Biodiversity and Humans
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Provided by: The Wonder of Science|Published on: April 27, 2021
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Synopsis
- This video explores the NGSS Disciplinary Core Idea of biodiversity and humans by discussing many ways humans impact biodiversity through our actions.
- The first 3 minutes and 2 seconds of the video are appropriate for students to watch, and the last segment is for teachers, providing teaching suggestions for different grade levels.
Subjects: Biology, Earth and Space Sciences, Health
Authors: The Wonder of Science, Paul Andersen
Region: Global
Languages: English
Teaching Materials
Positives
- It discusses the main causes of species loss and biodiversity loss using the acronym HIPPO (Habitat destruction, Invasive species, Pollution, Population, and Overexploitation) and adds climate change, to make it CHIPPO or HIPPOC.
- It provides teachers with a clear progression for how biodiversity and humans should be addressed in each grade band.
Additional Prerequisites
- If showing this video to students, stop it at 3 minutes and 2 seconds.
- Students should be familiar with the terms species, genetic, ecosystem, habitat, and decomposers.
Differentiation
- This is a great resource to connect climate change to key biology concepts such as ecosystems and biodiversity.
- Cross-curricular connections could be made with social studies classes when discussing ethics, whether other species have the right to exist, and the economic value of the ecosystem services that natural systems provide to humans.
- Other resources related to this topic include Human Impacts on Earth Systems and Drivers of CO2 Emissions.
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