Environmental Change Impacts Organisms

Grade 645 min

aligned to Ms-ls2-4: Construct An Argument Supported By Empirical Evidence That Changes To Physical Or Biological Components Of An Ecosystem Affect Populations.

Learning Objective

I can argue, using evidence, how changes to an ecosystem affect the populations living there.

Lesson Flow

Watch Video

5 min

Human Impact | Environment | Biology | FuseSchool

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Practice

14 min

7 questions β€’ Short answer

Exit Ticket

5 min

β€œThe video describes how deforestation to create palm oil plantations affects orangutans. Argue, using evidence from the video, how deforestation impacts the orangutan population. The video explains how melting sea ice in the Arctic affects polar bears. Argue, using evidence from the video, how the melting sea ice impacts the polar bear population. ”

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