Liz Hadly Tracks the Impact of Climate Change in Yellowstone
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Provided by: BioInteractive|Published on: April 27, 2021
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Synopsis
- In this resource, students will watch a video about the threats to Yellowstone National Park due to climate change and complete a worksheet about the video.
- In the worksheet, students answer questions from the video, create a food web of Yellowstone National Park, and analyze data collected by researchers in the park.
Subjects: Biology, Earth and Space Sciences
Authors: BioInteractive
Region: North America, USA - West, United States, Montana, Wyoming
Languages: English, Spanish
Teaching Materials
Positives
- The video includes real footage of wildlife in the park.
- The student worksheet is a fillable PDF that can be used digitally or printed.
Additional Prerequisites
- Video is downloadable if streaming is not an option.
- The video and materials are also available in Spanish.
- The activity is designed to fill one class period (about 50 minutes).
Differentiation
- The food web on the worksheet is very simplified. In a biology class, students could further research the ecosystem in Yellowstone to create a more detailed web.
- Teachers could challenge students to research how other national parks are being affected by climate change. Students could create food webs and discuss how climate change is altering the ecosystem.
- After students complete the worksheet independently or with a partner, teachers could have a class discussion around some of the questions. Questions 6 and 7 lend themselves especially well to discussion.
- To get more ideas on how to teach these topics, teachers can check out the videos on teaching interdependent relationships and energy transfer in ecosystems.
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