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Lion facts:
Lions live in groups called prides.
A lion litter has 1-4 cubs in it.
The females hunt at dusk or night.
The lion’s great physical strength puts it at the top of
the food chain.
Lions rest or sleep up to 20 hours a day.
The lion’s diet varies by region. It can include zebra,
buffalo, giraffe, wildebeest, and carrion.
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SKILL: LEARN LION FACTS
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The emperor penguins live in the Antarctic and are
the largest of the penguins. They usually stay on pack
ice, which is made up of broken ice masses, frozen
together. They often stay on this ice and
never set foot on land. They lay a single egg
and incubate it on top of one of the parent’s feet.
They like to eat squid and fish and can dive
265 meters or more to find food.
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Emperor penguins are afraid to dive.
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The emperor penguin will eat both
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The other penguins are smaller than the
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Pack ice is ice the mother penguin packs
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Both parents can incubate the egg.
Emperor penguins live in ice caves on the
mainland.
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5. Spider monkeys are
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They like to eat
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and ___________ .
Draw a picture of
a spider monkey in
the trees.
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SKILL: LEARN SPIDER MONKEY FACTS
Using your Fact Files, complete the sentences.
1. There are 33 vertebrae and hundreds of muscles in a spider
monkey’s tail. This allows it to ___________________
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2. A spider monkey is _____ to _____ feet tall. Its tail is
_____ to _____ feet long.
3. The ____________ rain forest is where the spider
monkeys make their home.
4. If you were in the rain forest you would not see any spider
monkeys on the ground. This is because ______________
______________________________________ .
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With help from a map or globe, identify the
numbered areas. Then using your Fact Files, write
animals who live in the places listed.
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Animals ____________
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2. Place ______________ 5. Place ______________
Animals ____________
Animals ____________
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3. Place ______________
Animals ____________
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3. Koalas are picky eaters. They almost always eat leaves and
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Koala Facts
Use your Fact Files to fill in the blanks. Take the letters that
are numbered and write them on the corresponding lines below.
1. Koalas are between __ __ __ and __ __ __ __ __
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2. The koala belongs to the __ __ __ __ __ __ group.
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4. A mother koala carries her offspring on her back for a year.
Before this, she carries her baby in her __ __ __ __ __ .
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5. To see koalas in the wild, you would travel
to __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ .
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A koala bear is a __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ .
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The Zookeeper drew the new areas he wanted for his
animals, but he forgot to write the animal names in the areas.
Fill in the names for him.
1. The giraffe exhibit is in the northeast corner.
2. The rhinoceros exhibit is in the southeast corner.
3. The elephants are in the northwest corner.
4. The tigers take up the southwest corner of the zoo.
5. The flamingoes are in the exhibit north of the tigers.
6. The snack bar is in the middle of the zoo.
7. The cockatoos are north of the snackbar, west of the
giraffes, and east of the elephants.
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SKILL: MAP DIRECTIONS
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SKILL: COMPARE AFRICAN AND INDIAN ELEPHANTS
The differences between the African elephant and
the Indian elephant make them easy to tell apart.
The African elephant is the larger of the two and has larger
ears as well. Its trunk has two “fingers” at the end. There are
four nails on each front foot and three nails on each back foot.
The Indian elephant has one “finger” at the end of its trunk,
five nails on each front foot, and four nails on each back foot.
Label the pictures and draw the characteristics for each
elephant.
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SKILL: CATS (LIONS AND TIGERS)
There are many types of wild cats. The lion, cheetah,
tiger, bobcat, and jaguar are some of them. They
are found in all parts of the world, except for Australia and the
Polar regions. Look at your Fact Files on the lion and the
Bengal tiger. Write true or false for each sentence.
1. Lions and Bengal tigers are herbivores. _____________
2. The Bengal tiger can live longer than
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the lion.
3. The lions and Bengal tigers often
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compete for the same food.
4. The lion stands taller than the
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Bengal tiger.
5. Neither the Bengal tiger or the lion
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are very strong.
6. The Bengal tiger roams the plains
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of Africa.
7. The lion roams the plains of Africa. _____________
8. The Bengal tiger can only catch
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animals that are smaller than itself.
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There are both black and white African rhinoceroses.
Black rhinos and white rhinos have similarities and
differences. The black rhinoceroses are mean, fight a lot, and like
to be alone. The white rhinoceroses are calm, run from trouble,
and like to be around other white rhinos. White rhinos like to
graze on grass, and black rhinos prefer bushes and trees. Rhinos
like to take dust and mud baths. Rhinos can’t see very well.
African rhinos have two horns. The rhinoceros newborns are up
and running within an hour of being born.
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Write a numbered list of eight facts about rhinoceroses on a
separate piece of paper. Then write the the number for the fact
in the correct section of the Venn diagram below.
Black Rhino
White Rhino
SKILL: RHINOCEROS VENN DIAGRAM
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R E D KANG AROO
Weight __________________
Type of feeder __________
Food _____________________________________
Number of young _________ Lifespan ______________
What I learned about red kangaroos _________________
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SKILL: RED KANGAROO FACTS
Where it lives _______________________________
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Weight _______________
Type of feeder ____________
Where it lives _______________________________
Number of young _________ Lifespan _____________
What I learned about dromedary camels ______________
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SKILL: DROMEDARY CAMEL FACTS
Food __________________
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SUL F U R - C R E ST ED COCK AT OO
Weight _________________
Type of feeder __________________
Where it lives ________________________________
Number of young _________ Lifespan ______________
What I learned about sulfur-crested cockatoos. ___________
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SKILL: SULFUR-CRESTED COCKATOO FACTS
Food __________________________
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Weight ________________
Type of feeder ______________________________
Food ____________________________________
Number of young _________ Lifespan ______________
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SKILL: PANDA FACTS
Where it lives _______________________________
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Flamingoes are mammals.
Flamingoes eat fish.
Flamingoes live in lagoons.
Flamingoes have
8-10 young
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Flamingoes are pinkish-white.
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Draw lines from the flamingo to the statements
that are true.
Flamingoes live
10-12 years
Flamingoes eat water plants.
Flamingoes live
35-45 years.
Flamingoes live in
the rain forest.
Flamingoes are
omnivores.
SKILL: FLAMINGO FACTS
Flamingoes are birds.
Flamingoes rest by sitting on the ground.
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A zebra is an invertebrate.
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Zebras are related to horses.
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Zebras live
40-50 years.
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Zebras live in Asia.
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Draw lines from the zebra to the statements
that are true.
Zebras live 25-30 years.
Zebras eat plants.
Zebras live in Africa.
Zebras are mammals.
Zebras don’t run very fast.
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Zebras eat fish and rodents.
SKILL: ZEBRA FACTS
A zebra’s stripes give
good camouflage.
A zebra’s stripes make it stand out.
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Walruses have one offspring.
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Walruses live in the
Antarctic Ocean.
Walruses live10-15 years.
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Walruses are herbivores.
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Draw lines from the walrus to the statements
that are true.
Walruses eat sea stars.
Walruses spend most of
their time on the beach.
Walruses are small.
Walruses live in the Arctic Ocean.
Walruses are very big.
Walruses eat fish.
SKILL: WALRUS FACTS
Walruses can
live 40 years.
Walruses have little body fat.
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Sea lions
eat seaweed.
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Sea lions live
in Australia.
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Sea lions live along the Pacific Coast.
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Draw lines from the sea lion to the statements
that are true.
Sea lions live
10-15 years.
Sea lions eat octopus.
Sea lions are fish.
Sea lions are
great swimmers.
Sea lions have one
baby at a time.
Sea lions live over 30 years.
SKILL: CALIFORNIA SEA LION FACTS
Sea lions eat fish.
Sea lions have five babies at a time.
Sea lions are mammals.
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Each species has its own kind of striped pattern, and each
individual is unique. Draw your own stripes on the zebra. You
may wish to look at photographs from other sources.
GRADE THREE
There are three different species of zebra: the plains
zebra, Grevy’s zebra, and the mountain zebra. Only
the first is common; the others are all endangered
species. All are native to the grasslands and savannah
of Africa.
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Lions are carnivores.
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Lions live on the grasslands of Africa.
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Draw lines from the lion to the statements
that are true.
Male lions do most
of the hunting.
Lions live for about
16 years
Lions weigh up to
200 pounds.
Lions have between one
and four cubs at a time.
Lions live for about 35 years.
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Lions live in prides made up of
several females and cubs
and a few males.
SKILL: LION FACTS
Lions eat fish.
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Weight ________________
Type of feeder ______________________________
Food ____________________________________
Number of young _________ Lifespan ______________
What I learned about gorillas _____________________
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SKILL: GORILLA FACTS
Where it lives _______________________________
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