🦍 Western gorilla report template
Three versions, one page each. Print the one for your child’s grade. The facts come from the western gorilla page, every number with its source.
Grades 1–2
My report: the western gorilla
Gorilla gorilla · Grades 1–2
| Length | not checked yet: look it up! |
|---|---|
| Height at the shoulder | 5.9 ft (1.8 m) |
| Weight | 300 to 500 lb (136 to 227 kg) |
| Top speed | not checked yet: look it up! |
| How long it lives | 30 to 40 years |
Read about it
Gorillas are the biggest apes. They live in families called troops. At night they make a leafy nest to sleep in.
It lives in:
It eats:
The coolest thing I learned:
Where my facts came from
- Smithsonian's National Zoo, Western lowland gorilla, nationalzoo.si.edu/animals/western-lowland-gorilla, checked 2026-10-30
Grades 3–4
My report: the western gorilla
Gorilla gorilla · Grades 3–4
| Length | not checked yet: look it up! |
|---|---|
| Height at the shoulder | 5.9 ft (1.8 m) |
| Weight | 300 to 500 lb (136 to 227 kg) |
| Top speed | not checked yet: look it up! |
| How long it lives | 30 to 40 years |
Read about it
A troop is led by an older male called a silverback, because the hair on his back turns silvery gray as he grows up. He keeps the troop safe and leads it to where the best food grows. Gorillas spend most of the day eating, and they thump their chests to show how strong they are.
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, Western lowland gorilla, nationalzoo.si.edu/animals/western-lowland-gorilla, checked 2026-10-30
Grades 5–6
My report: the western gorilla
Gorilla gorilla · Grades 5–6
| Length | not checked yet: look it up! |
|---|---|
| Height at the shoulder | 5.9 ft (1.8 m) |
| Weight | 300 to 500 lb (136 to 227 kg) |
| Top speed | not checked yet: look it up! |
| How long it lives | 30 to 40 years |
Read about it
Gorillas are great apes, close cousins of chimpanzees and people. They eat leaves, stems and fruit, and each night they bend branches and leaves into a fresh nest. Every gorilla has its own pattern of wrinkles on its nose, and researchers use these nose prints to tell gorillas apart. Western gorillas are critically endangered because forests are cleared, poachers hunt them and diseases spread among them, so rangers and protected parks work to keep them safe.
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, Western lowland gorilla, nationalzoo.si.edu/animals/western-lowland-gorilla, checked 2026-10-30