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  

 .  .  .  .  .  .  2Standards  &  Alignment  Chart  

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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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  -­‐    

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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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