Resources For Students
Materials for Projects or Reports
You can find a great deal of manatee information right at Save the Manatee Club's web site. Start at our Manatee Information page and begin by checking out the links to the Manatee Facts and Manatee FAQ pages. Don't forget the "In This Section" menu bar at the right side of the page. There, you'll find links for Manatee Migration, Manatee Mortality, Tracking Manatees, Manatee Birth and Reproduction, Sirenians of the World, and other topics.
You can print information from any of the Save the Manatee Club web pages to use for your school projects or reports. You can also download our free Manatee Facts and Manatee Anatomy sheets, coloring and activity book, and public awareness brochures at our Manatee Materials page.
If you are not able to print information from the web site or download the pdf files, you can e-mail us at education@savethemanatee.org and request a "student education packet." These packets are available free to K-12 or college-level students. Be sure to give your name, postal address, and grade level.
- Manatee WebCams at Blue Spring State Park
Watch Save the Manatee Club's newly installed webcams at Blue Spring State Park. During regular manatee season — usually November through March — you can see endangered manatees in the spring run and read the latest manatee reports from Wayne Hartley, our Manatee Specialist. After active manatee season has ended at Blue Spring, we will air a combination of live feeds without manatees, and — when you are viewing manatees — live video that was streamed during the previous season.
- Manatee Video
Visit our YouTube page to see underwater footage of manatees and some of our favorite YouTube manatee videos as well as Save the Manatee Club's public service announcements.
- Manatee Sounds
Have you ever wondered how manatees communicate? Listen to common manatee sounds, an angry or annoyed manatee (it's true!), and calls between a mom and calf, among others.
- View a PowerPoint Slide Show
What are manatees? Where do they live? And why are their teeth so cool? Find out when you Meet the Florida Manatee! (Internet Explorer version). All other browsers
- Check out the Cool Manatee Stuff section of our web site for other great manatee-related items. You can get free bookmarks, stickers and banners, take a quiz, play games, send postcards with manatee facts, and more!
- Free Paddle Tales E-Newsletter
Sign up for Save the Manatee Club's free e-newsletter. Every other month, you'll get the scoop on current manatee news, learn about a manatee, see photos of recent manatee sightings, discover games and activities, learn about special offers and events, and more. And, we'll answer your questions about manatees! See our most recent issue and sign up by clicking the link above.
- Manatee Book List
Read more about manatees! We've put together a list of recommended books on manatees for both young and adult readers.
- More Manatee-Related Web Sites
You can find other manatee-related web sites and career advice for future marine mammal scientists at our Manatee Links page.
- Action Kids
You have a voice in governmental processes! Find out how state and federal government works, learn how to write letters or e-mails to send to elected officials, and write letters or send e-mails to your school or local papers.
- Online Bibliographies
The Bibliography and Index of the Sirenia and Desmostylia
by Dr. Daryl P. Domning, a board member for Save the Manatee Club. Dr. Domning is also a Professor of Anatomy at Howard University in Washington, D.C. and a Research Associate in Paleobiology at the National Museum of Natural History at the Smithsonian Institution.This online searchable resource features significant published literature — both technical and popular works — on the the mammalian orders Sirenia (includes manatees and dugongs) and Desmostylia (an extinct order of marine mammals). Try it -- it's great for research projects!
Manatee Research Publications and Links
from the Florida Fish and Wildlife Research Institute
in St. Petersburg, FL.
Online Bibliography
from the U.S. Geological Survey's Sirenia Project
in Gainesville, FL.
Questions? Send us an e-mail at education@savethemanatee.org
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