After a year of PBS Eons videos, viewers raised some excellent points and questions. The hosts highlight the most common including classification of animals, when a new eon starts, how to pronounce scientific terms, and many other topics. It introduces new research from the last few months and explains some current scientific debates.

Concepts

evolution, snakes, dinosaurs, niche, the cenozoic era, human impact on the environment, the mesozoic era, reptiles, animal classification, scientific classification

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Additional Tags

science

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Instructional Ideas

• Think of more questions to list in the comments
• Explain how to read the pronunciation guide in the dictionary without relying on a computer

Classroom Considerations

• Relies on prior knowledge of other videos from earlier in the series

• This video is hosted on YouTube

Pros

• Quickly changes subjects to help keep viewers focused
• Connects ideas to current scientific research

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