Adélie Penguins
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Grades6, 7, 8, 9, 10Biology
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What it is
- This video shows how climate change is affecting the Adélie penguin population in Antarctica.
- Students will learn that krill, which the Adélie penguins rely on for food, have lost a large portion of their habitat due to a lack of sea ice.
Teaching tips
Positives
- A full transcript is provided below the video.
- Students will enjoy watching the footage of the penguins.
Additional Prerequisites
- Students should have a basic understanding of global warming and climate change.
Differentiation
- Elementary science classes could use this video in a lesson on habitats, ecosystems, or food webs.
- Biology classes could look up current data on the Adélie penguin population to learn how climate change is continuing to affect the polar ecosystems in Antarctica.
- Other resources on this topic include this resource from NASA on ice sheet mass variation in Antarctica, this video on the melting of an important Antarctic glacier, and this ClimateScience experiment on sea level rise.
From the scientist review
The Antarctic is one of the fastest warming regions on the planet. As a result, some penguin species are not adapting to the warming conditions as well as others. This video resource explains how Adèlie Penguins are at risk.
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