Animals: Hippopotamuses
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| Animals: Hippopotamuses |
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Description:
| These sites are about hippopotamuses, which are large, river-living mammals. Learn about their physical characteristics, behaviors, and social structure. Find out how hippos stay underwater for as long as 15 minutes. Watch several videos and listen to audio files. |
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Grade Level:
| 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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Resource Links:
| National Geographic: Creature Feature
Learn why hippos spend most of the day in water. Includes fun facts and a video. Click on "Audio" to listen to a hippopotamus. Click on "Map" to see where hippos live.
FactMonster: Hippopotamuses
Read a short encyclopedia entry about hippopotamuses.
Enchanted Learning: Hippopotamuses
This page has information about the behavior and anatomy of hippopotamuses, and a labeled illustration.
Hippopotamuses from Encarta
This encyclopedia entry has an article about the natural history, habitat, and behavior of hippos. The multimedia items include a video of hippos fighting.
Smithsonian National Zoo: Nile Hippopotamus
This article is an in-depth introduction to the Nile hippo.
Wild Lives: Hippopotamus
This site has facts, a picture, and information about the hippo's physical characteristics, habitat, behavior, and predators.
Hippopotamus Amphibius
Read basic information about hippopotamuses plus find out the economic impact they have on people. Includes several photographs.
Hippopotamus
This site collects quick facts about hippo and introduces its characteristics including food, predators, birth and offspring. Learn about the first act of baby hippo. Several multimedia files about the hippo could be found in the top of the page. NOTE: This site contains ads.
JungleWalk
This webpage has links to several videos, audio files, and photographs of hippopotamuses. NOTE: This site links to a site with a discussion forum.
San Francisco Zoo: Pygmy Hippopotamus
Read about the Pygmy Hippopotamus and its physical characteristics, social behaviors, and status in the wild.
Animal Planet: Hippo Quiz
Test your knowledge of hippos with this online quiz. NOTE: This site contains pop-up ads.
Pics4Learning: Hippos
Feel free to use these copyright-free images of hippos in your classroom hippo projects.
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Education Standards:
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AL Standards:
SCI. ES 4.2.4, SCI. ES 4.2.3, SCI. ES 4.2.2, SCI. ES 4.2.1, SCI. ES 5.2.3, SCI. ES 5.2.2, SCI. ES 11.1.2, SCI. ES 11.3.4, SCI. ES 11.3.2, SCI. ES 11.3.1, SCI. ES 12.1.4, SCI. ES 12.1.2, SCI. ES 12.1.1
AU Standards:
4.8.2.b
DE Standards:
1.1.32, 6.1.3, 6.2.1, 1.1.28, 1.1.30, 7.1.1, 8.1.2
IL Standards:
12.4.02, 12.4.03, 12.4.04, 12.4.07, 12.4.08, 12.4.09, 12.4.12, 12.7.31
ME Standards:
A.3, E1.a, E1.d
MO Standards:
1.1, 1.2, 1.4, 1.7, 1.8, 2.1, 1, 4, 6, 3, 4, 8, 4.1.A.a, 4.2.A.a, 4.3.C.b, 4.3.C.c, 4.3.C.d, 3.1.D.a, 3.1.E.c, 3.1.E.d, 3.1.A.a
NV Standards:
L.5.B.1, L.5.C.5, L.5.D.1
OK Standards:
C.3.3
UT Standards:
V.2.b, V.2.a, V.2.b, V.2.c, IV.2.a, IV.2.b
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