🐘 Asian elephant report template
Three versions, one page each. Print the one for your child’s grade. The facts come from the Asian elephant page, every number with its source.
Grades 1–2
My report: the asian elephant
Elephas maximus · Grades 1–2
| Length | not checked yet: look it up! |
|---|---|
| Height at the shoulder | 5.9 to 12 ft (1.8 to 3.8 m) |
| Weight | 3 to 6 tons (2.8 to 5.4 tonnes) |
| Top speed | not checked yet: look it up! |
| How long it lives | 47 years |
Read about it
Asian elephants live in forests in Asia. Their ears are smaller than an African elephant's. They love to splash in water.
It lives in:
It eats:
The coolest thing I learned:
Where my facts came from
- Smithsonian's National Zoo, nationalzoo.si.edu/animals/asian-elephant, checked 2026-10-30
Grades 3–4
My report: the asian elephant
Elephas maximus · Grades 3–4
| Length | not checked yet: look it up! |
|---|---|
| Height at the shoulder | 5.9 to 12 ft (1.8 to 3.8 m) |
| Weight | 3 to 6 tons (2.8 to 5.4 tonnes) |
| Top speed | not checked yet: look it up! |
| How long it lives | 47 years |
Read about it
An Asian elephant's trunk ends in one finger-like tip, while an African elephant's has two. Only some males grow long tusks. Asian elephants live in family herds led by an older female, and they need lots of water and plants every day.
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's National Zoo, nationalzoo.si.edu/animals/asian-elephant, checked 2026-10-30
Grades 5–6
My report: the asian elephant
Elephas maximus · Grades 5–6
| Length | not checked yet: look it up! |
|---|---|
| Height at the shoulder | 5.9 to 12 ft (1.8 to 3.8 m) |
| Weight | 3 to 6 tons (2.8 to 5.4 tonnes) |
| Top speed | not checked yet: look it up! |
| How long it lives | 47 years |
Read about it
Asian elephants are a little smaller than African elephants, with rounder backs and two bumps on top of the head. They are endangered: their forests are being cut into pieces by farms and roads, which brings elephants and people into conflict. In parts of Asia, people have worked alongside elephants for a very long time.
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's National Zoo, nationalzoo.si.edu/animals/asian-elephant, checked 2026-10-30