EDUCATOR’S GUIDEGRADES 2-‐6
SAVING ELEPHANTS
The poaching in June 2014, of Satao, one of the last iconic big tuskers in Kenya, was a tragedy. It is why he is featured on
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
will save elephants for the future.
Kathy Lehnhardt
TABLE OF CONTENTSWelcome to Saving Elephants: An Educator’s Guide to
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Lesson 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-‐18
Lesson 2
Grades 4-‐6 Lesson 3
Grades 2-‐6Lesson 4
Lesson 5
Grades 4-‐6
Lesson 6
Lesson 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54-‐60
Grades 4-‐6Lesson 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61-‐64
Lesson 9
Grades 4-‐6Lesson 10
Lesson 11
Grades 4-‐6Lesson 12
Grades 2-‐6Glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
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and interact daily. They are intelligent, having the
soil with their dung, digging water holes which
elephants to ensure their future. In other words,
students to issues involving people and wildlife.
Assessment
what students know and want to know about elephants.
Procedure1. Tell students that as part of their science class, they will be
over the next few weeks.
is answered.
been answered, ask for volunteers to research the answers.
WELCOME to SAVING ELEPHANTS:
AN EDUCATORS GUIDE TO ELEPHANTS AND THEIR CONSERVATION
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K-2
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6th
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Hum
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6th
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Eng
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Des
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2nd
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Bio
logi
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Org
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Fro
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to
Stru
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Proc
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3rd
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Ecos
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& D
ynam
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3rd
Gra
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Her
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: In
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s & V
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of T
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3rd
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Bio
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6th
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Her
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: In
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& V
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of T
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6th
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Eco
syst
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& D
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6th
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Bio
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3rd
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Elephants . . . amazing, unique, BIG! When we talk about elephants, everything is in the
Brain –
Trunk -‐
trunks to draw up water—up to 5 gallons at a
Body Shape -‐
Ears -‐
Teeth -‐
Teacher’s Background Information
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against predators, and
tusks is 235 lbs per tusk
elephant in
weights are
tusks weighing
Feet -‐
Skin -‐
10,000 years ago, during the
African elephant:
Asian elephant:
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Elephants in Human Culture
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elephants, have very
with other bulls when wild has shed light on the
their readiness to breed, to warn others, to threaten,
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Scent – temporal gland, urine and dung
dung, broken
wallows, and trails
travel routes,
spread seeds that were not digested, and provides a
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other herbivores in also add to habitat loss
these push elephants into
areas and hinder
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even a very large reserve
and poor land
is no one
being tested as deterrents to elephant
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Poaching –
today, there are less than
Technology Helps!
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neighboring elephant
pressures through habitat
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Lets help elephants and people live together!
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GlossaryAccelerometer:
Aerial survey:
Behavior:
Biodiversity:
Calf: Camera trap:
Climate:
Ecosystem:
Eco-‐tourism:
Forest: a
Habitat:
Herbivore: Herd:
Ivory:
Mammal:
Mammoth:
Matriarch:
Molars:
Niche:
Palm oil:
Threat:
Tusks:
Tuskers:
Wildlife corridor:
Word cloud:
Wordle:
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