Did you know there's a lizard that shoots blood out of its eyes? This video explores animals whose appearance or behavior is frightening. Despite this, scholars see these characteristics are actually essentially harmless adaptations that help these animals evade predators.

Concepts

animal adaptations, mimicry, animal behavior

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Additional Tags

science

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Instructional Ideas

• Have class members research other organisms with creepy appearances that are harmful
• As an assessment, have pairs summarize what they learned in the video

Classroom Considerations

• Video best fits in unit on adaptations
• Appropriate for elementary, middle, and high school learners due to engaging content

• This video is hosted on YouTube

Pros

• Video uses high-quality images to hold viewers' attention
• Closed captioning can be turned on

Cons

• None

Common Core

RST.9-10.2