you love Curious George, you will love this site. There are games, teacher lesson plans, and information about Curious George that you probably never knew before.
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Handout
Regents of the University of Michigan

Animal Diversity Web: Chimpanzee

For Students 9th - 10th
Comprehensive reference information about the chimpanzee. Includes taxonomic classification, specimens, and other details about this highly intelligent, vocal primate.
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Handout
A-Z Animals

A Z Animals: Animal Facts: Monkey (Macaca Fascicularis)

For Students 9th - 10th
View images and learn facts about Monkeys, including where they live, their appearance, behavior, and diet.
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Handout
A-Z Animals

A Z Animals: Animal Facts: Pied Tamarin (Saguinus Bicolor)

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides photographs and a fact card about the pied tamarin, an endangered species. Discusses where they are found, physical characteristics, behavior, diet, predators, reproduction and development, and population status.