This artistic video about Haleakalā National Park on the island of Maui talks about the climate-related dangers facing the park's endangered birds.
The video shows an artist painting the scenes as they are described in the video and it ends with a number of individual actions that people can take to be a part of the solution.
Teaching Tips
Positives
This topic applies to many locations around the world experiencing warmer winters.
Students will learn two phrases in the Hawai'ian language: kuleana (responsiblity) and malama`āina (to care for the land).
Additional Prerequisites
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Students should be familiar with the terms endangered species and habitat.
Differentiation
This would be a great video to use as an example of integrating art into STEM classes.
A possible extension activity could be to have students research how climate change is affecting other national parks and important ecosystems around the world.
After watching this video, science and social studies classes could discuss why protecting ecosystems and endangered species is important.
The video gives an outlook on the impact of climate change on bird species loss. Global warming also induces mosquito infestations and this causes loss of biodiversity and threatens other bird species and wildlife to migrate to new regions. The drawings on the video connects students to reflect on new ways to take urgent climate actions to conserve the natural ecosystem. This resource is recommended for teaching.
Standards
Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS)
ESS3: Earth and Human Activity
MS-ESS3-4 Construct an argument supported by evidence for how increases in human population and per-capita consumption of natural resources impact Earth's systems.
LS2: Ecosystems: Interactions, Energy, and Dynamics
MS-LS2-2 Construct an explanation that predicts patterns of interactions among organisms across multiple ecosystems.
MS-LS2-4 Construct an argument supported by empirical evidence that changes to physical or biological components of an ecosystem affect populations.
College, Career, and Civic Life (C3) Standards
Dimension 4: Taking Informed Action
D4.8.6-8 Apply a range of deliberative and democratic procedures to make decisions and take action in their classrooms and schools, and in out-of-school civic contexts.
D4.8.9-12 Apply a range of deliberative and democratic strategies and procedures to make decisions and take action in their classrooms, schools, and out-of-school civic contexts.
Common Core English Language Arts Standards (CCSS.ELA)
Speaking & Listening (K-12)
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.7.2 Analyze the main ideas and supporting details presented in diverse media and formats (e.g., visually, quantitatively, orally) and explain how the ideas clarify a topic, text, or issue under study.
