TED-Ed
How to Speak Monkey: The Language of Cotton-Top Tamarins
Tamarin monkey language can be categorized by stem upsweep, duration, peak frequency, and frequency change. Although other complex terminology is used to describe the 38 calls of this species, the video is easy to follow and a...
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Animal Encounters: English Language Development Lessons (Theme 6)
Denali National Park and the rain forests of Brazil are the settings for a series of lessons on animal encounters with grizzly bears and golden lion tamarins. The 32-page packet includes scripted lesson plans, activity suggestions, and...
Curated OER
The Golden Lion Tamarin Comes Home
In this literacy activity, students find the new words for the scrambled ones and the answers are found on page two. The sheet uses the theme of "The Golden Lion".
Scholastic
Reading Characters
Philip Pullman's The Golden Compass provides the text for a study of how writers bring characters to life. Using the provided character mapping worksheets, readers respond to questions and then write a short character sketch.
Curated OER
How to Tame a Field Trip to the Zoo
Keep your pupils focused on field trip learning objectives with before, during, and after activities.
Wildlife World Zoo & Aquarium
Puzzled About Conservation
Raise children's awareness about conservation with this series of vocabulary activities. Offering riddles about endangered species and a crossword puzzle involving key terms relating to conservation, these fun worksheets will engage...
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Animal Encounters: Challenge Activities (Theme 6)
To enrich their study of wild animals, fifth graders create a wildlife photography exhibit, create a book about animals that live in national parks, and plan a wild animal park for the animals living in their area.
Curated OER
Rain Forest Word Search
In this word search learning exercise, students use the word bank to locate names of plants and animals that live in the Rain Forest. Students find 20 words.
Curated OER
Zoo groups
In this zoo animals activity, students read about a particular zoo animal and answer the math word problems about the amount of meals, pounds, herds, and more. Students complete 6 problems.
Curated OER
A Study of Panama
In this worksheet on Panama, students read an introduction about Panama, then read about its history, The Panama Canal, the Kuna Indians and the Endangered Species of Panama. After each selection, students answer a set of related questions.
A-Z Animals
A Z Animals: Animal Facts: Red Handed Tamarin (Saguinus Midas)
Provides photographs and a fact card about the red-handed tamarin. Discusses where they are found, physical characteristics, behavior and lifestyle, diet, predators, life cycle, and the threat from deforestation.
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: How to Speak Monkey: The Language of Cotton Top Tamarins
Anne Savage teaches a few cotton-top tamarin chirps and calls, taking us through a day in the life of Shakira the tamarin as Shakira signals to her family, talks to her food and warns against potential predators. [5:14]
A-Z Animals
A Z Animals: Animal Facts: Cottontop Tamarin (Saguinus Oedipus)
View images and read statistics and facts about the Cottontop Tamarin, including where they live, their appearance, diet, behaviour, breeding habits, and status as an endangered species.
A-Z Animals
A Z Animals: Animal Facts: Geoffroys Tamarin (Saguinus Geoffroyi)
This entry identifies the defining characteristics of the Saguinus Geoffroyl, more commonly known as the geoffroys tamarin.
A-Z Animals
A Z Animals: Animal Facts: Golden Lion Tamarin (Leontopithecus Rosalia)
This entry identifies the defining characteristics of Leontophithecus Rosalia, more commonly known as the Golden Lion Tamarin.
A-Z Animals
A Z Animals: Animal Facts: Pied Tamarin (Saguinus Bicolor)
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.
Denver Zoo
Denver Zoo: Golden Lion Tamarin
The Denver Zoo features a comprehensive overview of the golden lion tamarin focusing on its habitat, range, adaptations, diet, physical characteristics, and more.
Smithsonian Institution
Smithsonian National Zoo: Golden Headed Lion Tamarin
As part of the Primates exhibit at the National Zoo, this site highlights various facts and interesting information on the Golden-Headed Lion Tamarin. In addition to several pictures, the site provides a description and information on...
Chicago Zoological Society
Chicago Zoological Society: Zoo Explorer: Cotton Top Tamarin
One page profile of the cotton-top tamarin that provides quick facts, a photo, and details on the appearance, habitat, conservation, breeding habits, social traits, and other unique characteristics of this endangered animal.
Other
Audubon Nature Institute: Golden Lion Tamarin
Meet the golden lion tamarin to discover details about its behavior, eating habits, range, conservation status, and other unique facts.
Saint Louis Zoo
Saint Louis Zoo: Cotton Top Tamarin
Discover fun facts and learn about the habitat, breeding, diet, and conservation status of the cotton-top tamarin.
Smithsonian Institution
Smithsonian National Zoo: Small Mammals
The Smithsonian National Zoological Park explores the lives of small mammals, both in the wild and in captivity. Choose a webcam to view a variety of small mammals live and up-close, learn about current conservation efforts, access an...
University of Wisconsin
The Wisconsin Primate Research Center: Primate Info Net
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...
Science Museum of Minnesota
Science Museum of Minnesota: Rainforest Strata
This site provides a picture on the layers of the rain forest with yellow eyes all over. You click on the yellow eyes and learn about an animal. You may have to search for it by going to the home page.