Wonderscape
The Ripple Effects of Climate Change on Ecosystems
This video explores how climate change impacts ecosystems, focusing on the effects of rising sea levels, ocean acidification, and coral bleaching. Learn how changes in the climate disrupt marine life, threaten animal habitats, and...
Curated Video
Organizing Your Research: Creating a Brainstorming Web
In this video, the teacher explains how to organize research by creating a brainstorming web. The lesson focuses on the importance of choosing the right brainstorming format and provides step-by-step instructions for creating a web with...
Curated Video
Starting Research for Writing an Informational Text
In this video, the instructor guides students on how to start researching for writing an informational text. They emphasize the importance of listing what they already know about the topic and what they still want to find out.
Curated Video
Outlining an Informational Text: Grouping Facts into Chapters
In this video, the teacher explains how to outline an informational text by grouping facts into chapters. They guide the students through the process of creating a table of contents with chapter titles and adding bullet points of...
Curated Video
Making a Plan for Writing an Informational Text Using a Table of Contents
In this video, students learn how to make a plan for writing an informational text by using a table of contents. The teacher guides them through the process of identifying the main topic and details from a brainstorming web, determining...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Masters of Disguise
In the face of danger, what's a spineless animal to do? This video segment introduces the concept of camouflage -- how animals achieve it and how this form of disguise benefits both predators and prey. Footage from NOVA: "Animal...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Waves of Destruction
Learn about the anatomy of a tsunami in this video segment from Nature. Essay, discussion questions, and links to related information included. [1:19]
Other
Fuse School: What Is Adaptation?
Investigate how organisms adapt to their environments through this to-the-point video. [1:22]
Other
Harry Kindergarten Music: The Needs of Animals
A musical video clip identifying the four primary needs animals have in order to survive. [1:01]