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From the Top of the Food Chain Down: Rewilding Our World Instructional VideoFrom the Top of the Food Chain Down: Rewilding Our World Instructional Video
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TED-Ed
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6th - 8th
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Science
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Media Length
5:28
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Duration
15 mins
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2014
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From the Top of the Food Chain Down: Rewilding Our World

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A eloquent narrative and unique animation expound on the megafauna and megaflora that once dominated the planet and helped keep ecosystems in balance. Is there anything that can be done to undo the damage we've done? The speaker proposes increasing the numbers of top predators as a viable answer. Let your ecology enthusiasts find out how with this clip. 

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CCSS: Adaptable

Concepts

conservation, ecosystems, endangered species, predators

Additional Tags

conservation, endangered species, ecosystem, predator, science

Pros

  • Proposes a unique solution to a global problem
  • Lesson can be customized with free publisher website subsrciption
  • Unique animation is visually appealling

Cons

  • None

Common Core

RI.6.7 RI.8.7 RST.6-8.9

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