Science benefits everyone, so why is the language in journal articles so difficult to understand? The third video in the four-part series on Biodiversity breaks down a journal article so everyone understands the content. The article compares extinction vulnerability in biodiverse ecosystems with ecosystems with little biodiversity.

Concepts

biodiversity, extinction, food chains

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Additional Tags

science

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Instructional Ideas

• Read the article discussed in the original text
• Discuss the skepticism in further detail and why skepticism is important in science

Classroom Considerations

• Relies on prior knowledge from the previous two videos in the series

• This video is hosted on YouTube

Pros

• Shares recent scientific research
• Offers closed captioning to make it easier to take notes

Cons

• None

Common Core

SL.6.2 SL.7.2 SL.8.2 SL.9-10.2 SL.11-12.2 RST.6-8.4 RST.9-10.4 RST.11-12.4