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Nat ional Guard Chi ld and Youth Program ISSUE 5 | SUMMER 2021

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ELEPHANT FACTS

Asian Elephants

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African ElephantsAfrican elephants are larger and havelarge fan-like ears shaped like Africa.All male and female African elephantshave tusks.African elephants have 4 toenails ontheir feet.African elephants have 2 lips at the endof their trunk.

Asian elephants are smaller and have smaller ears. Only some male Asian elephantshave tusks. Asian elephants have 5 toenails ontheir feet.Asian elephants only have 1 upper lipon their trunk.Asian elephants are endangered.

There are 2 primary species of elephants, African and Asian. There are many differencesbetween the 2, the main one being where they live. Asian elephants live in Asia and African

elephants live in Africa. Some other key difference are:

More Fun Facts Trunks are used as a hand to pick up things, a horn tosend a warning, an arm to touch and wave, a snorkel

while swimming, and a hose for drinking and bathing. Trunks have 150,000 muscle units, humans only have

600 in our entire bodies. Tusks are deep teeth used for a lot of different tasks.Elephants are either right or left tusked just like how

we are right or left handed.Female elephants tend to form herds to migrate with.They always follow the oldest female elephant or thematriarch. The matriarch guides the herd along the

same migration routes each year. Healthy elephants have no natural predators, the only

threats to their survival are human influences, likeroads and farms.

Elephants throw sand on their backs to preventsunburn.

Elephants are very smart, they have great memoryskills and can send signals through stomping on theground and feeling the vibrations with their feet to

recieve messages.

Directions:-Grab your bucket or basket or jug,hold it with 2 hands with straight

arms, like an elephant trunk. -Then toss your ball or bean bagback and forth with a partner or

group using your "trunk." If you donot catch it try to pick it back up

with your "trunk."-To make it even more fun, walk

like an elephant by stomping.

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Elephant TossMaterials:

1 bucket/basket/gallon jug(with the bottom cut off)

per person

A ball or bean bag

Take your paper towel roll and cut it inhalf so you have 2 cylinders.

Take the half of the roll that will be thebody and cut 2 half circles on the bottom

to create feet. Be sure to have an adulthelp when using scissors.

Take the other half of the roll and cut itopen so it is flat. Use this piece to cut out

2 ears and the trunk.Once your trunk and ears are cut out,

glue them to the body of your elephant. Now, you are ready to paint and decorate

the elephant and add the eyes.

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Make Your Own

Paper Towel Roll

Elephant

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Materials:1 paper towel roll

PaintScissors

GlueEyes

What doElephants Eat?Elephants are herbivores, which

means they only eat plants. They eat about 600 pounds of

vegetation a day!They can spend up to 18 hours a

day snacking on grass, leaves,roots, bark, and fruit.

They also drink between 50 and60 gallons of water a day.

You can eat like an elephanttoo with this recipe!

Lettuce Roll Ups:Ingredients:

Butter LettuceDressing of your choice

Other thinly sliced vegetables like carrots, radishes, cabbage, onions,

pepper or whatever you like!

Once you have gathered all youringredients all you have to do is putthem into one of your lettuce leafs,roll it up, and eat like an elephant!

Recipe From: https://www.liveeatlearn.com/fresh-veggie-lettuce-wraps/

Elephants

Emotions

Elephants have the ability to

show and understand emotion

similar to humans. They are

able to understand what other

elephants are feeling and are

able to respond just like us!

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In this activity we are going to learn about andpractice how we respond to people when they

tell us good news. This is also called activeconstructive responding.

In the chart on this page it shows the 4different ways we respond to people when they

tell us their good news. 3 of the ways ofresponding are not very positive. They all takethe attention away from the good news. These

3 make people not want to share their goodnews with you and can make them sad.

The one positive way to respond to someonewill make them feel good about sharing their

good news! The positive way to respond isactive constructive, we do this by giving good

eye contact, asking genuine questions, andencouraging the person sharing to keep

sharing. Active constructive responding keepsall your attention on the good news.

In the activity on the next page, we are going topractice some Active Constructive Responding.There is going to be a situation where someone

says good news and you are going to pickwhich one is Active Constructive Respondingby picking the answer that keeps the focus on

the good news.

Active ConstructiveResponding Practice

Scenario 1: Your sibling comes up to you and tells you they got anA+ on their test.

Which response is Active Constructive?

"Well I always get an A on my tests."

"That is so awesome! You must have studied really hard!"

"Cool."

Scenario 2: Your friend comes up to you and tells you that they just goa new puppy.

Which response is Active Constructive?

"Do you want to go to the pool after school today?"

"I have the cutest puppy, she is so much fun and the best dog ever."

"That is so exciting! What kind of puppy is it?"

Now that you have practiced a little, next time someone gives yougood news you will be able to practice by giving good eye contact,

asking genuine questions, and keeping all your attention on thegood news!

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TAKE THE ELEPHANT QUIZUSE WHAT YOU HAVE LEARNED TO COMPLETE THE WORD PUZZLE

1. Elephants have no natural ______; humans are their only threat.2. Elephants are _____ and can eat up to 600 pounds of vegetation a day.3. Elephants show _____ similar to humans’.4. The oldest female in an elephant herd is called the ______.5. Elephants can detect the Earth’s vibrations with sensory cells in their ___.6. There are two primary _____ of elephants: Asian and African.7. _____ are massive, deeply rooted elephant teeth.8. Asian elephants have smaller _____ than African elephants.9. Elephants are the largest land _____ on Earth.10. Elephants have keen _______ skills.11. Elephants have the longest _____ of any mammal, lasting 22 months.12. More than _____ of all Asian elephants are found in India.13. Elephant herds follow the same _____ routes every year.14. To protect themselves from sunburn, elephants throw ____ on their backs.15. Elephants consume 50 to 60 gallons of ____ a day.16. An elephant trunk has up to 150,000 _____ units.

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PredatorsAnswer Key

1.2. HeRbivores3. EmOtions4. MaTriarch

5. FEet6. SpeCies7. Tusks 8. Ears

9. MammaLs10. MEmory

11. Pregnancy12. Half

13. MigrAtion14. SaNd15. WaTer16. MuScle

All information in this packet is from the World Wildlife Fund Elephant Educational Resource Toolkit at:https://www.worldwildlife.org/teaching-resources/toolkits?lang=english