Populations, communities, ecosystems, and biospheres are the subject of a video that investigates biomes and reveals that taigas, or boreal forests, are the largest biome, covering 17% of Earth's land surface. Viewers then explore how temperature and water determine the location of biomes before delving into the different types of biomes. 

Concepts

ecology, population, ecosystems, the biosphere, biomes

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Additional Tags

science

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Instructional Ideas

• Show the video to introduce ecology
• Have young scientists compare two biomes and share research with the class

Classroom Considerations

• Video assumes learners understand enzymes
• Last video in a series of 40

• This video is hosted on YouTube

Pros

• Includes a table of contents so teachers canopt to show only specific segments
• Embedded videos are related to ecology

Cons

• None

Common Core

RST.9-10.1