Posts Tagged With: environment

WE SPY!!

Posted on March 4, 2015 by Ellie and Edmond ©

We’re ready to share the animal we spy this week! We’re just leaving you the picture with no clue! Can you guess who we spy?

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WORLD WILDLIFE DAY!!

Posted on March 3, 2015 by Ellie and Edmond ©

WORLD WILDLIFE DAY!

Today is a day that has been designated to take stand for wildlife all over the planet! We here at Ellie and Edmond are committed to standing for elephants! You can take the pledge to stand for elephants at www.iworry.org .

This earth belongs to all of us and we must protect natural habitats and those that live there!

Join us in helping wildlife! Recycle all the materials you can! Reuse items like t-shirts for cleaning rags! Reduce the amount of waste you create! Every little bit helps! Read all about how these National Geographic Explorers are helping wildlife! Enjoy our coloring sheet and tell us how you are taking a stand for wildlife!

Remember: Tusks belong to elephants, horns belong on rhinos and fins belong to sharks!

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SCIENCE WORD OF THE WEEK!

Posted on March 2, 2015 by Ellie and Edmond ©

SCIENCE WORD OF THE WEEK!

Welcome to class everyone!! We’ve got a big week planned here at the University and today we’re starting off with a great science word for the week!

Today’s word is Conservation: protection of animals, habitats and the earth. Conservation includes setting aside land to keep it in a natural state, conserving resources like fresh water and protection animals from poachers. Conservation includes many issues and activities. Ellie and Edmond work very hard to conserve animals and their habitats!

Tomorrow they will be participating in World Animal Day and talking about protecting African elephants!

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SNOW! SNOW! SNOW!

Posted on February 26, 2015 by Ellie and Edmond ©

SNOW! SNOW! SNOW!

We were hoping to get a few inches of snow here at HQs, but instead we just got cold rain! So while we watched the rain waiting for it turn to snow, we decided to look up animals with snow in their names! We’ll share who we found!

Snowy Owl!

The snowy owl lives in North America and summers in the arctic circle!

Snowy owls hunt during the day!

One of their favorite prey is lemmings.

Snowy owls can weigh up to 4 lbs, most of that weight is from their thick feathers!

Snow Monkeys or Japanese Macaques

Snow monkeys live in northern Japan.

They are very intelligent monkeys.

Snow monkeys are famous for sitting in hot springs to keep warm.

They are omnivores.

Snow leopard

Snow leopards live in the mountains of Central and South Asia.

They have a thick coats of fur, up to 5 inches thick.

Snow leopards are crepuscular, active at dawn and dusk.

They are highly endangered.

Snow Goose

Snow geese live in North America.

Snow geese live in flocks, up to thousands of birds.

They are herbivores.

Snow geese are strong fliers and swimmers.

These amazing snow animals sure are cool! Did you notice they all have whitish coloration? That adaptation helps them blend in with their surroundings! Snow leopards are especially known for their ability to camouflage! Here! Here to our snowy habitat loving friends!

WE SPY!!

Posted on February 24, 2015 by Ellie and Edmond ©

WE SPY!!

We spy with our own little eyes an animal in Southeast Asia. This animal has a prehensile tail and smells like popcorn! Do you know who we spotted?

SCIENCE WORD OF THE WEEK!

Posted on February 23, 2015 by Ellie and Edmond ©

SCIENCE WORD OF THE WEEK!

Hello and welcome back to class! We have a great word today that even applies to me! Is everyone ready to learn?

Today’s word is Prehensile: a body part of an animal that has the ability to grasp something by wrapping around it. Often we think of prehensile tails with monkeys, but very few monkeys have that adaptation. Only monkeys that live in South and Central America have prehensile tails.

The tips of Ellie’s trunk are prehensile! She can use them to grasp even one blade of grass. Other animals that have prehensile tails include; spider monkeys, howler monkeys, opossums, binturongs and me!

WE SPY!!

WE SPY!!

It’s time for We Spy this week! We spotted this animal in the alps of Europe! This wild member of the goat family has some mad climbing skills! The males are known for their large horns! Can you guess who we spy?

SCIENCE WORD OF THE WEEK!

SCIENCE WORD OF THE WEEK!

Hello and welcome to class! I hope you enjoyed learning about hippos yesterday! Today we are talking about animals with funny stomachs! Let’s get right to it!

Today’s Science Word is Ruminant: an animal that has more than one stomach or a chambered stomach. Ruminants swallow their food and then regurgitate it and chew it again. Ruminants include cows and sheep!

I picked this word because we are quickly approaching the Lunar New Year and it’s the year of the sheep or ram! Ellie and Edmond wanted to celebrate by meeting some wild members of the sheep family- tomorrow they head to Rocky Mountains to meet some Bighorn Sheep- who are ruminants! Until then, enjoy a Bighorn sheep coloring sheet!

Can you spot us on the map? We’re heading to the Rocky Mountains tomorrow!

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Happy Happy Hippos!

Happy Happy Hippos!

Yesterday was International Hippo Day! We may be celebrating a day late but they are one of our favorites, so bring on the fun hippo happenings!

Fun Hippo Facts:

Hippopotamuses means “river horse” in Greek.
They spend up to 16 hours a day in water!
Hippos are herbivores.
Hippos can hold their breath for 5 minutes.
Their nostrils,ears and eyes are located on top of their heads. They can be mostly submerged with their nose and eyes above water.

Hippos sweat a pink liquid to help them keep cool and it acts as a sunblock when they are out of water.
They can eat up to 80 lbs of vegetation a day!
They do have large incisors made of ivory.
Hippos are very territorial.
Hippos can run up to 30 mph on land!
There are two species, the hippopotamus and the pygmy hippo!
Hippos closest living relative is the whale!

We just love these hippos! They have a reputation for being grumpy Guses, but they are just territorial! We especially love the pygmy hippo- small, round and plump! Enjoy a hippo coloring sheet and tell us why you love hippos!