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Woolly Mammoth

Bill Maylone

1979 1 min

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This very short animated film from the Canada Vignettes series depicts a large animal that lived on the Canadian tundra over 10,000 years ago: the woolly mammoth.

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  Canada Vignettes

  1978 43 films

  Discover this series of classic shorts exploring every facet of Canadian culture and history.

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This very short animated film from the Canada Vignettes series depicts a large animal that lived on the Canadian tundra over 10,000 years ago: the woolly mammoth.

See also

Animals

Canada - Images of a Country

All subjects

Credits

• director
  Bill Maylone
  
• producer
  Peter Jones
  
  Robert Verrall
  
• narrator
  Stan Peters
  

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Education

Ages 9 to 14

Science - Biology
Science - Life Systems/Ecology

Brainstorm what students know of the woolly mammoth as it once existed on earth, especially in Canada. How are extinct animals reconstructed and why is such reconstruction performed? What does reconstruction provide for us?

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