Elephants and Their Young

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Elephants and Their Young

• Supplement to LISD Science Curriculum GEMS Kit

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African Elephants

• http//www.nationalgeographic.com/kids/creature_fe
  ature/0103/elephants2.html

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http//www.lazytd.com/travel/zimbabwe.html
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http//zoltantakacs.com/zt/pw/an/album.php?idx6
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Asian Elephants
http//www.cardamom.org/elephant.html
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http//www.animal-paintings.co.uk/Elephant_Picture
s__Prints___Pa/Asian_Elephant/asian_elephant.html
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• Kandula was born on November 25, 2001. He weighed
  325 pounds at birth.
• http//nationalzoo.si.edu/Animals/PhotoGallery/Asi
  anElephants/

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How are the African and Asian Elephants different?
Click here to find out how African and Asian
elephants are different!
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• Where do elephants live?

http//www.acmecompany.com/Pages/stock_earth.html
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What do elephants use their trunks for?
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• http//www.nationalgeographic.com/kids/creature_fe
  ature/0103/postcards.html

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http//nationalzoo.si.edu/Animals/PhotoGallery/Asi
anElephants/4.cfm
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• http//nationalzoo.si.edu/Animals/PhotoGallery/Asi
  anElephants/14.cfm

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"Drenching itself with its built-in hose, an
Asian elephant takes an afternoon shower. Asian
elephants are about 2 feet (61 centimeters)
shorter than African elephants." Text from the
National Geographic book Mammals, 1998

• http//lava.nationalgeographic.com/cgi-bin/pod/Pho
  toOfTheDay.cgi?month02day12year03

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• http//nationalzoo.si.edu/Animals/PhotoGallery/Asi
  anElephants/5.cfm

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• http//nationalzoo.si.edu/Animals/PhotoGallery/Asi
  anElephants/7.cfm

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• http//nationalzoo.si.edu/Animals/PhotoGallery/Asi
  anElephants/8.cfm

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• Elephant Video Clip
• Fun Elephant Facts!
• Hear an African elephant!
• Elephant Jokes!