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Woolly Mammoth

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
    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.

Animals Canada - Images of a Country All subjects
  • director
    Bill Maylone
  • producer
    Peter Jones
    Robert Verrall
  • narrator
    Stan Peters

Education

Ages 9 to 14
School subjects
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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