Ecosystem Dynamics, Functioning, and Resilience
Provided by: The Wonder of Science|Published on: April 27, 2021
Grades: K-12
Type: Videos
Subjects: Chemistry, Biology, Earth and Space Sciences
Authors: The Wonder of Science, Paul Andersen
Region: Global
Languages: English
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Synopsis
- This instructional video introduces students to ecosystems, disruptions to ecosystems, biodiversity, and the concept of resiliency, providing a number of specific examples.
- The first 4 minutes and 29 seconds are suitable for upper elementary and higher students to watch and the last segment provides teaching tips for all grade levels.
Teaching Materials
Positives
- The first part of this video is a great introduction to ecosystems, biodiversity, and natural selection.
- The content is brief and easy-to-understand, with engaging images to complement the narrative.
Additional Prerequisites
- Students should be familiar with the terms ecosystem, population, species, invasive, and adaptation.
- Stopping the video at 4 minutes and 29 seconds is suggested for student viewing.
Differentiation
- Cross-curricular connections could be made with geography, social studies, and economics classes when discussing the differing natural resources available in different parts of the world and how reliant people are on the ecosystem services and resources (such as regulating the water cycle, filtering water, food, wood, etc.) provided in their area.
- The topic of ecosystems can connect to lessons about sustainability, development, natural resource management, and a circular economy that does not require perpetual growth.
- Other resources related to this topic include: Biodiversity and Humans, Are We Living in the Sixth Extinction, Migrations in Motion, and Temperature and Precipitation as Limiting Factors in Ecosystems.
The resource explores the dynamics in ecosystem change, life forms interactions, stability, disruptions of biodiversity in a changing climate. There is no misconception in the resource and it is recommended for teaching.
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