• 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.

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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