{"id":15933,"date":"2016-03-30T11:53:36","date_gmt":"2016-03-30T15:53:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mapofthemonth.com\/site\/?p=15933"},"modified":"2016-03-30T11:53:36","modified_gmt":"2016-03-30T15:53:36","slug":"animal-life-galapagos-islands","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mapofthemonth.com\/site\/animal-life-galapagos-islands\/","title":{"rendered":"Animal life in the Galapagos Islands"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Galapagos Islands are above and below the Equator in the Pacific. \u00a0They are part of both Northern and Southern Hemispheres.\u00a0 <\/span>These islands are part of the country of Ecuador\u00a0and are 600 miles from the coast. \u00a0They are considered to be in the continent of SOUTH AMERICA.\u00a0 <\/span>The GALAPAGOS are an archipelago of volcanic peaks.\u00a0 <\/span>Some islands are large, like Isabela, some small as rocks. \u00a0Because these volcanoes are still erupting, small islands are still being formed!<\/span><\/p>\n

UNIQUE TO THE GALAPAGO ISLANDS<\/h2>\n

Much of their flora and fauna of the Galapagos are unique, found nowhere else on earth.\u00a0 <\/span>The scientist Charles Darwin traveled there in his boat The Beagle in 1835.\u00a0 <\/span>He studied many species and developed his famous theories of evolution.\u00a0 <\/span>There are marine iguanas, sea turtles, many kinds of amazing tropical birds, sea lions, whales and dolphins, <\/span>to name a few!<\/span><\/p>\n

Many native animals were lost when the Europeans introduced other more aggressive animals.<\/span>\u00a0 Whalers drove a species of large tortoise extinct when they captured them for food and their precious oil.<\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0Fur-seals were driven almost to extinction by traders.<\/span><\/p>\n

Today the Galapagos is protected: scientists are working to restore the numbers of small colonies of creatures, and to maintain the ones that are still active and numerous!<\/p>\n

RESEARCHING GALAPAGOS ANIMALS<\/h2>\n

Students love to learn about unusual animals, so researching about creatures, and even plants, from the Galapagos is a great starting place. \u00a0For a great list of Galapagos animals, insects, fish and more, use this link to Wikipedia HERE<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Here are some of the wonderful creatures of the Galapagos!<\/p>\n

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Green Sea Turtle<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Waved Albatross<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Having your students draw animals as well is fun! \u00a0Here is the Galapagos Giant Tortoise!<\/p>\n

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MORE ABOUT ISLAND LIFE<\/strong><\/h2>\n

You and your students can get involved with animals from many other ISLANDS by using our\u00a0CartoCraze! Expanded Map Workshops<\/a>! \u00a0 There are more than\u00a040 workshop units. \u00a0They all focus on different aspects of our amazing planet Earth. Geared for grades 3-8, these digital workshops integrate with our hands-on paper maps<\/a>.\u00a0\u00a0They are conveniently organized into the following four geographic areas: ISLANDS, RIVERS, MOUNTAINS and DESERTS! \u00a0SEE FREE files for the ISLAND of CUBA, the Mississippi RIVER, and the Sahara DESERT HERE<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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If you love our maps, you will want the added advantage of going deeper into unique geographic areas.<\/strong>\u00a0By exploring our maps in-depth, using the various units for islands, deserts, mountain and rivers, your students will use their map skills. \u00a0And they will \u00a0get a chance to read and research, explore scientific concepts, and exercise their math skills.\u00a0 They will also gain a better sense of the world at large, while using cross-curricular skills. \u00a0Check out the complete list of over 40 files HERE<\/a>!<\/p>\n

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The Galapagos Islands are above and below the Equator in the Pacific. \u00a0They are part of both Northern and Southern Hemispheres.\u00a0 These islands are part of the country of Ecuador\u00a0and are 600 miles from the coast. \u00a0They are considered to be in the continent of SOUTH AMERICA.\u00a0 The GALAPAGOS are an archipelago of volcanic peaks.\u00a0 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4988,"featured_media":15937,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[203],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15933","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-geography-blog","post-wrapper","thrv_wrapper"],"yoast_head":"\nAnimal life in the Galapagos Islands - Maps for the Classroom<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Galapagos Islands are home to many wonderful animals. \u00a0Students get excited about places where animals abound-- make research fun!\u00a0\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/mapofthemonth.com\/site\/animal-life-galapagos-islands\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Animal life in the Galapagos Islands - 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