Hippopotamuses Lesson Plans

1. Journey to a Wildlife Park
...ive: Students will identify similarities and differences between Rehema's life and culture, and their own. Materials Needed: 1. The book, Rehema's Journey A Visit in Tanzania, by Barbara A. Margolies. 2. A map of Tanzania within Africa. 3. Various pictures of African wildlife: Zebras, Rhinoceroses, Hippopotamuses, Giraffes, Lions, Tigers, etc. Procedures: 1. Focus the students by telling them that they are going to be learning about a little girl about their age, named Rehema. Tell them that Rehema is much like them. She goes to school and learns math, reading, writing, and art. She has friends and has chore...

2. Frog or Toad? How Can You Tell? Lesson Plan
...utes, compare all of the lists. What do frogs and toads have in common? What differences do you notice? What surprised you? Safety Guidelines Adaptations Repeat this activity in smaller groups, comparing other similar animals such as alligators and crocodiles; butterflies and moths; birds and bats; hippopotamuses and rhinoceroses; or cheetahs, leopards, and jaguars. Be the public relations team for frogs and toads in your community! Find out more about amphibian habitats in your region. Visit them as a class if possible. Work with your team to create a newsletter of articles about your amphibian. Speak out a...

3. Lesson: Whale Evolution
...onist veiws). Gatesy, J.M. et al 1999. "Stability of cladistic relationships between Cetacea an higher-level artiodactyl taxa." Systematic Biology 48(1):6-20. Nikaido, Masato, et al. 1999. "Phylogenetic relationships among cetartiodactyls based on insertions of short and long interspersed elements: Hippopotamuses are the closest extant relatives of whales." Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, vol.96, pp. 10261-10266. Thewissen, J.G.M., L. J. Roe, et al. 1996. "Evolution of cetacean osmoregulation." Nature, vol.381, 30 May 1996, pp. 379 380. Study showing oxygen isotope ratios associated with freshwater ingestion vs....