The 6th Mass Extinction

Positives

• Dr. Dominique Dodge-Wan includes a variety of animals and plants that are currently endangered and provides the who, what, where, how, and why for this mass extinction event.
• She ends the video with solutions and a call to action.
  

Additional Prerequisites

• Students should be familiar with the terms species, population, consumption, and extinction.
  

Differentiation

• Cross-curricular connections could be made in classes discussing human exploration and colonization, human population growth, ethics, and geography.
• Pausing the video between topics to ensure understanding or answer questions might be helpful for some students.
• Causing the extinction of other species can be an emotional subject for students. Let them explore their feelings, think about the ethics involved, brainstorm personal actions, and relate their personal connections with animals to the extinction crisis.