Does a single-celled organism know more about the history of our planet than we do? A video explains how single-celled organisms manage to build a house and hold the secrets to the weather. They contain the information about the changes in ice and temperature on the planet over time. 

Concepts

seashells, climate change

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Additional Tags

science

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Instructional Ideas

• Relate this to taking ice core samples, dirt core samples, and tree ring samples in order to build a history of the weather on our planet
• Go more in depth teaching about foraminifera or forams

Classroom Considerations

• Remember comments are open to the public and not always appropriate for the classroom

• This video is hosted on YouTube

Pros

• Offers closed captioning in Arabic, English, French, Hebrew, and Malay
• Includes a list of key words to search if pupils want to learn more

Cons

• None

Common Core

RST.6-8.4 RST.9-10.4 RST.11-12.4