Can wildlife adapt to climate change? - Erin Eastwood

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• Teaching Tips
  Educators may want to visit the full lesson for more resources and activities. Educators may want to provide background information on heritable traits and aspects of conservation biology to deepen the learning around this topic. Educators might consider a research project associated with the video for students to explore the adaptations to climate change listed in the video in more depth. This video could be used alongside an animal adaptation unit or habitat unit to showcase how animals can also quickly adapt to their environments. This video is most appropriate for 4-5th grade students as the vocabulary is high. Appropriate for 3rd grade with support. Can be effective to watch this video twice and focus on different aspects.
• About the Science
  The video showcases studies of how certain animals are adapting to climate change, discussing heritable and nonheritable traits. Passed initial science review - expert science review pending.
• About the Pedagogy
  This Ted Talk is an animated video that starts off discussing the perils of climate change but turns around to focus on the animals that have quickly evolved to continue to thrive in a fast-changing world. The video is solely informational and not interactive unless the educator uses the full lesson or plans connecting activities. Students will need some basic background in genetics and evolution before watching this video. There are no assessment questions provided; the "discussion" feature in the full lesson plan is not a very suitable platform for a class.
• Technical Details/Ease of Use
  Video length is 04:46 min