🐘 African elephant report template
Three versions, one page each. Print the one for your child’s grade. The facts come from the African elephant page, every number with its source.
Grades 1–2
My report: the african elephant
Loxodonta africana · Grades 1–2
| Length | not checked yet: look it up! |
|---|---|
| Height at the shoulder | 13 ft (4 m) |
| Weight | 6 tons (5.4 tonnes) |
| Top speed | not checked yet: look it up! |
| How long it lives | 56 years |
Read about it
Elephants are the biggest animals on land. They use their long trunk like a hand and a nose. Elephants live in families.
It lives in:
It eats:
The coolest thing I learned:
Where my facts came from
- Smithsonian Institution, "Africa's Elephant Kingdom" educator guide (PDF), si.edu/Content/SE/Educator%20Guides/AfricaElephantKingdom_edu_guide.pdf, checked 2026-10-30
- Federal Register (US Fish and Wildlife Service), federalregister.gov/documents/2024/04/01/2024-06417/endangered-and-threatened-wildlife-and-plants-revision-to-the-section-4d-rule-for-the-african, checked 2026-10-30
Grades 3–4
My report: the african elephant
Loxodonta africana · Grades 3–4
| Length | not checked yet: look it up! |
|---|---|
| Height at the shoulder | 13 ft (4 m) |
| Weight | 6 tons (5.4 tonnes) |
| Top speed | not checked yet: look it up! |
| How long it lives | 56 years |
Read about it
An elephant's trunk is its nose and upper lip together, with no bones in it. It can pick up a single leaf or spray water over its back. Elephant families are led by the oldest female, who remembers where to find water.
Where it lives (its habitat):
What it eats:
How its body helps it live there:
My favorite fact:
A question I still have:
Where my facts came from
- Smithsonian Institution, "Africa's Elephant Kingdom" educator guide (PDF), si.edu/Content/SE/Educator%20Guides/AfricaElephantKingdom_edu_guide.pdf, checked 2026-10-30
- Federal Register (US Fish and Wildlife Service), federalregister.gov/documents/2024/04/01/2024-06417/endangered-and-threatened-wildlife-and-plants-revision-to-the-section-4d-rule-for-the-african, checked 2026-10-30
Grades 5–6
My report: the african elephant
Loxodonta africana · Grades 5–6
| Length | not checked yet: look it up! |
|---|---|
| Height at the shoulder | 13 ft (4 m) |
| Weight | 6 tons (5.4 tonnes) |
| Top speed | not checked yet: look it up! |
| How long it lives | 56 years |
Read about it
African savanna elephants are the largest land animals alive. Flapping their huge ears helps them cool down. Elephants talk with deep rumbles, some so low that people can't hear them, which travel through the ground. Their tusks are long teeth, and people hunting for ivory are one reason elephants need protection.
Habitat and range: where on Earth, and what the place is like:
Diet: what it eats, and what might eat it:
Adaptations: two ways its body or habits help it survive:
Is it in danger? Why or why not?:
Compare it with another animal you know:
Bibliography: write each source below as site, page title, date checked:
Where my facts came from
- Smithsonian Institution, "Africa's Elephant Kingdom" educator guide (PDF), si.edu/Content/SE/Educator%20Guides/AfricaElephantKingdom_edu_guide.pdf, checked 2026-10-30
- Federal Register (US Fish and Wildlife Service), federalregister.gov/documents/2024/04/01/2024-06417/endangered-and-threatened-wildlife-and-plants-revision-to-the-section-4d-rule-for-the-african, checked 2026-10-30